The project will create open content electronic textbooks that will be freely available from a Web site. Distribution will also be possible via paper, CD, or DVD. Our goal initially is to focus on content development and Web distribution, and we will wo
Wolf unterscheidet zwischen informativem, linearem Lesen und dem nachschaffenden, individuellen Lesen im Sinne Prousts. Sie hält letzteres mit guten Argumenten für bedroht - ein wenig wie ein gegen sich selbst gewendeter McLuhan.
Clive Thomson über die von Andrea Lunsford organisierte "Stanford Study of Writing". "The fact that students today almost always write for an audience (something virtually no one in my generation did) gives them a different sense of what constitutes good writing. In interviews, they defined good prose as something that had an effect on the world. For them, writing is about persuading and organizing and debating, even if it's over something as quotidian as what movie to go see."
Über media literacy als Aufgabe von Journalismus-Fakultäten. Bezüge: Journalismus als Aktivität, nicht als Beruf (Shirky), Glaubwürdigkeit von Blogs und Online-Quellen (z.B. Gillmor)
"Thanks to the aggregator at Placeblogger.com, I realize that New Orleans is not unique in being a city that uses technologies to define itself; however, I believe that these NOLA bloggers speak more freely and with greater urgency..."
"The only thing we've been missing is a mathematical formula to quantify exactly how much (or how little) people read online. Now, thanks to new data, we have this as well."
"Deze website geeft een overzicht van initiatieven die in Nederland actief zijn op het gebied van mediawijsheid. De kaart is samengesteld op basis van een verkennend onderzoek dat Kennisland in 2007 heeft verricht."