“What if we’re not getting a fair trade for our information?” asks Josh Neufeld in a new exploration of the bigger questions surrounding data privacy. (Added cool factor bonus: it’s a graphic novel). We’ve gotten used to giving services like Facebook or Gmail access to data about our lives. But as mobile devices have become ubiquitous […]
Archives for November 2014
On Entrapment In a Media Era
November 24, 2014 By
Ours is a world of gorging
Half blind.
Looks alright, take a bite,
Leave it behind.
On Smart Phones and the Death of Conversation: A Photo Essay
November 10, 2014 By
“I started to photograph people in company on their phones as there was a certain symmetry to them and it appealed on a visual level, but as I continued I noticed an inherent sadness to the proceedings,” writes Babycakes Romero, in his short introduction to his photo essay titled “The Death of Conversation.” He compares […]
Jana Marguerite Bennett’s “Aquinas on the Web?”: A Review
November 10, 2014 By
Jana Marguerite Bennett, Aquinas on the Web? Doing Theology in an Internet Age, New York: T&T Clark, 2012, 200 pages, $37.20. Like Jesus’ critics who wondered, “Can anything good come out of Galilee?” I often wonder, “Can anything good come out of Ohio?” But a recent book, Aquinas on the Web? Doing Theology in an […]
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