I have always made it an unwavering point to oppose those people who are in positions of authority or power whom I find to exhibit hypocrisy and ethical depravity. Often, I have done such vocal protests at my own expense, suffering – on one occasion – an employment loss; however, I remain resolute in my [...]
by Russell Cole
What is more dangerous to passenger airplanes, human breastmilk or Dell laptop computers?
It is a good thing that the security measures safeguarding passengers of jet airplanes against threats that are conceived on an ad hoc basis, only after they are learned from the intending terrorists themselves, are finally being implemented.
It is only [...]
I have been a member of an organization for several months now, which operates on a national basis and performs the task of assessing the accuracy of journalistic content delivered over sources of mass media, such as newspapers, television, and radio, called Media Matters, which can be found at the following URI:
http://mediamatters.org/
I suppose this organization [...]
I found this icon, which, apparently, is intended to be an identifier of sites that conform to the new Acid2 Test protocol, which is a best practices initiative geared toward standardizing the way webpages are rendered by Internet browsers. Although the development of the Acid2 Test is of little interest to most people, I [...]
There has been much to do about the controversy over Google’s plans to create a digital database of library books belonging to various affiliated libraries willing to denote their contents to Google’s project. I suppose the issue comes down to the following significant – to varying degrees – concerns that run in contradiction to [...]
Episteme 2.0
A study in the sociology of mass media and the sociology of social movements; both directed upon the emerging venue of mass communications, referenced as the World Wide Web, exploring the transformation of sociopolitical possibilities engendered by the proliferation of a representational space that is largely free from institutional gate-keeping devices and a means [...]
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Defining Web 2.0
The emergence of Web 2.0 has attracted negative commentary by people who do not entirely understand what Web 2.0 is and, consequently, what it entails. Admittedly, there is some truth to the relationship inferred to exist between Web 2.0 and the quantum increases in bandwidth [...]
From a Larger Project belonging to Russell Cole
An Extract from the Introduction
The purpose of Sociology of Web 2.0 is to build upon current criticisms of American sociopolitical institutions and networks that are associated with the counter-discourse generated from the cultural field of proponents of direct democracy and its implementation for the democratic reform of America. Its intent [...]
From perusing the literature there appears to be a tendency to assess the impact of information technology’s adoption to an organization according to either structural alterations that are engendered by the new resources or by the elevation in the organization’ performance, resulting from the transition to computer based information management. Although the former of [...]
This letter, which was originally a Green Party correspondence, is of interest because I would contend that the depiction of the qualities missing in the Green Party are, in fact, embodied by Populist America:
Thanks Again for an Insightful Response,
I agree with you that there is a lot of consensus among the Greens, and I am [...]
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