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Durham's Herald Sun Announces Davidson's Nomination to the National Council on the Humanities

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Reblogged from The Herald Sun – Week’s End Cathy Davidson, internet provocateur, co-founder of Duke University’s HASTAC (pronounced “haystack,” short for the “Humanities, Arts, Science Technology, Advanced Collaboratory” at Duke University) and sometime Herald-Sun guest columnist, has been nominated to the National Council on the Humanities. We are impressed, but not surprised. If the Obama administration … Durham's Herald Sun Announces Davidson's Nomination to the National Council on the Humanities

Starred Review in Publishers Weekly

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Publishers Weekly ran a starred review of NOW YOU SEE IT in their magazine’s May 30th issue: ★Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn Cathy N. Davidson. Viking, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-670-02282-3 Davidson (The Future of Thinking) offers a stunning new vision for … Starred Review in Publishers Weekly

Now on MSNBC: Social Media and "Now You See It"

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Vivek Wadhwa‘s BusinessWeek article now appears on MSNBC. Wadhwa discusses how the Internet will not rot your brain—or those of your children. Web communications will better connect us all with the world. He’s interviewed Cathy Davidson who dismisses the doomsday scenarios one hears on a daily basis. She says we don’t need new research to prove that the Internet has changed how we live.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43171528/ns/business-us_business/

BusinessWeek Article Features "Now You See It"

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Vivek Wadhwa’s article in the May 24th Bloomberg BusinessWeek discusses how the Internet will not rot your brain—or those of your children. Web communications will better connect us all with the world. He’s interviewed Cathy Davidson who dismisses the doomsday scenarios one hears on a daily basis. She says we don’t need new research to prove that the Internet has changed how we live.
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2011/tc20110524_792362_page_2.htm

It's NOT the Technology, Stupid! Reponse to NY Times "Twitter Trap"

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The Internet doesn’t make us shallow, stupid, distracted, lonely, or soulless–we do that to ourselves. It’s not about the technology. It’s about humanity, and how we choose to adjust and to transform our institutions to support the real world we all live in now, not the fantasy world we like to remember through rose-colored classes.

But Whose Fault? A Response to the Nation's 'Faulty Towers' Essay

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If the US now ranks with Russia and Iran as nations with greatest difference between its richest and poorest occupants, what does that mean for the future of American culture and values? Those are the key questions. It all goes together. And, returning to the Nation article, it is incumbent on all of us–all of us in academe, in all fields, and all of us who are simply interested in the future of education and the future of our world–to work together towards rectifying increasing inequalities before they engulf us all.

Times Higher Ed Cover Story

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Cathy Davidson’s article in the Times Higher Ed, wherein she discusses how about 100 years ago, higher education restructured to meet the needs of the industrial age. It has changed little since, even as the internet has transformed life. Another revolution is needed, says Cathy Davidson, to modernise universities and prepare graduates for a 21st-century working environment. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=415941&c=2