During the most recent debate, a friend texted me: “This is gutter level. Really gross.” I responded, “This is what happens when we base politics on feelings and not logic.” While my text was an in the moment gut reaction, I can’t help but this there’s something to it. The debate often degraded to emotional… Read More Pathos and American Politics
As we start reading Wikinomics, I find the news full of stories about collaboration and prosuming. In 1980, futurist Alvin Toffler coined the term “prosumer” to describe the type of work new technologies would enable us to do. Prosumers produce and consume the information marketplace. Or, that they actively participate in the creation new idea, products,… Read More Prosuming News
Today’s Atlantic ran a story about University of Marquette professor John McAdams who being stripped of tenure because of a story he posted on his blog. While I am unwilling to weigh in on the validity of this decision or the opinions expressed, I think the medium and genre that sparked this debate has ramifications for… Read More Public/Private Blog
Current debates about net neutrality have gone largely unnoticed. Ironically, this is something everyone who uses the web should be marching in the streets about. I think John Oliver sums up the issue quite well here: Inaction could mean that corporations like Comcast and Time Warner could control how we access information. If we think about the current affordances… Read More Access, Access, Activism
Alison A. Lukowski 