Student Activism: Reflections on the Anti-Robeson and WSU1812
Two acts, side-by-side. A student at Rutgers-Camden pens an editorial calling on the administration to remove Paul Robeson’s name from the library: It is certainly not in keeping with our timeless...
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WikiLeaks and the Decentralization of Power: Recap of the Argument that the...
What better way to sum up the last couple of weeks’ meditations on the transformative powers of Web 2.0 than WikiLeaks? When Paul and I make our presentations on the future of higher education, we...
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In The Spirit of the Season, Time Magazine Rips You a New One: Of Prizes and...
Prizes. At this time of year, you can’t escape them. Top ten viral videos. Best scandals of the year. The Darwin Awards. And, of course, the induction into print media’s Hall of Fame: Time‘s Man of the...
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Don’t Poke the Bear: Scrimmaging with Anonymous
Hacktivism is in the news, if not exactly grabbing headlines. When major service providers pulled the plug on WikiLeaks, temporarily cutting off access to the site via its domain name, “WikiLeaks.org”...
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Don’t Read Wikileaks: The Government Confronts the End of Privacy
“This is not a ‘phone,’” Dr. Englander told the parents who looked, collectively, shellshocked. What you’ve given your child “is a mobile computer.” This quote comes from “As Bullies Go Digital,...
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Is Nothing Sacred? Is Nothing Private?
At the end of my last post, I asked the question, “Is nothing sacred?” Here are some responses to that question, via the world of Web 2.0: After a day of denial, Gawker acknowledges that it has been...
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