Frances Bell

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Between Athenians and Visigoths: what lies between polar positions in public discourse online

  “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.” (variously attributed – Google it)       In his graduation speech, Neil Postman characterised two groups from history, the Athenians and the Visigoths, each of which has since disappeared but has left their mark on subsequent cultures. For…

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Managing networking in social media – what’s in between the zone of homophily and broadcast?

I was interested to read George Siemens post on his loss of interest in social media, I did not completely agree with him , though my disagreement was not so dramatic as Donald Clark’s. I think George might be confusing a channel/ web service with what people can do with it.

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