Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThe Internet is a Schrödinger device. On the interweb, after a while, things are simultaneously there and gone. They might be there, or they might not, depending on some earlier random event. On Kindle, when we look in the box, … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteHere’s a well-written explanation for why most of the media-effects studies really don’t tell us anything: WHY VIDEO GAME RESEARCH IS FLAWED By CHRIS LAVIGNE Studies that spread the idea that video games are harmful to children are conducted by … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 7 minutesI don’t usually do this, but this is a response to another blog, found here. The piece I am commenting on is part of a larger post about what Canadian troops are doing in Afghanistan. It is in support of … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteBy now almost everyone online is familiar with the wonderful story of Susan Doyle. There are many interesting dimensions to this story, like the one discussed by Henry Jenkins having to do with how quickly the world came to know … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteCompare: (these are all taken from the Environment Canada Weather Site) The day before there had been a severe winter storm warning. Nothing happened. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 2 minutesNet Gen kids cheat, they say…. OK, this annoys me. Apparently, we learn very little through the millennia. “The children now love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: 6 minutesI was asked this question yesterday. I may be paraphrasing, but this was the essence of it. It was a good question. I was among a group of peers, but I was also in a position where I didn’t want … Continue reading
Approximate Reading Time: < 1 minuteThis time from Stephen Pinker: http://www.suntimes.com/news/otherviews/469317,CST-CONT-danger15.article In defense of dangerous ideas In every age, taboo questions raise our blood pressure and threaten moral panic. But we cannot be afraid to answer them. Be the first to like. Like Unlike … Continue reading