@Vmosco

Latest: Critical Perspectives on New Media, Emeritus Prof Sociology, Former Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society, Digital Labor; New Tech; Utopia

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Critical Communication: A Memoir Vincent Mosco All 272 pages and 20 photographs submitted to my publisher. Exhale.
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Ron DeSantis should be forced to carry his Presidential campaign to term.
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Department of Banned Books: Orange school district pulls 673 books from teachers’ classroom shelves. The Orlando Sentinel, December 21, 2023
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Wonderful news! It was my honor to count Herb among my dear friends and colleagues. This archive is both a rich resource and a testimony to his immense contribution to media criticism and the political economy of communication.
Annenberg School@AnnenbergPenn20 Dec 2023
Housed at our library are the papers of Herbert Schiller, media critic, political economist, and Communication scholar. Processing archivist Andrew Williams on the collection: bit.ly/3RwEByn @upennlib
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The strange world of tech utopias truthdig.com/articles/effect…

'Effective Accelerationism' and the Pursuit of Cosmic Utopia

How an arcane philosophical rift in Silicon Valley is shaping the race to build artificial general intelligence.

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I learned today that congregations of nuns across the United States own shares in gunmaker Smith & Wesson, major producer of the AR-15 mass murder weapon of choice nytimes.com/2023/12/07/us/nu…

Nuns Who Own Shares of Smith & Wesson Sue Over AR-15 Deaths (Published 2023)

A coalition of Catholic nuns claim that the gun maker is putting itself at risk by selling the AR-15-style rifles. The company’s C.E.O. called it a “frivolous lawsuit.”

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Why did @Google decide to fake some of its Gemini AI demo? techcrunch.com/2023/12/07/go…

Google's best Gemini demo was faked | TechCrunch

Google's new Gemini AI model is getting a mixed reception after its big debut yesterday, but users may have less confidence in the company's tech or

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When you find out your work is being used to train AI. First reaction: they are stealing my work. Second reaction: a future AI may use it to overthrow capitalism. haveibeentrained.com
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Holy sh*t, this is AWESOME: Karen Smith, the new school board president for Central Bucks, PA, did her swearing in on a stack of banned books instead of a Bible. BRILLIANT! 👏👏👏
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Nina Turner@ninaturner4 Dec 2023
Nothing justifies killing over 6,000 children. Nothing. Not a damn thing.
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Joe Cirincione@Cirincione29 Nov 2023
CNN reports that the IDF and settlers have killed over 450 Palestinians in the West Bank since the extreme right Netanyahu government came to power this year. At least 100 of them are children. Two more were slain today.
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My candidate for headline of the year.
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Florida is planning to eliminate sociology as a course that can satisfy a general education requirement insidehighered.com/news/stud…

Sociology may be removed from gen. ed. course list in Florida

Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. said he proposed the change to make room for civic literacy, but some sociology professors are doubtful.

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A real "fake news" story: Sports Illustrated and other publications run stories produced by AI and fake the names of journalists and their headshots. And wait, there's more ... ctvnews.ca/business/sports-i…

Sports Illustrated deletes articles published under fake author names and AI-generated profile...

Sports Illustrated on Monday said it had deleted several articles from its website after a report found the once-celebrated legacy magazine had published the pieces under fake author names and...

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NFL flexes its military muscle: Athletes warned not to show a peace sign nbcsports.com/nfl/profootbal…

Referee asked Tyreek Hill before Sunday's game not to show a peace sign

Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill has been flagged and fined repeatedly for sticking two fingers up as he celebrates touchdowns, and before Sunday's game against the Raiders, referee Bill Vinovich...

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The racism of Robert Moses is back in the news nytimes.com/2023/11/18/nyreg…

Robert Moses Put Monkeys in a Park in Harlem. They’re Finally Gone. (Published 2023)

The iron monkeys with shackled wrists were mentioned in “The Power Broker,” which was published nearly 50 years ago, but had remained mounted in a Riverside Park playground until recently.

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