Comments on: The five minute dissertation will be televised http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/09/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/ Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:27:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: jgibbon http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/09/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 jgibbon Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:21:22 +0000 http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/08/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/#comment-1074 Good point, Eszter. Good point, Eszter.

]]> By: eszter http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/09/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 eszter Thu, 22 Feb 2007 17:50:11 +0000 http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/08/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/#comment-1066 I can see that the video may speak to those who already understand the collaborative nature of the Web and the various recent developments, but those who don't get "Web 2.0", I highly doubt they get this. I base this on my study of how little average users (even the fully wired ones) know about Web 2.0 types of services and options. I can see that the video may speak to those who already understand the collaborative nature of the Web and the various recent developments, but those who don’t get “Web 2.0″, I highly doubt they get this. I base this on my study of how little average users (even the fully wired ones) know about Web 2.0 types of services and options.

]]> By: jgibbon http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/09/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/comment-page-1/#comment-1030 jgibbon Wed, 21 Feb 2007 23:17:06 +0000 http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/08/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/#comment-1030 I actually had the same "huh" reaction the first time I read that. It's almost non sequitur, since the number of views on YouTube clearly has nothing to do with agreement on an argument. Seth's posts are usually a little better reasoned and better written than that, though he's certainly always pithy. The thing I took away from his statement is the simple point that it's possible to communicate your message to a much larger audience through a medium like YouTube or Frontline or a blog than through a book published by a university press or an essay in an academic journal. And it might be worth thinking about doing so. As I mentioned in the post, though, not all academics are shooting for the largest audience possible; they're often trying to contribute to a conversation among particular scholars that wouldn't make sense or be relevant to a general audience. I actually had the same “huh” reaction the first time I read that. It’s almost non sequitur, since the number of views on YouTube clearly has nothing to do with agreement on an argument. Seth’s posts are usually a little better reasoned and better written than that, though he’s certainly always pithy.

The thing I took away from his statement is the simple point that it’s possible to communicate your message to a much larger audience through a medium like YouTube or Frontline or a blog than through a book published by a university press or an essay in an academic journal. And it might be worth thinking about doing so.

As I mentioned in the post, though, not all academics are shooting for the largest audience possible; they’re often trying to contribute to a conversation among particular scholars that wouldn’t make sense or be relevant to a general audience.

]]> By: eszter http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/09/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/comment-page-1/#comment-1028 eszter Wed, 21 Feb 2007 22:55:57 +0000 http://jimgibbon.com/2007/02/08/the-five-minute-dissertation-will-be-televised/#comment-1028 <I>Half a million people seem to agree with me. How many people would have read his book?</I> Huh? Okay Jim, you quoted it so I'm assuming you think that's a valuable comment or insight or something. Please elaborate. Half a million people seem to agree with me. How many people would have read his book?

Huh? Okay Jim, you quoted it so I’m assuming you think that’s a valuable comment or insight or something. Please elaborate.

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