August 14, 2009
April 14, 2009
MLA Handbook: Print is No Longer the Default Medium
Print is no longer the default medium according to the latest edition of the Modern Language Association’s handbook for academic citation. The MLA’s style bible for research paper writers has incorporated many changes that point to the ongoing cultural shift away from the printed word.
This seventh edition says “that the medium of publication should be included in each works cited entry” rather than assuming it’s print. The MLA has also decided to eliminate specific URLs in citations, claiming they often are session specific, or too long. Searching for titles or authors is suggested instead. Keeping with the web-centric view of [...]
March 18, 2009
Forget the Death of Newspapers, Magazines are Becoming a Form of Radio
Michael Surtees shares some interesting thoughts about the bizarre situation of media shape-shifting that is happening these days. He explains how after he stopped subscribing to the bulky print version of the New York Times, he discovered via micro-blogging site Twitter that the Economist magazine has a word-for-word audio recording of it’s issues available for download. After all this jumping around in different media worlds, Surtees discovers the usefulness of the audio version of the magazine, and sees a future in this kind of media-hybrid.
He explains:
As weird as it is for all the different types of media to be converging [...]




