Monthly Archives: August 2012

A Summer Slide: It’s Not About Water Anymore

A recent study by the National Center for Time and Learning dares to go against everything we Americans hold near and dear to our hearts: Summer. Summer is often an escape for students, and from students with which individuals can …

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Practicing an Instrument is More than just Playing.

I’ve played the drums since I was five, but it was not until many years into private lessons that I realized what practicing really was.  As  far as I was concerned, sitting down and just banging away was going to …

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Recent Revalations in Political Communications

After watching the recent Republican Convention it really made me think about the intense role that communications plays in the outcome of our political process. I know that this may seem obvious, but for me it is a somewhat recent …

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Can the quality of writing and grammar be maintained in such a digitalized world?

There are both benefits and challenges to living in a world where writing can be distributed at the click of a button. The increasing desire for instant gratification sometimes results in a lower quality of writing. In addition, the boom …

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Self-Imposed Media Technology Interventions: Learning Moderation

It seems like technology has been getting a bit of a bad rap lately. We’ve all been there, out to dinner with friends, excited to catch up on the aspects of their lives we didn’t already read about on Facebook …

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Anti-Radiation Cell Phone Class

A new smartphone accessory made from the same material as NASA spacecraft claims to reduce antenna radiation and improve performance. But how do we know if it works?

It’s still unclear as to exactly how bad the problem of cellphone …

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Don’t blame Spongebob; Blame the parents

Recently, there has been a great amount of debate concerning the stigma that is children’s television programming. As children’s programs have been evolving over the years, so have the studies related to finding out the effect of television viewing on …

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Is Facebook a conglomerate?

New media has totally changed the way we’re informed. Being involved in academia as graduate students and instructors, others might assume we are informed on current affairs and demand credibility from our sources. However, interest in news topics declines every …

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From Books to Nooks: Has Technology Gone Too Far?

“I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have
lots of good fun
that is funny!” This quote from Dr. Seuss children’s book The Cat in the Hat represents the times where even if …

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Are journalists being pushed too much?

Edward R Murrow is rolling over in his grave.  Aside from his famed DeLorean, unless Back To The Future’s Doc Brown comes up with another great invention, say add on two additional hours to each day, journalists simply do not …

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