As you may or may not have noticed (and if you haven’t, just play along; it’ll make me feel better), I’ve been posting a science link of the week every Wednesday over on the ESN Facebook wall. Facebook seems like a good place for some empirical experimentation; it provides a Wall against which to throw […]
New Schedule and a New Way to Follow ESN
Today, we’re announcing a few changes to the Emerging Scholars Blog: We’re now going to post twice a week, with Mike posting on Tuesdays and Tom posting on Thursdays. For the time being, we’re retiring the Friday Week in Review feature. Instead, we’ll be sharing links throughout the week on the ESN Facebook page and on […]
Week in Review: Why Can’t We Be Friends? Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here’s a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you’d like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. […]
Abstaining from Social Media
As you begin a new term, what do you think about abstaining from social media? I had some friends who fasted from Facebook through Lent and according to Inside Higher Ed a professor offered a class extra credit if they stopped using social media during his course (see Extra Credit: Abstain from Facebook). How many […]