Funny - googled myself (as if I have nothing better to do this morning), and found this poem by another "Stephanie Kent". Reinforces the importance of that middle "Jo"!
there's also an alias making loads of bucks (listed by Forbes). envy?
Here's one I hadn't come across before, about the disableism workshop Shemaya and I did at Mt Holyoke a few years back.
The original crew of the Enterprise were my best friends and role models while I was growing up. Everyday during elementary school I would rush home to watch. I now have a hard time watching Kirk, but Spock remains an icon. I am still taken by the camraderie across supposed difference which all subsequent Star Trek series have continued to emulate.
Am I surprised by George Takei's widening corridor"? No. It makes such sense, especially the way he explains it - tying his own life experiences (including internment as a child) with contemporary media and political life. An overlapping story highlights Takei On Politics, Being Different And Social Activism.
via Eric, socialjustice listserv
So says the "Vandalism in progress" page of Wikipedia. I haven't tried yet, but when I do I'll be a newbie and will dutifully play in the Sandbox before venturing into the 'real wiki-world.' I'm still learning about disambiguation in my real, 'real life', but this is the way of communication technology, isn't it? All input/exposure flows endlessly on, segmented arbitrarily or by convention where we've been taught such divisions ought to occur.
do a google search on "failure" and see what you get. "miserable failure" gets a similar result. How can this happen?
Sure. :-) (responding to Radhika's request for more info)
Keep in mind, I'm teaching mass comm for the first time - so the students' questions are all new to me. We read a piece by Stanley Aronowitz last week ("Working Class Culture in the Electronic Age"), which generated many questions about the relationship between particular 'identities' and depth of critical perception. For instance:
Is there a correlation between immersion and awareness? Take middle-class people and their representation in the media, does this lead them not to think deeply about the representations, whereas members of those groups not so well-represented might wonder why?
Are blacks in general more likely to notice their subordination because of secondary education and inferior resources made available to them – do these factors led them to notice the inequity more quickly than white children do. Is that regional?
After we saw Hall's video, the questions intensified.
Briankle, in his book, agrees with Schutz that "the problem" of intersubjectivity is actually "an 'intramundane problem'" (79). I haven't read Schutz' explication of what he means by this term; a simplistic online definition is ""being in the material world", as opposed to "extramundane" (is this a synonym for transcendental?)
Students in my Intro to Mass Media class have been asking similar questions (especially after viewing Stuart Hall's Race: The Floating Signifier) as these two esteemed academics on the Association of Internet Researchers' listserv:
Charles: My applied ethics class, we're reading an essay by Robinson A. Grover, "the New State of Nature and the New Terrorism," which argues that new media and globalization have brought about a new version of Hobbes' war of each against all, etc.
Radhika: hmmm
Charles: I attempted to buttress some of Grover's claims with the work of Cass Sunstein, his notion of "The Daily Me," etc.
This inspired one of my students to ask: are there studies, etc., that suggest that the new media, by giving us greater communication with "the Other" works to make us _less_ fearful of the Other, and thus, under some circumstances at least, _more_ likely to engage in aggressive behaviors, including warfare?
Todd can't get his own info (!) posted to the new Comm Grad website (which is fantabulous), but he did send info on this excellent source for Metadata about Media Activism.
who I encountered last spring but couldn't hold up my end of the deal. :-/ Anyway, she's moving on to podcasting and I'd like to keep tabs on whatever she pulls together.
I'm rushing too much, sent off an email half-cooked to the AoIR listserv. :-( Mary says, "I am also teaching a cyberculture course and posting the Digital Resource link to the list in case anyone else is interested. We have a course wiki, and the Resource page has a few academic podcast sites as well as podcast how-to links.
http://wiki.elearning.ubc.ca/DigitalResources
The best academic podcasting site I have found is:
http://i-generation.blogspot.com/"
A blog for IT and IP conferences. Probably a bit too tech-heavy for me, but I'm interested...
posted by Nancy to the AoIR listserv.
Tonight I drove through pouring rain to pursue a mythical quest. I prepped throughout the day, even to the point of selecting Green Dragon tea. :-/
I returned to this cautionary article on academic blogging, sent by a friend. Will I accomplish proper balance on the razor-thin edge of fitting in and (trying to) push the envelope?
Interview with Steve Jones about the Association of Internet Researcher's Annual Conference.
Info about Steve Jones is also available. In the interview, he describes the character of participants at the conference, its interdisciplinarity, and provides a sketch of the genesis and development of the AoIR.
The text is available as well as some commentaries, such as
Gore on the Threat to American Democracy (scroll down to read over 100 comments t that weblog posting),
Andy Carvin's Waste of Bandwidth (which includes links to an audiopodcast and video highlights,
and right wing responses, such as Right-wing pundits play doctor; diagnose Gore as "insane",
New Gore speech, same right-wing diagnosis
Media Reality Check: Gore's Speech Satisfied Network Analysts.
I'm reading the assigned "pro" and "con" chapters in Jarice's book, Taking Sides. I'm puzzled by the link made by Edison & Jacobs from Janet Jackson's bodily exposure during prime time television to increasing restrictions on radio broadcasting.
The crackdown on radio by the FCC is for real, as experienced recently in Brattleboro, VT. I tracked some of the drama:
I read two different accounts of "Intersubjectivity in an organic pub", In Johnnie's (the first one), there was a link to the second one, David's, which led me to The Collaboratino Cafe.
Hey museumfreak! Wonderful to 'see' you here. :-) Here's the list, all nice and compiled. Lemme know what happens with it, k?
Introduction to Small Group Communication, Spring 2005
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Winter 2005
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Fall 2004
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Spring 2004
Introduction to Interpersonal Communication, Winter 2004
This EDF ad depicts what it's like to be disabled by one's environment. The French subtitle translates:
"The world is harder when it's not made with you in mind."
Sent by Nick to the DeafVermont listserv. :-) The woman shocked by a signer is hilarious - no linguistic mediation skills whatsoever!
A new course designed by Ted Coopman.
