Category Archives: Digital Media

Reports of My Death… Well, You Know the Rest

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Jon Murad

Watching the second presidential debate last night, I was struck by two quotes from one of this week’s readings: “[L]arge news media companies are being scooped by their own sources—even by their own reporters on Twitter!” And, ““[it] remains unclear … Continue reading →

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Omphaloskepsis, Facebook, and the Filter Bubble

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Jon Murad

There’s something evocative about the boy in the bubble, isn’t there? Whether cloyingly portrayed by John Travolta, or childishly taunted over Trivial Pursuit by George Costanza (“I’m sorry, the answer we were looking for is moops”), the hermetically sealed child—or, … Continue reading →

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Wikipedia and the RTCC

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Jon Murad

As noted in the “About” section, this blog was begun as a requirement for a class covering digital media and its social power. In order to ground us students in the topic, the professor has taken us on a head-spinning … Continue reading →

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