Emerging Media Thoughts

EMAC 2321 at UT-Dallas

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Audience Fragmentation

September 3rd, 2009 · No Comments

(sample post on Keen article)
On the one hand Keen is the classic example of an internet-troll: he makes outrageous claims, framed in hyperbolic logic, and places them in direct view of those most likely to disagree. And although I don’t have personal access to his psyche my guess is he does this far more for [...]

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Multitasking and Nicholas Carr

August 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment

There has been a great deal of “buzz” lately, centered around a recently published psychology survey which indicates that multitaskers might not be as good at multitasking as they think. While the details of the study are far more complicated and nuanced than the popular media reports, the theme here is a consistent one: divided [...]

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Beginning the Semester

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

This is the class blog for EMAC 2321: Introduction to Emerging Media and Communication of as some literature has it Introduction to Writing and Research for Emerging Media. Regardless this is the blog. You might want to visit the the main class site as it has all the general info you might be after. This [...]

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