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Interesting snippet comparing American and Chinese manufacturing – a focus on flexibility, quality in the US versus heavy compartmentalization, rising quality in China
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Sean Gorman's dissertation leads to concerns about national security… and the classification of his work. Gorman was documenting fiberoptic connections that serve US businesses – concern that this was a "roadmap for terrorists" led Richard Clarke (always the cautious one) to declare, “He should turn it in to his professor, get his grade — and then they both should burn it”
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Henry Jenkins uses the work of John Fiske (semiotic democracy) to explore the use of popular icons in protest – SpongeBob attempting to soak up the BP oil spill, Dora the Explorer beaten up by the INS
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Lots of Turks are angry about the country's YouTube ban… including the Turkish president, who took to Twitter to condemn the ban!