Category Archives: Social networks

Literacy revolution

“I think we’re in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven’t seen since Greek civilization,” says Andrea Lunsford, a professor of writing and rhetoric at Stanford University.  Clive Thompson’s latest column in Wired Magazine describes … Continue reading

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Social networks and security

Here’s a new article from the online edition of  MIT’s Technology Review.  It describes how information retrieved through data mining networks, like Facebook and Twitter, can be beneficial, or a security risk. “Mining Social Networks for Clues”:  A researcher shows … Continue reading

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