“Local authority support for culture will fall by a further £124 million in 2013/14, according to figures published by the Department for Communities and Local Government.”
Tag: 08.08.13
The “Like” Stampede
Researchers “were interested in answering a question that long predates the iPhone and Justin Bieber: Is something popular because it is actually good, or is it popular just because it is popular?”
Relative Value – What’s Academically More Value? A Blog Post Or A Monograph?
“Which ultimately does more good–an article or monograph that is read by 20 or 30 people in a very narrow field, or a blog post on a topic of interest to many (such as grading standards or tenure requirements) that is read by 200,000? What if the post spurs hundreds of comments, is debated publicly in faculty lounges and classrooms, and gets picked up by newspapers and Web sites across the country–in other words, it helps to shape the national debate over some hot-button issue? What is it worth then?”
Conductors Pierre Boulez And James Conlon Sidelined Due To Injury
“With two more conductors sidelined, here and in Europe, just weeks after Andris Nelsons and Christoph Eschenbach bowed out of Tanglewood performances, the classical music world is compiling an injury list that rivals Major League Baseball.”
How Romantic Jealousy Changes Us
One new study indicates that jealousy makes us want to become more like the individuals we perceive to be our rivals.
The Enduring Gullibility Of Chinese State Media
Xinhua found the Andy Borowitz New Yorker column about Jeff Bezos having bought The Washington Post by mistake (he clicked the wrong button), translated it into Chinese and ran it as an actual news story. This was far from the first time Chinese state media believed what looked to Americans like obvious satire.
Spanish Cuts In Spending Leave Goya Museum An Empty Shell
“Spain’s austerity drive halts work in the artist’s home town.”
Why Corporations Aren’t Being Philanthropic
“If you were to judge it simply by the weight of public branding, you would think that the corporate community in the United States has stepped up to support charities in a significant way. They haven’t.”
A Book Reader Makes The Transition To Pixels
“I thought my love of books was too strong but I was mistaken. The conversion to digital formats was as easy as flicking a switch.”
Did Time Warner’s Removal Of CBS From Its System Lead To Piracy Spike?
“About 14.6% of illegal copies of this Monday’s “Under the Dome” were downloaded in New York, L.A. and Dallas, up from 10.9% for last week’s episode, according to the blog site TorrentFreak. In Gotham, the rate of illegal downloads of “Under the Dome” more than doubled (from 1.3% of all U.S. downloads last week to 3% for Monday’s ep).”