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Assistant Prof of Rhetoric, Tech Com, and Pop Culture at UVU. Digital Rhetorics, Comic Books, Pop Stars: This is my Wheelhouse.

Utah Valley University
Joined August 2013
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16 tweets that explain how kids relate to technology today huff.to/1MQQqsa
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types of facebook post: "i have friends", "i am cool", "i'm totally fine being single", "i am annoyed","i am sad', "i am incredibly racist"
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We shouldn't worry that the system is broken. We should worry that the system is doing *exactly* what it is designed to do. – at Ardmore, OK
Hey, McCulloch. Take a seat. You’ve made your disgusting contribution to de-evolution. We don’t need the self-serving dissertation #Ferguson
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Social media isn't the problem. Shooting children is the problem.
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There's so much language in this announcement that it's almost like it's a rationalization.
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Can @Nsousanis mount a successful defense of his comic-book dissertation? bitly.com/1jG8sxJ
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Dear Web Ad Designers: If your ad blinks, changes, or moves in any way, I resize my browser window to crop it out. (Also I hate you.)
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I have made a Helpful Guide for Fellow White People: Things that are JUST LIKE SLAVERY: 1. Slavery 2. [see number one] #nowSTFUandlisten
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Some academic jobs warrant a national search. Some do not. The ubiquity of the national search encourages academics to be vagabonds.
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Is there a word for being legitimately concerned about the mental well-being of friends who watch Breaking Bad tonight?
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I've never met a book banner who was also a solid reader. Book banning and poor reading skills go hand in hand.
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Submissions Due Mon Sep 23, 2013 5 pm to LA 114 & email [email protected] SUBMISSIONS MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY FORM dropbox.com/s/gdslids8kctvph…
We couldn't resist. We made our own Yahoo! logos. wp.me/sanHI-yahoo #visualrhetoric
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The idea of media limitation over media literacy strikes me as profoundly short-sighted and sad.
Tracking changes in a serious Word doc, noticed that I registered the program to "Poops McCoffinstuffin". So much for profundity.
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My students use Twitter more than FB nowadays, so they say. Horrified stares when I tell them the Library of Congress collects all tweets.
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We create mass artificial expectations around adolescence and market them to our prototypical teen, but they can elect not to engage.
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We better see *NSYNC holding One Direction by puppet strings tonight. #VMAs
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It seems like every kid wants to be Spider-man or Batman now-a-days. They must have terrible parents if they all want to be orphans.
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