Cutting NSF Is Like Liquidating Your Finest Investment
Look closely at your mobile phone or tablet. Touch-screen technology, speech recognition, digital sound recording and the internet were all developed using […]
The Use (or Is It Abuse?) of Social Media in Social Science
A new study of an admittedly small group suggests the public may be getting a little twitchy about the use of their personal messages for public investigation.
How to Avoid That Fatal Social Media Faux Pas
University professors are not immune to epic fails when using social media. But the lesson learned isn’t to withdraw completely, argues Ereika Darics, but to know thine audience.
The Ongoing Evolution of Universities into Newsrooms
Social media and alternative ways of measuring academic impact are helping turn universities into giant newsrooms, argues Maxine Newlands. That’s not necessarily bad, and it may be inevitable.
Don’t Block Academic Blogging, Celebrate It
Stephen Saideman argues that efforts to regulate blogging in order to preserve constructive debate instead shuts down a promising avenue for … constructive debate.
