Media Are Elemental: Marvelous Clouds
Welcome to our new blog series: “Media Are Elemental.”
The Hedgehog’s Array: October 9, 2015
Posted on October 9, 2015
in THR Web Features
Noteworthy reads from the last week.
Dispatches from Today's Youth Culture: Social Visibility
Teenagers have multiple motivations for their use of social media, but a concern about their status with other peers is certainly central—and social visibility is a prerequisite to such status.
Recommended Reading: “A Conversation With Mark Noll”
Posted on October 6, 2015
in THR Web Features
Dan Turello interviews Mark Knoll for the Kluge Center.
The Other Neoliberals
While today’s neoliberalism is excoriated for its contribution to inequality (particularly in economic terms), the other neoliberals demonstrated a fondness for compulsory national service and even a return to the military draft as a means to bridge divisions in our society.
The Talking Cure
Posted on October 5, 2015
in THR Web Features
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Sherry Turkle believes that our “capacity for solitude” is undercut by picking up the phone and checking our email.
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