m2h blogs by Marcia Hansen

in Network(ed) Rhetorics
Derek states in Graphical Structuring, “One among the many clear, cogent points offered by Johanna Drucker in “Graphesis” is…” And, I have to stop there. Reading Drucker on my own was difficult. My difficulty could be compounded by the time left in the semester; however, let me provide an example [...]

cross-posted to Network(ed) Rhetorics.
I came across these books when I was at the library yesterday. They are in our new books section and I thought they might be of interest.
The first is Friendship and Educational Choice: Peer Influence and Planning for the Future by Rachel Brooks. The author investigates how friends influence each [...]

cross-posted to Network(ed) Rhetorics.
It strikes me that upper managment would be very interested in SNA, for it formalizes the often hard to get at inter-personal dynamics that impact relationships in workplaces. It would give them data they can use to justify taking particular actions and as Cross, et.al. point out, “Being peripheral because one [...]

Krista posted to Networked Rhetorics about social network analysis having not just people, but an object at its center and referenced Anne Galloway’s post. This has me thinking more about encouraging blogging, or tech use in general, among academics.
Last week I put together some ideas on how to encourage blogging. After having [...]

The readings this week were really dense, especially Chapter 1 from Greg Urban’s Metaculture. I’ll attempt to make some connections. I don’t really know if this is accurate or not.
“Reduced to its simplest formula, culture is whatever is socially learned, socially transmitted” (2). Urban is not so much interested in a cultural [...]

In the reading for Network(ed) Rhetorics, “Contributions and Criticisms of Diffusion Research,” the author quotes Kaplan who stated in 1964,
The prejudice of (research) training is always a certain ‘trained incapability’: The more we know about how to do something, the harder it is to learn how to do it differently.
This reminds me of something [...]

Writers and Networks
For an application of networks and electronic communication, look at this example from The Morning News, Roundtable: The French Paradox:
To explore these ideas, the book, and the similarities and differences between French and American food cultures, I gathered four French food bloggers for an online roundtable conversation, conducted via email.
I’m starting to see [...]

cross-posted to CCR 711: Network(ed) Rhetorics.
The Burt reading, Brokerage and Closure got me to thinking about the past work I’ve done with content management solutions (CMS). A CMS seeks to help work flow between the people who have to develop, review, and approve content for production. In other words, I think a CMS [...]

(via the Cul de Sac)
Heading Out links to a statement by Congressman Bartlett at Energy Bulletin.
First, Congressman Bartlett says,
more drilling just will not solve the problem.
I wish more people would hear this, especially regarding drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge.
Bartlett continues, “And (Saudia Arabia) knew that in their small communities, widely distributed, [...]

cross-posted to CCR 711: Network(ed) Rhetorics
Chris Anderson makes the point that busineses that market to the long tail will succeed in the networked economy as more companies embrace both current stocking/marketing of hits as well as suggesting lesser known titles, for there are many more lesser known titles, which can lead to more sales/growth in [...]