Tag: academic

Connecting with the Audience

Connecting with the Audience

There have been several articles and academic studies dealing with the ability of people to connect through online communication. We also have heard how people have built their “micro-brand” through connecting with a broad audience. There is discussion about how creating a transparent online profile will help attract new fans and followers. This will help …

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The Big Evil?

The Big Evil?

Net neutrality has been called the “free market issue” of the Internet. It also represents an issue with a lot of discussion and a few rational solutions. Proponents of this issue (e.g., Google) who want all bits of data to be given equal weight are weary of the agencies that could regulate such protection. Allowing …

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Twitter and its Impact on American Governance

Twitter and its Impact on American Governance

I was happy that one of my articles was selected for Communication Currents, an amazing produced by the National Communication Association. Communication Currents is an online web magazine of the National Communication Association. This site is designed to translate current communication scholarship published in scholarly journals of the National Communication Association. Working from recently-published journal articles, Communication Currents makes scholarship available …

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How Networks Make Networks

How Networks Make Networks

As Monty Python Flying Circus used to say, “Now for something completely different!” I am going to attempt to define two complex concepts and attempt to connect those concepts to the everyday world of social media. Those two terms are infotaxis and stigmergy. Both refer to a similar natural function, that is changing embedded information in an environment …

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An Academic Among the Trade and Culture of the CES

An Academic Among the Trade and Culture of the CES

I’ve wanted to go to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) for quite some time. Since the show is the first part of the year, it was difficult to travel to Las Vegas. I’m generally at the National Association of Broadcasters annual show in April, and my travel budget doesn’t cover going to Vegas twice in one year. I was …

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