Monthly Archives: February 2012

Blog concerning Zines 101/ history and characteristics by Fred Wright

In these two articles that I will talk about the idea of zine is discussed .A zine, as I understood is a publication designed for a very limited target audience, and usually distributed on a small scale level. They are … Continue reading

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Things to think about for tomorrow’s class

This week we will  be discussing issues in information and media. You are reading two pieces on the issue of privacy (Marshall and boyd), and one essay on the politics of research (Martin). For our class discussion tomorrow, think about … Continue reading

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Wormholes in space and time

                 Dividing text with hypertext is super beneficial, it delivers the option of over and agaist linear text. This feature is the wormhole behind books. Ricardo Guzman

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Blog concerning the ” Nicholson Baker article”

Nicholson Baker in his article named “How I fell in love with Wikipedia” emphasized the importance, the dependability and the use of all common Americans concern Wikipedia and how useful it is. He states that the Wikipedia is a dream … Continue reading

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Blog concerning The Machine is Us/Web2.0/Wikipedia/Web 3.0

In web 2.0 the Digital text is different it’s flexible and easily modifiable and that is why our world is changing so fast. The web is the core of the foundation of communion in the last 2 decades. With out … Continue reading

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Blog post concerning the Digital Age by Pavlik, j.

The Digital Age by Pavlik, j. had very simply talked about the shift of ethnology through time that varies with the passing of decades and decades of history. For instance the advent of photography in the newspaper market in approximate … Continue reading

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Link to Nicholson Baker article

Hello everyone:   I found another place where the Nicholson Baker article was published, and this is freely accessible (it’s from the Guardian newspaper). So please try to look over this article for next time, and comment on it as well, if … Continue reading

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Links to videos – watch and comment!

Here are the links to the videos I wanted to show in class yesterday. Be sure that you check them out before our next meeting, and feel free to comment on them in the blog as well. 1. “The Machine is … Continue reading

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Response to Eland

I found this article very informative. It was a good and simple way of explaining to anyone the true nature of our system, a very rigid structure where new things don’t bud easily, compared to the illusion of a fertile … Continue reading

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Filter Bubbles

After watching Eli Pariser’s Speech I started to think why are this sites doing this Filter bubbles? Are they hidding something from us? I thought people use the internet to find what they wanted. However, after watching this video i realize … Continue reading

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