News, Anthropology, Polygamy
This is one for which I need help. Is there a serious debate, in the U.S., on the issue of polygamy? Don’t really have access to U.S. television news. Been getting information through many other...
View ArticleSpending Time on Media
Seems like the August lull in news coverage is accompanied by interesting news about news (how meta). For instance, Google announcing plans to let “newsmakers” respond to news items about them. Such...
View ArticleThe H-Bomb in Open Access to Scholarship
As confirmed in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences has just adopted a groundbreaking mandate “that requires faculty members to allow the university to...
View ArticleGame, Drama, Fashion Show, Media Event?
Austin, my current hometown, was host last night to the kind of event which gets national coverage. This time, 43,436 people tried to attend the event but only a hundred of them got selected. There...
View ArticleFinally! A Drinking Age Debate
This may be more significant than people seem to assume: university and college administrators in the United States are discussing the potential effects of reverting the drinking age back to the age of...
View ArticleMy Problem With Journalism
I hate having an axe to grind. Really, I do. “It’s unlike me.” When I notice that I catch myself grinding an axe, I “get on my own case.” I can be quite harsh with my own self. But I’ve been trained to...
View ArticleInfluence and Butterflies
Seems like “influence” is a key theme in social media, these days. An example among several others: Influenceur, autorité, passeur de culture ou l’un de ces singes exubérants | Mario tout de go. In...
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