Digital Culture

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By Cathy Davidson 11/23/2010 - 2:45pm Comments
If you read the newspapers of the early twentieth century, you realize that everyone was fretting then about the “horseless carriage.”  They were positive that the new technology of an automobile that drove itself would push humans beyond...
Why Is Everyone Worried About Attention Now? Blog Image
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By Cathy Davidson 10/05/2011 - 4:25pm Comments
Note: We asked tech-savvy scholar Cathy Davidson to reflect on the realities of an author's tour in the digital age.  Her new book, "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn"...
First Person: The Book Tour in the Age of the Internet Blog Image
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By danah boyd 11/15/2010 - 10:45am Comments
Ever had one of dem days you wish woulda stayed home / Run into a group of niggas who getting they hate on / You walk by they get wrong you reply then shit get blown / Way outta proportion way past discussion / Just you against them, pick one...
"Bullying" Has Little Resonance with Teenagers Blog Image
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By danah boyd 11/15/2010 - 10:45am Comments
Ever had one of dem days you wish woulda stayed home / Run into a group of niggas who getting they hate on / You walk by they get wrong you reply then shit get blown / Way outta proportion way past discussion / Just you against them, pick one...
"Bullying" Has Little Resonance with Teenagers Blog Image
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By Cathy Davidson 11/23/2010 - 2:45pm Comments
If you read the newspapers of the early twentieth century, you realize that everyone was fretting then about the “horseless carriage.”  They were positive that the new technology of an automobile that drove itself would push humans beyond...
Why Is Everyone Worried About Attention Now? Blog Image
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By danah boyd 08/23/2010 - 7:20am Comments
Carmen and her mother are close.  As far as Carmen's concerned, she has nothing to hide from her mother so she's happy to have her mom as her 'friend' on Facebook.  Of course, Carmen's mom doesn't always understand the social...
Social Steganography: Learning to Hide in Plain Sight Blog Image
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By John Jones 09/30/2010 - 8:50am Comments
In the Phaedrus, Plato famously objected to writing, noting that it would cause a number of ills: it would lead to the decay of memory, it would deceive people into thinking that they possessed knowledge merely because they had read about it,...
Post-Platonic Writing on the Web Blog Image
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By danah boyd 11/15/2010 - 10:45am Comments
Ever had one of dem days you wish woulda stayed home / Run into a group of niggas who getting they hate on / You walk by they get wrong you reply then shit get blown / Way outta proportion way past discussion / Just you against them, pick one...
"Bullying" Has Little Resonance with Teenagers Blog Image
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By Cathy Davidson 11/23/2010 - 2:45pm Comments
If you read the newspapers of the early twentieth century, you realize that everyone was fretting then about the “horseless carriage.”  They were positive that the new technology of an automobile that drove itself would push humans beyond...
Why Is Everyone Worried About Attention Now? Blog Image
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By John Jones 12/13/2010 - 7:45am Comments
The Telegraph recently published an article announcing that, in the age of Facebook and Twitter, "ancient communication technologies" like handwriting "are current like never before." The title of the article -- "How Twitter made...
The Joy of Writing Tools Whether Ancient or New Blog Image
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By Cathy Davidson 10/05/2011 - 4:25pm Comments
Note: We asked tech-savvy scholar Cathy Davidson to reflect on the realities of an author's tour in the digital age.  Her new book, "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn"...
First Person: The Book Tour in the Age of the Internet Blog Image
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By John Jones 10/13/2011 - 7:45am Comments
The following is a shortened version of a talk I gave at the "Engaging the Public" symposium held at Washington & Jefferson College on Oct. 1. According to Cathy Davidson's Now You See It, 65 percent of students entering school today will...
Digital Literacies for Writing in Social Media Blog Image
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By Aleks Krotoski 10/17/2011 - 8:45am Comments
I am obsessed with serendipity. It's become an almost pathological fascination since 2009, when I was inspired by a happy confluence of what I was doing then, and something that bumped up against it. I'm curious about what serendipity is, how...
All Hail the Analogue Computer! It Shows Us What We Are (Not) Blog Image
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By John Jones 01/17/2012 - 8:10am Comments
Not long ago, I was on an airplane waiting for takeoff. Due to the completely reasonable FAA restrictions on using electronic devices, I was reading the print version of a magazine while we waited to taxi to the runway. I soon found I was...
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By John Jones 02/09/2012 - 9:50am Comments
One of the great promises of the internet is that it allows for writing to be distributed outside of the restrictions imposed by traditional publications. On the internet there is no scarcity of resources, no oversight by editors, and no need...
eBooks, Writing, and Ownership Blog Image
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By Cathy Davidson 11/23/2010 - 2:45pm Comments
If you read the newspapers of the early twentieth century, you realize that everyone was fretting then about the “horseless carriage.”  They were positive that the new technology of an automobile that drove itself would push humans beyond...
Why Is Everyone Worried About Attention Now? Blog Image
Aleks Krotoski Profile Picture
By Aleks Krotoski 10/17/2011 - 8:45am Comments
I am obsessed with serendipity. It's become an almost pathological fascination since 2009, when I was inspired by a happy confluence of what I was doing then, and something that bumped up against it. I'm curious about what serendipity is, how...
All Hail the Analogue Computer! It Shows Us What We Are (Not) Blog Image
John Jones  Profile Picture
By John Jones 02/09/2012 - 9:50am Comments
One of the great promises of the internet is that it allows for writing to be distributed outside of the restrictions imposed by traditional publications. On the internet there is no scarcity of resources, no oversight by editors, and no need...
eBooks, Writing, and Ownership Blog Image
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By Cathy Davidson 10/05/2011 - 4:25pm Comments
Note: We asked tech-savvy scholar Cathy Davidson to reflect on the realities of an author's tour in the digital age.  Her new book, "Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn"...
First Person: The Book Tour in the Age of the Internet Blog Image
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By danah boyd 08/23/2010 - 7:20am Comments
Carmen and her mother are close.  As far as Carmen's concerned, she has nothing to hide from her mother so she's happy to have her mom as her 'friend' on Facebook.  Of course, Carmen's mom doesn't always understand the social...
Social Steganography: Learning to Hide in Plain Sight Blog Image