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My blog - Clinamen - focuses on my research interests, but I also write for three different collaborative blogs: The Rhetoric Society of America's Blogora; the Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Advance Collaboratory (HASTAC), and Blogging Pedagogy. This RSS feed provides a way to read all of these writings in one place. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
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"You are so funny..."

October 29, 2009 - 10:13am

A recent Facebook exchange got me thinking about a cynicism feedback loop and political rhetoric.

Last week, I posted a Washington Post story to Facebook about support for the public option. The story quoted some poll numbers that indicated that a majority of Americans support the public option. A friend of mine from college commented on this post, and the following change ensued:

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CFP: Futures of Digital Studies 2010

October 19, 2009 - 12:14pm

The University of Florida Digital Ensemble is hosting a conference, Futures of Digital Studies, this February that looks to be a great place to showcase a variety of work in new media and digital studies:

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The CWRL (er, DWRL) gets a facelift

October 14, 2009 - 11:29am

The Digital Writing and Research Lab at the University of Texas (formerly known as the CWRL and also the entity that so graciously provides server space for The Blogora) has gotten a wonderful facelift. Check out the new website and also check out the new version of Blogging Pedagogy.

Full Disclosure to be Required for Bloggers

October 6, 2009 - 8:15am

More evidence that the Internet is not a regulation free zone:

For nearly three decades, the Federal Trade Commission’s rules regarding the relationships between advertisers and product reviewers and endorsers were deemed adequate. Then came the age of blogging and social media.

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The Dumb Network

September 20, 2009 - 5:25pm

Good news. The FCC is expected to announce the beginning of its formal rulemaking process for net neutrality regulation.

The FCC's process is a great model of "open source" government. And it's going to be an interesting conversation when the FCC issues its Notice of Inquiry. Network providers don't like net neutrality, as it prevents them from determining how fast various packets of information travel across their networks. But advocates of net neutrality insist that a healthy Internet requires a "neutral" network.

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