Name: Jonathan Scanlan
Dateline: Brisbane, Australia
Articles: 37
First Published: Thursday, April 13, 2006
Last Published: Saturday, June 28, 2008
Jonathan Scanlan is a graduate and aspiring columnist who is currently enrolled in an education degree.Currently listing articles 37-1:
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Organic Education— The information revolution has created the need for a new pedagogy based more on play than knowledge.
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The Wealth of Minds— Toward a free market of ideas.
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Graphic Novel Review: Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner— A bittersweet tome about coming of age in 1970s San Francisco.
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Rights and Wrongs— How individual rights can fail society.
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Patrons and Patronizers— How the youth of today respond to the media.
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The Politics of Apathy— The problem of political engagement in democratic societies.
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I Approve This Christmas Message— A closer look at the Christmas wishes of politicians.
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Australia Online and at Home— As the information age unfolds, power will become the biggest policy challenge. Maybe it is time to start planning for progress.
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Howard Years Come to an End— In 2007, two men competed for the title of Australian Prime Minister. And the winner on 24 November was Kevin Rudd.
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Australia Online— How Australian society is missing both the point and opportunities of technological change.
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Movie Review: Transformers — Transformers is more than popcorn fun.
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History Only Appreciates In Value— A hazy view of the past does not facilitate a critical perspective on contemporary issues.
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Movie Review: Casino Royale (2006)— In Bond we see ourselves — not as heroes, but in how he has changed.
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On Faith And Society— The importance of religion to postmodern society.
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Book Review: Workingman's Paradise by William Lane
— Interesting insights into 19th-century Australia - and you can read them free online.
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Bias in Taste and Criticism— How are you biased and what can you do about it?
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Movie Review: My Summer of Love— In terms of character, My Summer of Love fails. It's as amateurish as a fresh face in a porno.
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Movie Review: Ten Canoes (2006)— Is this really Australian cinema and country?
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DVD Review: Brick (2005)— Brick is an interesting study in genre.
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On Freedom – The Limitations of Personal Responsibility— People always exist within a collective social context, so shouldn't we try to govern for one?
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The Simpsons Clips Leaked— The Simpsons leak sprung, then plugged, now sprung again.
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A Critique of Patriotic Discourses— Independence Day came and went with a wave of patriotic posts. So I figured I'd take an afternoon to deconstruct them.
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The Value of Reality In Television— If reality programming has its place in our lives and in our news, satire knows just where to sit.
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Book Review: Brave New World by Aldous Huxley— Huxley's novel is essential reading for intellectuals and science fiction-lovers alike.
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Copyright Fictions and Realities— Few people realise it, but intellectual property is a flawed concept.
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DVD Review: Last Days (2005)— Gus Van Sant's film about language and the human animal.
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Movie Review: Slither (2006)— James Gunn's Slither is more than just fun, it's an allegory as well.
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Capitalism and Technological Advancement— How profit compromises our lifestyles.
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DVD Review: Dirty Harry (1971)— Is punishment a good strategy for crime?
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DVD Review: Poltergeist (1982)— A film as boring and shallow as suburbia itself.
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DVD Review: Carrie— Carrie, evil and behavioral psychology.
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Satire: Student Psychology— In Semester 2, 2005, Jonathan Scanlan spent four months studying on campus at the University of Southern Queensland in Toowoomba.
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Graphic Novel Review: Blankets by Craig Thompson— We need to stop defending graphic novels, and get on with analyzing them in appropriate terms. This is an attempt to do so.
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DVD Review: South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut— The meaning of a "blood drenched frozen tampon popsicle."
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DVD Review: Futurama Volumes 1-4— Futurama is the end of civilization as we know it.
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DVD Review: The Hot Chick (2002)— The problem inherent in all of these films is that they perpetuate a Platonic view of the universe.
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Book Review: In Milton Lumky Territory by Philip K. Dick— In this comedy set in the 1950s, the author explores the nature of keeping up appearances.
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