Tag Archives: Scholarly Communication

Should my Facebook Groups be on my vita?

I feel braindead this week. Rather than my other inane question (“What can the writers of Big Love do to make Nikki a likable and believable character?”), I am instead wondering what constitutes an “affiliation” these days. I’ve dabbled in a lot of different academic organizations over the years, depending on what I felt like […]
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Ask Alex: Getting a Communication Ph.D.

So, it’s that time of the year again, and so the inevitable question comes from a few graduate students: Where’s a good place to get a communication Ph.D.? Well, first of all, that’s probably the wrong question. The right question is: “Should I pursue a Ph.D.?” and the answer I will always give is “no.” […]
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Access2Knowledge

I have known for some time about the A2K conference, being held at Yale from April 21 to 23, and was hoping to drop in on it. I had even considered sending my Media Law students. But at $250 a pop, that’s pretty unlikely. (Besides, I’m going to a play–several, actually–that Saturday.) Conferences cost money–there’s […]
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Uses of Blogs

The Uses of Blogs collection has just been released, which includes my chapter “Scholarly Blogging: Moving Toward the Visible College,” along with some really interesting work by a bunch of blog-minded folk. The introduction and a table of content’s can be found at Axel Bruns’ site. The publisher has asked that we not blog our […]
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