McLuhan

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• 250 words on spelling conventions in texting and twittering

  
  HerrHorn.com — Authority: 113
  A few weeks ago, I came across a few intriguing questions in a job application form. Not just the usual inquiries about motivations, strengths and career plans, but questions that you could argue about in a pub or write books about. Below is my answer to the following question: “How much does it matter, if [...]
  5 days ago

• The Media Ecology of Digital Distraction

  
  shouting loudly — Authority: 108
  For purposes of writing the great French philosopher Michel de Montaigne found it necessary to isolate himself in the library of his château.  There he spent the latter half of his life reading, thinking and writing thousands of pages of essays and reflections.  But our new wired lives have made such isolation a ...
  1 week ago

• Claude Lévi-Strauss and Media Ecology

  
  A Model Media Ecologist — Authority: 106
  I recommend two excellent obituaries about Claude Lévi-Strauss, the father of Structural Anthrology, who died this past weekend. The New York Times does a good job summarizing his life and times. The Guardian does a better job explaining the roots of Levi-Strauss Structural Anthropology and I believe, ...
  1 week ago

• 2009 Middle East International Film Festival Winners

  
  Film Festival Ticker — Authority: 474
  Black Pearl Award for Best Narrative Film – Hipsters (Stilyagi), directed by Valery Todorovsky (Russia) The Closing Ceremony for the third annual Middle East International Film Festival (MEIFF) was held at the Emirates Palace Hotel on Saturday evening. During the ceremony, celebrity guests including Naomi Watts, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Executive Severence: The Twitstery Now Has a Title!

  
  A Model Media Ecologist — Authority: 106
  Granger had spent his last moments tweeting and probably would be tweeting still were it not for roaming charges. Was tweeting his te deum? Whether out of tedium or a te deum, Grangers terminal tweeting was still central to my investigation. I needed his Twitter password. I felt hot and cool at the same time. I ...
  3 weeks ago

• YouTube, Authenticity and the New Whatever

  
  AdHack Blog — Authority: 456
  I just spent half an hour watching this video and loved it. For liberal arts nerds like me, a talk tying together McLuhan, YouTube and our emergent culture of public privacy is candy. An alternate title of the video could have been, “A brief history of whatever and the origin of ‘meh.’” It holds gems like, ...
  8 weeks ago

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