Smart Mobs to Come: The Audacity of Hope and The Audaciousness of Howard Rheingold
November 19th, 2007
gnovis [nō'vĩs], n., Georgetown University’s peer-reviewed Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)
gnovis [nō'vĩs], n., Georgetown University’s peer-reviewed Journal of Communication, Culture & Technology (CCT)
November 19th, 2007
Let’s perform a little experiment. As you read my blog –
which you would not be reading without the aid of 1) the Internet and 2) a
computer – consider how you did anything 15 years ago. Now for some of you, you
might have been in kindergarten, but I think it’s safe to say most
of us were at least in high school by this time. How did you conduct research
for a school project? How did you contact your friends? How did you look up the
number for the local pizza delivery joint or directions to the mall two towns
over?
November 16th, 2007
In this third episode of the gnovis podcast, I sat down for a brief chat with Geoff Livingston, author of Now is Gone: A New Media Primer for Executives and Entrepreneurs, which hit stores earlier this week. Livingston is an … Continue reading
November 15th, 2007
I’m pleased to post the second episode of the gnovis podcast, a casual interview with Howard Rheingold, chatting with gnovis’ Nicole Guerra, CCT student Stewart Geiger, and CCT Adjunct Professor Garrison LeMasters. In this lively conversation, Rheingold discusses topics ranging … Continue reading
November 13th, 2007
The institution of the press is the central nervous system of democracy. 1
For those of us focused on Iraq, Iran, immigration, the health insurance
crisis, and equal rights for same sex couples, the issue of media consolidation probably doesn’t inspire a passionate call to action.
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