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Cognitive Surplus Essays

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Our essays in response to Clay Shirky's Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (2010)

 

Clay Shirky argues that we are at a unique moment in time.  That is, with the worldwide burgeoning of affordable, easy-to-use internet applications, people in industrial and post-industrial societies are able to shift from being media consumers alone to being media producers as well.  As a result, we are able to engage in generous networked activity that has the potential to change the world.  In spring 2012, less than two years after this book has been published, we have seen many ways in which world political structures have, in fact, changed due in part to unprecedented numbers of people who have digital connections.  In these essays, we comment on some of the book's more notable points, as well as on generous acts, networked or otherwise, that we have witnessed or in which we have participated.

 

Fall 2012 essays

"A Generous Woman Builds a Gym" by Jazmin Pratt

 

Parenting in the Age of Technology  by Barb Pardee 

 

Thumb Era  By Xuewei Wu

 

Something About My Dancing Lessons by Jin Ma

 

Reflections on New Media by Christine A

 

Blogging As an Act of Generosity to Report the Unreported By Raber Aziz

 

Cognitive Surplus and Acts of Generosity  by Diane Noe

 

"Act of Generosity"  by Karwan Khmo

 

Milkshake mistakes in microblog by Haoxiang Wang

 

Reflection on Cognitive Surplus by Weiwei Yao

 

Cognitive Surplus Sharing and Generosity by Liuge Shang

 

Impacts of technology on everyday life by Krista Martin

 

Spring 2012 essays

 

Down the Rabbit Hole: The Community of 4chan by Ethan Grant

An introduction to the seedy core of online culture.

 

TOMS by Eric Hilmer

On the TOMS shoes movement and the quickening spread of trends due to the internet.

 

The Art of Blogging by Alex Moulchin

on blogging and publishing yourself 

 

Music and the Internet: Sharing a Universal Language by Rebecca Werner

on music composition and music sharing 

 

A Surplus to Health by Nathan Albert

on LoseIt!, weight loss and social media.

 

Generosity as an Art Form by Ashlee Stanley

The generosity of strangers on a site called deviantART. 

 

Gamers Unite by Mike Siano

on the culture of gamers and their impact on others and each other 

 

The Project for Awesome by Kirsten Pohlplatz

on community generosity on the internet, and generally being awesome

 

Writing Again Thanks To Cognitive Surplus by Alicia Smock

 

Feeding Those Without Surplus by Abby Christiansen

 

Why Giving Blood is a Good Thing by Mallorie Kaskubar

 

An Intrinsic Motivation, An Inspirational Soul by Michelle Stiegart

How one remarkable soul's life cut short inspired actions in those who knew and loved her.

 

Medical Treatment through PatientsLikeMe by Rebecca Szabo

 

Cognitive Surplus: Changing History Through Boredom by Angela Nickels

 

Fanfiction: Uniting and Fostering Writers by Victoria Hole

 on Harry Potter fanfiction, fanfiction communities, and writing in a digital age

 

Cognitive Surplus and School Lunch: A Blog for Change by Stephanie Coleman

     on School Lunch Programs, Nutrition, Public Schools, Blog, Food

 

Generosity: from the Internet to the Post Office by Rachel Shinville

on Moreloveletters.com and old and new media existing side by side

 

Recall Scott Walker  By Aubree Zdanovec

How public workers of Wisconsin united to protest in order to save their rights.

 

The English Theatre Business Project and Marketing Shakespeare by Jacquielynn Wolff

marketing, theatre, Intercultural-Competence  

 

Competitive Internets By Eric Mozynski

     How the internet is changing generosity

 

Fall 2011 essays   

 

Reflection on cognitive surplus by Qi Huang
on RenRen (the Chinese Facebook), Sina Microblog, and more 

 

Cognitive Surplus—From Receiving to Creating by Huiqing Wu

on iphones and participatory culture 

 

The Internet as a Support System (4).docx by Jessica Baldwin

On motherhood, daughterhood, and networked culture in responding to a rare medical condition 

 

Unity Through Technology by Kimberly Bari
On social media and epilepsy 

 

Americorps and Cognitive Surplus by Christine Wagenblast

generosity in the domestic Peace Corps 

 

Television to Internet:  How We Connect  by Adam McFatridge

on TV, social media, and community 

 

Blogs and a Breakdown - Generosity in Action by Allyson Vis

on the scarcity of surplus and a surprising act of (non-digital) generosity 

 

“Cognitive Surplus” around Me by Jiajuan Guo

on work, surplus, and news and generosity on Sina microblog 

 

Cognitive Surplus and the Value of Connection  by Chris Sapone

on social media, coaching writing, and supporting the recovery community 

 

Microblog by Jia Yang

Sina microblog and generosity following Japan's 5.2 earthquake 

 

Cognitive Surplus – Giving to Those That Cannot Help Themselves by Laurie Hurson

generosity and animal adoption 

 

Shirky On Social Media and Motivation by James Iddins

social and philosophical reflections on why we act generously 

 

Facebook by Nicole Schimizzi

social media, grief, and remembering after the tragedy at the 2011 Indiana State Fair

 

Rewrite of 1st essay.docx by Lark Carlson Brown

an orchestra director leads musicians of diverse talents and abilities

 

Fall 2010 essays

 

Generosity, The University, and Today's Networked Environments  by Elizabeth Burow-Flak

On being generous in academia and as a parent

 

Redefining "Academic"  by Lindsay Carlson

 

Internet Use for Medical Research  by Lisa D.

 

The Convenience Brought by Technology  by Ludan Sun

 

Generosity and the Blogger by Erin K.

Cognitive surplus essay by Xia Chen

Interactive Media: Closing the Gap between Generations by Lindsay Sperling

Generosity: Motives Matter by Stacey Cassady

Essay about Cognitive Surplus by Weina Ding

Cognitive Surplus by Lora Mendenhall

Cognitive Surplus - What is reality anyway by Erica Sponberg

Public and Civic Sharing by Deborah McHugh

Cognitive Surplus by Ting Xu

accessibility and permance touch home by Dan B.

Something after Reading Cognitive Surplus by Can Yang

My experience for TV ‘surrogacy hypothesis’ by Haiqi Li

Acts of Generosity by Phyllis Penninga

Don't be too Generous to Media by Ling Li

The Weight of Constructive Potentiality in the Digital Age by Christopher Palko

 

 

 

 

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