A Quick and Comprehensive Guide to Type

A Quick and Comprehensive Guide to Type Similar:For Two Months, I Got My News From Print Newspapers. Here’s What I Learned.Farhad Manjoo says he’s a better, more-i…CultureNow Is the Perfect Time to Memorize a PoemPowerful writing, by Matthew Schneier. …AestheticsBreaking up with your favorite racist childhood classic booksA good article analyzes the strong cultu…Books4 Skills…

Bad Doggy — practicing “Tomorrow” with a human Sandy

Bad Doggy — practicing “Tomorrow” with a human Sandy – YouTube. Similar:Ok, never mind Dusgcxms2… buddy, you can keep your first place as far as I’m concerned. Ok, never mind Dusgcxms2… buddy, you…EducationHaving a rough day. But in a span of about 24 hours, three former students reached out to …One former student said I’m…

Dear News Media, When Reporting Poll Results…

Similar:Pop song lyrics use more negative words ("hate", "sorrow") than 50 years agoThe use of words related to negative emo…EmpathyWhat Does Children’s “Obsession” With Technology Tell Us About What They Really Need?Wise thoughts. When we look at children…CybercultureThe Media Bubble is Real — And Worse Than You ThinkIn the early 20th century, print journal…CultureFBI launches…

Amherst College launches open-access scholarly press

…Amherst thinks that there may be long-term gains — both for scholarship and the economics of academic publishing — by publishing books that are subject to traditional peer review, edited with rigor and then published in digital form only, completely free. Some university presses issue some of their works in free digital formats. And Rice…

Benedict XVI (Pontifex) on Twitter

John Paul II was a master of communication and enjoyed a special connection with youth. I’m curious to see how Benedict XVI will use this medium. Benedict XVI (Pontifex) on Twitter. Similar:The Rise of Curiosity JournalismKatz and his kindred might just as well …CybercultureGambit Part 2 (#StarTrek #TNG Rewatch, Season 7, Episode 5) Artifact Raiders…

Dennis G. Jerz | Associate Professor of English -- New Media Journalism, Seton Hill University | jerz.setonhill.edu

For New Acquisitions, UMD Libraries Choose Ebooks by Default

Increasingly book vendors provide options that allow us to purchase e-books instead of print when both are available. We’ve now formally committed to purchasing e-books when given that choice. —UMD Libraries Similar:How Social Media Silences DebateThe Internet, it seems, is contributing …CultureWhy Fan Theories Are Destroying Film Discourse Fan theories are no substitute for cri…CultureThe…

A Message from Hester Prynne (Student Video)

Have I mentioned lately that I have awesome students? For a “Creative Critical Presentation” in my online American Literature survey, English major Tyler Carter created A Message from Hester Prynne,  a 9-minute video that explores Hester’s psychology and spirituality, through music, dance, poetry, and cinematography. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivxfKoZmF5k All the technology Seton Hill offers to its students…

Scrooge Is My Brother

My daughter delivered the opening “Marley was as dead as a doornail” speech as the narrator in the Stage Right! homeschool production of A Lyrical Christmas Carol. My son played Scrooge. The show was great. During the bows, I was already pretty misty-eyed when my daughter threw her arms around Scrooge and proudly announced, “He’s…

“What irrational person would argue against your claim that hoe is a Gothic punk?”

Dictating student feedback, I said “Would a rational person argue against your claim that Poe is a Gothic poet?” My Mac typed: “What irrational person would argue against your claim that hoe is a Gothic punk?” Similar:The Toulmin model for analyzing arguments came up at a faculty pedagogy workshop today. I … AcademiaDo television and…

What kinds of local stories drive engagement? The results of an NPR Facebook experiment

  We looked at every story we geotargeted during the months of July, August, and September 2012, focusing on the ones that the localized NPR Facebook following liked, shared, and commented on at a high rate. From this group of successful stories, we identified similarities which allowed us to create nine distinct content categories. We…