Category Archives: Online Technology

Is Netflix a game changer?

I refuse to pay almost a hundred dollars a month for the privilege of having 100 television channels that usually aren’t worth watching.  I represent a small, new trend of what are called “cord-cutters.”  Cord-cutters are those who choose broadcast … Continue reading

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Bullying in the Digital Age – Not Just A Schoolyard Problem Anymore

In April of this year, in a small farming town in Iowa called Primghar, a 14-year-old boy hung himself in the family’s garage.  Kenneth Weishuhn had recently come out to his family, friends and on Facebook as gay. The relentless bullying … Continue reading

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Online Privacy Practices, Issues, and Concerns

Executive Summary Internet users are increasingly and unknowingly giving up their rights to their private information as they increase their online activities.  As other countries have developed more stringent rules on privacy, the U.S. government has taken a wait-and-see approach … Continue reading

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My last post — for this class

I came all the way to the Harvard Kennedy School of Government to learn how to start a blog and maintain it.  Not quite, but that’s what it took for me to get up to speed on this endeavor.  Professor … Continue reading

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Alec Ross, the State Department and the impact of new media on the world

One of the benefits of having Nicco Mele as my professor for the Media, Power, Politics in the Digital Age class is that he invites all his cool and well-connected friends to speak in our class.  His guests so far … Continue reading

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The filter bubble and other learnings

The Internet is a fairly new means of information AND communication – no matter the Supreme Court’s ruling on Brand X. For some years now, we have been enjoying the benefits of the new digital age: a colossal amount of information at … Continue reading

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The power of crowdsourcing

I must admit that I’m glad my professor for Media, Politics and Power in the Digital Age, Nicco Mele, assigned us to write a blog on two readings that I had only skimmed through the first time around.  The Cathedral … Continue reading

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