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T.O., the hockey-addicted city (Jan 03, 2004, Sat) It's a hockey season. No doubt. Not just because it's winter, but rather, because I'm in Canada, a.k.a., 'the hockey nation.' Toronto, in particular, must be considered as one of the most 'hockey-addicted,' or 'hockey-crazed' cities in Canada, 'Maple Leafs-driven' city, hence 'Maple Leafs Nation,' a nickname for Toronto. It is not too hard to find cars with a Toronto Maple Leafs flag in any stre.. 더보기
Starting E-journal, again (Jan 17, 2004) -- Moved from iBlog-- Starting E-journal, again Jan-03-2004-Sat Following a couple of times of trial and errors, I decided to start writing personal e-journal, again. E of e-journal here is not from 'electronic' nor 'electric,' but from 'English'. Yes, that's right. E is from English. English journal. Perhaps it's not a big deal at all for native English speakers to write journals in their own m.. 더보기
Patriotism, Canadian Style (April 06, 2004) No matter how much you drink beer, you are still contributing to your country Canada as far as you are having beer, or any type of alcohol. The fact of the matter is that all alcoholic beverages must be sold only by government-owned Beer Store or LCBO. Having beer, champagne, wine or whatever liquor, means therefore that you are being patriotic to your country Canada. Isn't it nice that regardle.. 더보기
Cancon, Canadian Content Strategy in Media Super Bowl, but no Super Bowl “commercials” in Canada The Super Bowl, the championship game of the National Football League (NFL), is often regarded as the most popular sports event in North America. In January or February every year, NFL fans are glued to their television set not to miss anything about the single, winner-take-it-all game for the Vince Lombardi Trophy. What makes this game even .. 더보기
Are you with Shrek, or Prince Charming? You know the Hollywood blockbuster animation “Shrek” and its subsequent series, right? And I bet, most of you truly enjoyed the first installment, if not all, that was seemingly iconoclastic and, even rebellious, you might say, to a traditional storytelling. Other than the Beast in the Beauty and the Beast; or Quasimodo in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, how many movies or fairy tales were casting .. 더보기
Is it Ethical to Harvest Public Twitter Accounts without Consent? Posted by Michael Zimmer on 2/12/10 • Categorized as Privacy, Research ethics, Twitter While participating in the workshop on Revisiting Research Ethics in the Facebook Era: Challenges in Emerging CSCW Research, the question arose as to whether it was ethical for researchers to follow and systematically capture public Twitter streams without first obtaining specific, informed consent by the subj.. 더보기

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