Author Archives: Anne Leonard

Notes from today, and reading, viewing and blogging for Monday, March 5

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed plagiarism and academic misconduct from both academic/educational perspectives and “real-world” perspectives. Though we did not have time to watch it in class, I encourage you all to view Katie Couric’s interview with Jayson Blair. See today’s slides … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging for Wednesday 2/29

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed some of the legal and social aspects of privacy as well as how our understanding and expectations of privacy change depending on the context. Here’s a question I did not get a chance to ask you all: … Continue reading →

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Access to Baker’s article, “How I fell in love with Wikipedia”

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Anne Leonard

The Nicholson Baker article about Wikipedia appeared under a slightly different title in the Guardian in April 2008, and persists on its website, so anyone who felt deprived of Monday’s full experience can read it here. Many thanks to Prof. … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging homework for Monday 2/27

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed access to information: personal and institutional. We also discussed the digital divide; click on infographic thumbnail below to see a full-size version. We also divided into groups to spend time analyzing and summarizing sections from the Martin … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assignments for tomorrow, February 22

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we wrapped up the section of the course surveying the Information Landscape with a discussion on Web 2.0, participatory media, and the Semantic Web. We’re moving into Issues in Information and Media next, and tomorrow we’ll discuss access: personal … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assignments for next Tuesday 2/21 and Wednesday 2/22

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed non-text media and how the change from analog to digital formats, production, and distribution has changed how we interact with various media. Next week we’ll be discussing participatory media as well as issues of access to information … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and readings and blogging for Wednesday, February 15

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed print and digital alternative media and alternative publishing and welcomed a guest lecture about zines from Prof. Susan Thomas of Long Island University. On Wednesday, February 15 we’ll discuss non-text media: sound, images, multimedia. Please read Pavlik … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading & blogging for Wednesday 2/8

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we discussed the landscape of digital media, including “born digital” content, differences between digital and print media, media ownership, and blogs and wikis. On Wednesday, we’ll discuss alternative print and electronic media and welcome a guest lecturer, Prof. Susan … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading for Monday, February 6

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Anne Leonard

Today we viewed a timeline of information technologies, considered the future of information technologies, and learned about the information cycle from a video produced by UTK Libaries. Chapter 1 of Badke raises some important issues that we did not fully … Continue reading →

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Notes from today, and reading and blogging assignments for Wednesday, 2/1

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Anne Leonard

For Wednesday, February 2, please read the preface and chapters 1 and 8 from Research Strategies by William Badke (hereafter known as Badke). Post one reading response blog post to the course blog; refer to the blogging guidelines for instructions … Continue reading →

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