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Dateline: New York, NY
Weblog: executiveseverance.blogspot.com/
Articles: 52
Dateline: New York, NY
Weblog: executiveseverance.blogspot.com/
Articles: 52
Author of fast, funny Executive Severance, winner of the 2012 Mary Shelley Award for Outstanding Fiction! http://amzn.to/zkkuFU
Who says you can't marry modern technology and old school mystery? Executive Severance (NeoPoiesis Press, $16.95), a masterful work of Twitter microblogging fiction, is delightfully full of punny dialogue, clever character conditions, and a total lack of adherence to the old "rules" of storytelling. A comic murder mystery novel, Executive Severance is composed entirely of 140-word Tweets
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An experienced information technology executive, until recently I was Associate Director in the Office of Information Technology at St. George’s University. As an adjunct professor at Fordham University, I have taught courses in communication theory, mass media and society and media industries. I have a Ph.D. in Media Ecology (Communication Theory and Media Studies) and a Finance MBA, both from New York University. I discuss my media ecological musings and speculations on my blog, A Model Media Ecologist.
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The metaphoric heart stands in for aspects of cognition that we resist assigning to the head.
Can the English literary canon withstand the onslaught of the Bionic Woman?
Rather's tilt at CBS windmills enforces the notion of newsman as hero.
As the New York Times attempts to navigate the unfamiliar waters of the Internet, they risk "swimming with the fishes."
Reliance on gut feelings betrays the re-emergence of ancient attitudes toward cognition.
Recent iPhone/AT&T news suggests additional ways to liberate old technology.
Instant messages are too new to be considered an art form, but the time is near when we should begin to see additions to our culture using IMs as a model.
Educators rush to adopt new technologies into their curricula. Shouldn't we ask what unintended consequences accompany new ways of communicating?
The problem that continually arises when trying to properly interpret a culture's mythology is the definition of the word "myth."
As the new media liberate traditional advertising, women may want to reevaluate their roles.
