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Scott McLemee reviews two books about our networked society that raise rather dystopian concerns.
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Scott McLemee discusses two books on our networked society (opinion)
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August 20, 2018
As one of the first university-hosted blogging platforms prepares to wind down, concerns arise about the fate of its archives.
January 18, 2018
The academic blog “Monkey Cage” was once a hobby project of a handful of political scientists. Now it is part of The Washington Post. What’s changed?
April 27, 2016
James Tracy, Newtown-shooting denier and ex-professor at Florida Atlantic, alleges in a federal suit that his faculty union conspired with the institution to get rid of him.
April 14, 2016
Group of scholars want a political theology blog post arguing that some leftists sympathize with jihad taken down, but the blog's editors say they're baffled by the demand.
March 24, 2015
U. of Michigan researcher finds that different formats for assignments result in notably different qualities of writing.
October 1, 2014
New daily online magazine from the digital archive seeks to be "where news meets its scholarly match."
January 29, 2014
After the International Studies Association proposes to ban journal editors from blogging, infuriated faculty members take to their blogs.
December 19, 2013
Months after a professor's comments on Twitter set off a controversy, Kansas Board of Regents adopts policy on when professors and other employees can be fired for "improper use of social media."
October 29, 2013
Do male professors need and seek out attention from their female students? A popular feminist blogger thinks so, as do many of her Twitter followers.