Kitalong-Will – Analyzing the Interactive Audience: Constructing a Communal Knowledge Base
Kitalong-Will, Ann. “Analyzing the Interactive Audience: Constructing a Communal Knowledge Base.” Resources in Technical Communication: Outcomes and Approaches. Ed. Selfe, Cynthia. Amityville, N.Y.: Baywood, 2007. 179-94. Print. In this article K-W claims that after reading/completing the assignments “Students will understand how audiences interact with businesses within new digital contexts, and how they construct communal... Read More
CCR711 – Kellner – Theorizing Globalization
Kellner, Douglas. “Theorizing Globalization.” Sociological Theory 20 3 (2002): 285-305. Print. Kellner’s essay is a theoretical articulation of the transformations in global economy, politics, and culture made possible through the reciprocal relationship between technological and communicative revolutions and the global restructuring of capitalism. He hopes to understand globalization as a dialectic between the progressive and emancipatory... Read More
CCR711 – Fine – Examining the Ideas of Globalization and Development
Fine, Ben. “Examining the Ideas of Globalisation and Development Critically: What Role for Political Economy?” New Political Economy 9 2 (2004): 213-31. Print. Fine’s essay sets out to answer a question recently presented by social theorist and geographer David Harvey: “Globalization is now one of the most hegemonic concepts for understanding the political economy of international capitalism. And its uses extend far beyond the business... Read More
CCR760 – A World Without Bosses? : Distributed Capitalism & Net Work
The first time I read through chapter five in Eileen’s class I became very, very frightened. I suppose my initial terror was directly tied to my now slowly deteriorating allegiance to Marxist modes of material production and the realities capitalist enterprise in the West’s progressively post-industrial age. The more and more I read about the changing nature of work in the 21st century – especially with respect to Zuboff’s... Read More
