Tag Archives: Network Class
Rising narcissism among college students
A psychological report that indicates that self-esteem programs have given us a generation of narcissists is getting a lot of attention in the media. The authors argue that decades of being told that “gosh darnit, people like them” has gone to the heads of today’s college students. Moreover, it seems social technologies encourage narcissism. Jean […]
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Hyperlinked Society: [adult swim] v. YouTube
At the Hyperlinked Society conference, it was suggested that hype over new technology often outstripped real audience numbers. The challenge came from Jack Wakshlag, from Turner, to Jeff Jarvis, of BuzzMachine and other climes. The example given was that it was stupid to talk about the “immense popularity” of YouTube when the audience numbers were […]
First summer conference: Hyperlinked Society
As I noted earlier, I am off later today to a small conference at UPenn on the Hyperlinked Society. Anybody who’s anybody in hyperlinkiness is there, so it should be a fun, if intense, one-day event. I’ve only met about eight or nine of these folks in person, and probably about the same over email, […]
Democratization and the Networked Public Sphere