George Lakoff’s book, Don’t Think About an Elephant, has been one of the most influential arguments about the nature of American politics to emerge in recent years. Lakoff, a linguist, turned his attention to the “framing” of political discourse. If you want to look more closely at his argument, “A […]
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Always wanted to host a public or private community conference call on the internet, enable live chat, and podcast the conversation afterward? Maybe not, but now you can. Like other web-based audio and video platforms, talkshoe.com has filled a need we didn’t know we had. Launched in 2006, the site […]
Editor’s note: I wrote this post originally for the Knight Foundation’s Idea Lab blog where it appeared earlier this week. It has generated enough interest there that I figure it would also be relevant to my regular readers here. This fall, I am going to be teaching a course on […]
Editor’s note: I wrote this post originally for the Knight Foundation’s Idea Lab blog where it appeared earlier this week. It has generated enough interest there that I figure it would also be relevant to my regular readers here. This fall, I am going to be teaching a course on […]
GoodGuide.com has released a scientist’s take on socially responsible ratings guides. Learn about this and other socially responsible guides on our updated Research Guide. That is where you can find ways to contribute that take as little as two minutes of your time! Dara O’Rourke’s U. Berkeley based research guide […]