Author Archives: jmorgan

Following up on our conversation on Thursday, I’d like to point out what I see are some interesting parallels between Sunstein’s thoughts in Republic 2.0 and in–of all things–Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America. In particular, I’d like to explore … Continue reading →

This was my favorite of today’s readings by far, and one of my favorite of the quarter. Not only do Benkler and Shaw lay out a persuasive case for what they term “high resolution research” in internet studies, they also … Continue reading →

The three-model framework outlined by Freelon (2010) is intended to facilitate comparative evaluation of political discussion fora. He does not claim it as a general method for analyzing communication on and through social media platforms more generally. Similarly, danah boyd’s … Continue reading →

In Victor Mayer-Schonberger’s book Delete: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age, the bulk of the discussion revolves around a pair of very compelling ideas: 1) that while throughout most human history remembering has been easy and forgetting has … Continue reading →

Although the main focus of this week’s readings was the mechanisms and consequences of state control over information networks, the thing that kept coming up for me as I read was the authors’ underlying assumption that the rise of global … Continue reading →

This post is more or less a response to Jeff’s post below, “Exploited Apprentice or Choice-Bound Gated?” And also to Beth’s response to Jeff’s post. I like Jeff’s analysis of our relative power in this class, but I think there … Continue reading →

The considerations Beth Novick outlines in her book Wikigovernment resonated quite personally with me this week: one of the projects I’ve been pouring my blood sweat and tears into over the course of the last 5 months is the Living … Continue reading →