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Steven John Thompson PhD

Emerging Tech Ethics ・・・ New Media Rhetorics

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17 Sep 2020

Rise of the Ignoramus et Ignorabimus

by Steve | posted in: Culture, Internet, Media, Society | 0

One of the most disconcerting and pernicious changes to society over the past four years has been the rise of the ignoramus et ignorabimus, a Latin maxim for “we do not know and will not know.” Reportedly posited by German … Continued

EDUCATION, ignorance, unleaarned
9 Apr 2020

Professional Provocateurs and Their Raging Discontents

by Steve | posted in: Culture, Media, Society | 0

One highly active media character who defies recognition is the professional provocateur. While the start of this character depiction in the U.S. political system can be traced back to one seminal figure in the 1980s: Newt Gingrich, who early in … Continued

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About Steve

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Former Ivy League professor. I taught at Dartmouth College, Johns Hopkins, UC Davis, others. On faculty at University of Maryland Global Campus. I published pioneering Internet addiction research in 1996. I explore Internet phenomena and emerging technologies. My media dependency work and research on AI agency and technoethics tied to moving the Internet appliance into the body are ongoing. Two forthcoming textbooks to be published by Cognella Academic Publishing. I’m a veteran newsman.

Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. Rev 3:8b ESV

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