A few reads on a Sunday morning when a foot of snowfall kept our Beacon-Journal and NYT from being delivered: * Five Things Google Could Do For Newspapers – Wired – While the New York Times was given an early death sentence this week by The Atlantic, Google CEO Eric Schmidt was asked by Fortune [...]
Also tagged culture, Google, journalism, music, newspapers, sportsInteresting reads from the past couple days: Stores worry holiday sales may be permanent – MSNBC.com – Is there research on the social psychology of shopping? (I’m sure there is, but I don’t have time to look.) The question of consumers’ expectations on prices and sales is an interesting one. Amy often teases me about [...]
Also tagged Bruce Springsteen, consumerism, health care, Kent State, recession, social psychology, US economyHere is a roundup of topics I was hoping to get to individually this week, but just have not found the time. – Tomorrow morning, I will participate in Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, the “International Men’s March to Stop Rape, Sexual Assault & Gender Violence.” I am marching with a couple other faculty [...]
Also tagged Akron, Highland Square, museums, Obama, race, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes