Today I’ve taken my first year composition class to hear a talk by state assemblyman Alberto Torrico about AB656, a bill that would create a tax on oil and gasoline produced in the state, to fund public education. Logical arguments…
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As I make my way through the first week…
by Kim De Vries • • 0 Comments
I notice that my students are far more focused on “serious issues,” compared even to last semester. As Higher Ed. suffers more cuts, tuition rises, and as health care reform has stalled, they seem to not only be looking harder…
Center for Innovation, Creativity and Access to Knowledge
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We, a broad coalition from over 20 countries, of hundreds of thousands of citizens, users, consumers, organizations, artists, hackers, members of the free culture movement, economists, lawyers, teachers, students, researchers, scientists, activists, workers, unemployed, entrepreneurs, creators… We invite all citizens…
Critiquing Matthew Hindman’s “The Myth of Digital Democracy” | techPresident
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Last night political scholar Micah Sifry debated Matthew Hindman at Yale; prior to the debate he published this preview of his response to Hindman’s article. He challenges Hindman on both his generalizations, and his neglect of technologies that don’t fit…
Political Freedom? Or Misguided Google?
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Hindman picks apart political freedom on the internet. Is our society really democratic now that people can say whatever they want or are people more controlled by the internet by unclear gatekeepers? What’s funny is that politicians saw only the good…
Inaugural Rhetoric
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Political rhetoric is one of the oldest kinds around, and presidential rhetoric has received plenty of attention itself, but semantic analysis tools are adding some new possibilities for how we study and visualize this material. Within minutes of President Obama’s…