By: dsquared
Gosh that’s pretty cool. Do you see this as the way of the future, though, or was it a one-off? I’d be a bit worried that there was a danger of having one’s research agenda set by the morning papers,...
View ArticleBy: Amanda French
Agree with dsquared that it’s a bit of an issue, whether scholars should need to respond to agendas (agendae?!?) set by the media — but on the whole, I think it’s just marvelous that you all were able...
View ArticleBy: Eszter Hargittai
This was a very intense experience, super fun, but not something I’d want to be doing on a daily basis especially since I did it while doing everything else that was already on my plate. Writing it all...
View ArticleBy: John Quiggin
In this context, the financial crisis is quite a striking example. Academic economists are probably playing a bigger role in the public debate than they have in recent times, through blogs in...
View ArticleBy: rea
Any negative correlation between Facebook use and academic achievement would run into a major “post hoc ergo propter hoc” problem, anyway.
View ArticleBy: Kevin R. Guidry
@dsquared I understand your concern but it seems that is also room for scholars to engage with the public and address topical issues. I think that we often err way too far on the side of remaining too...
View ArticleBy: Eszter Hargittai
Kevin, my main problem with “the discussions that followed” is that most of them haven’t been particularly sophisticated. Take, for example, the author of the original study. Aryn Karpinski keeps...
View ArticleBy: Gary
Eszter, I guess that, perhaps like a couple above, I am having a hard time understanding this episode. In short – and I’m sure this might be taken as snarky, but here goes – why does it matter whether...
View ArticleBy: Kevin R. Guidry
Eszter, I agree that much of the discussion has not been very sophisticated. With all due respect, I don’t think that much of the research has been very sophisticated either. Your 2007 JCMC article is...
View ArticleBy: Eszter Hargittai
Gary, there are all sorts of reasons why one would follow up in this case such as wanting to encourage sound research and also to avoid people taking away wrong conclusions. In this particular case,...
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