http://janetnews.com/blog Rhetoric, Academia, News and Life Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:18:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How Obama's Internet Campaign Changed Politics One of the many ways that the election of Barack Obama as president has echoed that of John F. Kennedy is his use of a new medium that will forever change politics. For Mr. Kennedy, it was television. For Mr. Obama, it is the Internet. “Were ... http://janetnews.com/blog/plugged-in-politics http://janetnews.com/blog/countdown-to-the-next-president I just got this in my email: DoD Ovarian Cancer Research Program Receives an Increase in Appropriations Advocates' work leads to 100% increase in Ovarian Cancer Research Program Spending Bill Includes $20 Million for Department of Defense Ovarian Cancer Research Program OCTOBER 1, 2008 (WASHINGTON, DC): On September 30, President Bush signed a ... http://janetnews.com/blog/congress-passes-20-million-for-ovarian-cancer-research http://janetnews.com/blog/tina-fey-as-sarah-palin-classic I have just discoverd Facebook.  Facebook used to be only for college students but now it's a social network where I'm connecting with people I haven't seen in 20 years.  Cool, huh?  It's neat to find high school acquaintances to see where everyone has ended up and it's neat to ... http://janetnews.com/blog/facebook-a-political-realm Will newspapers survive in the digital world?  I already unsubscribed to the The Dallas Morning News because I can get all the information that I need from news Web sites.  It's amazing to me that electronic readers are looking more like books.  I still love holding REAL books and perusing ... http://janetnews.com/blog/e-newspapers Here's an interesting article about the fight against cancer.  I really like what the oncologist says below.  Don't refer to cancer as a fight--because it implies someone or something will win. Rethinking the war on cancer We also tell you about Mayberry because of something Boston oncologist (and cancer survivor) Therese Mulvey ... http://janetnews.com/blog/why-we-need-to-cure-cancer Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX passed out iPhones to their Freshman class to start using in the classroom.  Interesting idea.  I don't even have an iPhone right now because, well, they are too expensive, but one day when I too am a tenured-track professor, I can take attendance right ... http://janetnews.com/blog/iphones-iclass Text messaging, Twitter, are under fire for bad grammar.  Some may wonder, do students know how to write correctly?  Are using such things as text and twitter teaching kids how to communicate a message effectively?  I believe, there's a time and place for Twitter and Text, but when it comes ... http://janetnews.com/blog/grammar-who-uses-that 42% say they don't know what Social Networking means... Across the 17 global markets surveyed, 42% of people know what online social networking is, says Synovate. The Dutch were most likely to know the term with 89% answering ‘yes’, followed by Japan at 71% and Americans with 70% answering in the ... http://janetnews.com/blog/is-social-networking-working