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30 Dec 08

Social Network Sites: Definition, History, and Scholarship

  • We define social network sites as web-based services that allow individuals to (1) construct a public or semi-public profile within a bounded system, (2) articulate a list of other users with whom they share a connection, and (3) view and traverse their list of connections and those made by others within the system. The nature and nomenclature of these connections may vary from site to site.
  • "Networking" emphasizes relationship initiation, often between strangers. While networking is possible on these sites, it is not the primary practice on many of them, nor is it what differentiates them from other forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC).
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25 Nov 08

The Computer Delusion by Todd Oppenheimer

  • President
    Bill Clinton campaigned for "a bridge to the twenty-first century ... where computers are as much a part of the classroom as blackboards."
  • Speaker of the House Newt
    Gingrich, talking about computers to the Republican National Committee early
    this year, said, "We could do so much to make education available twenty-four
    hours a day, seven days a week, that people could literally have a whole
    different attitude toward learning."
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06 Nov 08

The Atlantic Online | July 1945 | As We May Think | Vannevar Bush

  • Whenever logical processes of thought are employed—that is,
    whenever thought for a time runs along an accepted groove—there is an
    opportunity for the machine. Formal logic used to be a keen instrument in the
    hands of the teacher in his trying of students' souls. It is readily possible
    to construct a machine which will manipulate premises in accordance with formal
    logic, simply by the clever use of relay circuits. Put a set of premises into
    such a device and turn the crank, and it will readily pass out conclusion after
    conclusion, all in accordance with logical law, and with no more slips than
    would be expected of a keyboard adding machine.
  • A new symbolism, probably positional, must apparently precede the reduction of
    mathematical transformations to machine processes. Then, on beyond the strict
    logic of the mathematician, lies the application of logic in everyday affairs.
05 Jun 08

Hypermedia and Synesthesia

  • But what distinguishes such “multimedia texts” from other forms of multimedia production, such as computer games, virtual reality simulations, television productions, documentaries, and other such mixed media? The distinction lies in the fact that hypermedia consists of a symbolic system that incorporates images into the textuality of the piece as a whole, rather than turning text into just another of a range of images
13 Nov 07

Why Can't Environmentalism Be Colorblind? | Orion magazine

  • The terms environmentalist and minority conjure two distinct images in most people’s minds—a false dichotomy that seriously threatens any chance of pulling the planet out of its current ecological tailspin.
  • Nobody benefits from the perception that enjoying and caring for the environment is an exclusively white lifestyle.
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