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Lists of Bests
by jlesage & 5 othersagain, I am fascinated by lists of bests, especially as related to literature; they comprise both an ideology of the canon and a sociology of popular tastes, a la Bourdieu; in an extended form, they comprise much of amazon.com
Last.fm – The Social Music Revolution
by jlesage & 177 othersa web2.0 radio listening site; you can see others' tastes and perhaps pick up some tips from them; like Pandora, it learns your tastes
Please help me find movies that end with the main character dying. | Ask MetaFilter
by jlesageIt's a query that garnered 135 comments and added film titles within ten days. It lets me think MetaFilter might be fun for students, to craft media-related questions that would get lots of responses, simple queries like this one.
Adding meaning and value to information
by jlesagewhat we do with information that might make it useful and desirable to others
Storytelling in Flickr on Flickr
by jlesagevarious modes of flickr storytelling are described, and the keywords needed to get to them
Henry Jenkins: Taking the You Out of YouTube?
by jlesagewhat kinds of censorship face You Tube and My Space, in addition to the site's ownership of content?
BookMooch: a community for exchanging used books (book swap and book exchange and book trade)
by jlesage & 4 otherssend in your books and request and get others' used books
learn storytelling-learn to tell stories-learn about storytelling-learn use of storytelling-role of storytelling
by jlesageoverview of storytelling, partly from a business perspective
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