The more I look at the scholarship and journalism (actually, a lot of the former is just a step or so beyond the latter) on
It’s Been a While…
since the last posting here. What’s the main take-away from that observation? There are two: one, last semester I was wicked busy, and two, the
Courts and the Information Order
Dan Rather is suing CBS and affiliated corporate entities for $70 million. Ostensibly, it’s a contract case: CBS promised him something and he says they
Virginia Tech Report and Information
A report on last year’s Virginia Tech shootings was released last week (full report | executive summary). It highlights a number of sociology of information
What Society Knows
The lead editorial in the NY Times today (“What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You“) addresses the question of the state’s role in the generation
"The More Information the Better"?
Take a look at BARRY MEIER’s May 23, 2007 NYT article “For Drug Makers, a Downside to Full Disclosure.” It’s about how GlaxoSmithKline made drug
