This story (Students offer Net advice to colleges) as well as the video “aside” below get right at the reason why I blog: to experience the new web, you have to be a part of it. More than that, to be considered an expert in Mass Communication (technology), I would argue that one has to …
For some reason, the topic of kids’ exposure to indecent material on the net has been a hot topic lately. Stefanie Olsen at CNet, doesn’t have much of an answer to why an old study has suddenly received a good deal of coverage…but this was the first time I heard just how old this research …
Two of the industry’s largest heavyweights spoke to two of the most pressing issues in computing: Digital Rights Management and Security. Thoughts on Music Apple posted a memo from Steve Jobs today regarding Apple’s take on the relationship between iTunes, the recording industry, and the use of digital rights management to protect files. The surprising …
John is a PhD candidate at the University of Wisconsin - Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He studies the social impact of media technology law and policy, with a special emphasis on copyright. He also is an instructional technology consultant for DoIT-Academic Technology.
John doesn't update his blog often, and many of the thoughts are probably half-baked. While the web has sort of an eternal memory, the current and future reader is urged not to take all of this too seriously.
Think of this blog as "John thinking out loud."
(For more on this idea and why I blog, please see this category.)