gnovis [nō'vĩs], n., Georgetown University’s peer-reviewed Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)
February 14th, 2012
Are you a technology vegetarian or a digital carnivore? In order to find out, I decided to keep track of my digital diet for a week. Compared to estimates by Clay Johnson, author of The Information Diet, who suggests that … Continue reading
January 26th, 2012
Once we get past the irony of creativity self-help manuals promising us that we, too, can become creative gurus by following 5 easy steps, we can begin to see the underlying cultural importance of such works. Micki McGee, author of … Continue reading
January 11th, 2012
There remain less than 250 days to the opening of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, however, another type of Olympiad is long underway: the Cultural Olympiad. What exactly is that, you ask? Well, the idea behind the Cultural … Continue reading
December 8th, 2011
Reality television has made a strong impression not just in terms of Nielsen ratings but also in terms of its spill-over nature into everyday life. Even if you do manage to evade the reality-style programming on your television (congratulations, that’s … Continue reading
November 15th, 2011
What Antonio says (transcript from the animation): Let’s talk a little about creativity. The kind of creativity that is written about all over the internet, best-selling books and business magazines. One need not look too deeply into the typical article … Continue reading
October 25th, 2011
Who was ‘Shakespeare’? The truth is, we don’t quite know. Although we attribute 38 plays and 154 sonnets to a man named Shakespeare, there exists very little evidence of his literary propensity. Take for example the fact that Shakespeare had, … Continue reading
October 19th, 2011
Surprisingly, the concept behind the X-Factor, a show rarely acknowledged for its enlightening qualities, is not too different from the idea behind the Enlightenment. How can that be, you ask? Well, let’s start with the Enlightenment: a name frequently used … Continue reading
September 28th, 2011
The term ‘identity’ finds itself in a perpetual dialectic: it is caught up in a tug of war of appropriation between the collective and the individual. Our understanding of the self, too, is mediated by these often competing demands and … Continue reading
September 20th, 2011
The success behind Shear Madness, America’s longest running play, does not simply lie in its witty dialogue. Nor does it reside in the fact that we are all, to some extent, intrigued by a mystery and by the opportunity to … Continue reading
