bowena's blog

I wanted to look at my Mom and say, "hey look, I wrote a book."  Sadly, Georgetown no longer accepts paper thesis submissions which makes all kinds of sense for the reasons you don't need me to go into.  If you've paid attention at all to debates about the future of media you know paper is out and electronic is in (cheaper, better for the forests, etc etc etc).  Read More »

Sometimes I deny it, but really I am highly susceptible to panicking about some new illness, environmental toxin, or general germy news.  I'm also hugely susceptible to conspiracy theories and general distrust of media-induced panic.  As you can image, this has made being around me the past few days loads of fun.  Read More »

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This is what I'm writing my thesis about.  Well, not these huts exactly but the Civil War re-enactors who inhabit them. I know right, what the hell am I doing in a technology program with people studying things like free culture and media markets?  Funny you should ask...

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Thank heavens the election is finally over and we can all go back to debating if newspapers are going to "make it" in this new, open, and tech-heavy presidential era.  So, with all due speed let's turn our attention to what newspapers seem to have learned from these past few months years.  Read More »