Thursday, April 7, 2011

Easy target

Ok, let's get this out of the way: The article about tweets spurring interest in long-form articles is exclusionary and anecdotal. He is talking about himself and his reading habits; I have similar reading habits, too. To provide my own anecdote, I didn't used to read status updates at all because they didn't exist; status updates take away from my long-form reading time. So what? The data he provides only applies to readers of blogs or people who regularly use Twitter. I can't figure out why I'm supposed to find this insightful in any broad sense.
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  1. JApril 7, 2011 at 8:26 AM

    I'm wondering if you are perhaps reading the Twitter/Facebook stuff instead of the first 3 chapters of Precarious Rhapsody (the group asked to change days, this happened in class and there was an update on the class blog).

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  2. JApril 7, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    if you get a chance before class, try to watch the link I posted yesterday "Telestreet: The Italian Media Jacking Movement." That will give you a quick sense of Bifo. And if you have 15 more minutes, 34-45 of Precarious Rhapsody (talks about ADHD, information overload, collapse).

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  3. BrianApril 7, 2011 at 11:47 AM

    Ahh, I saw Shane's blog and was confused and looked for a syllabus change but I'm assuming it was right underneath my nose. I didn't/don't have that book with me and won't have time to grab it, either. But the video is being watched!

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