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Paul Levinson's Open Salon Blog
Paul Levinson
- Location
- New York City, New York, USA
- Birthday
- March 25
- Title
- Professor
- Company
- Fordham University
- Bio
- Paul Levinson's The Silk Code won the 2000 Locus Award for Best First Novel. He has since published Borrowed Tides (2001),
The Consciousness Plague (2002), The Pixel Eye (2003), and The Plot To Save Socrates (2006). His science fiction and mystery short stories have been nominated for Nebula, Hugo, Edgar, and Sturgeon Awards. His eight nonfiction books, including The Soft Edge (1997), Digital McLuhan (1999), Realspace (2003), and Cellphone (2004),
have been the subject of major articles in the New York Times, Wired, the Christian Science Monitor, and have been translated into ten languages. New New Media, exploring how Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and blogging have changed our lives, was published in September 2009. Paul Levinson appears on "The O'Reilly Factor" (Fox News), "The CBS Evening News," the “NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” (PBS), “Nightline” (ABC), and
numerous national and international TV and radio programs. He reviews the best of television in his InfiniteRegress.tv blog. Paul Levinson is Professor of Communication & Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City
MY RECENT POSTS
- Mad Men 5.11: Prostitution and
Power
May 28, 2012 01:14AM - Mad Men 5.10: "The Negron
Complex"
May 21, 2012 12:18AM - The Beach Boys in White Plains
May 16, 2012 07:15PM - Bones Season 7 Finale:
Suspect Bones
May 15, 2012 12:43AM - Mad Men 5.9: Don's Creativity
May 14, 2012 04:25PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Oops, pardon my
misspelling of your name,
Maurene :)”
May 13, 2012 04:36PM - “Good point, Maureen -
Olivia's memories are
definitely
something to watch
our for…”
May 13, 2012 04:34PM - “Peter, though, didn't
seem in such bad shape, if
something
bad happened to
Olivia…”
April 21, 2012 12:38PM - “What you're talking
about - "you can only have one
timeline
and
history"…”
March 24, 2012 11:24AM - “Hey, thank _you_
zanelle, for being such an
appreciative
reader.”
February 25, 2012 03:08AM
May 13, 2012 04:36PM
“Oops, pardon my misspelling of your name, Maurene :)”
About: Fringe Season 4 Finale: Death and Life
“Oops, pardon my misspelling of your name, Maurene :)”
About: Fringe Season 4 Finale: Death and Life
May 13, 2012 04:34PM
“Good point, Maureen - Olivia's memories are definitely something to watch our for next season. My understanding of brain tissue and function is that m…”
About: Fringe Season 4 Finale: Death and Life
“Good point, Maureen - Olivia's memories are definitely something to watch our for next season. My understanding of brain tissue and function is that m…”
About: Fringe Season 4 Finale: Death and Life
April 21, 2012 12:38PM
“Peter, though, didn't seem in such bad shape, if something bad happened to Olivia, or she was killed.”
About: Future Fringe 4.19
“Peter, though, didn't seem in such bad shape, if something bad happened to Olivia, or she was killed.”
About: Future Fringe 4.19
March 24, 2012 11:24AM
“What you're talking about - "you can only have one timeline and history" - s not science, but philosophic metaphysics. Since we have no evid…”
About: Fringe 4.15: I Knew It!
“What you're talking about - "you can only have one timeline and history" - s not science, but philosophic metaphysics. Since we have no evid…”
About: Fringe 4.15: I Knew It!
February 25, 2012 03:08AM
“Hey, thank _you_ zanelle, for being such an appreciative reader.”
About: Fringe 4.14: Palimpsest
“Hey, thank _you_ zanelle, for being such an appreciative reader.”
About: Fringe 4.14: Palimpsest
January 11, 2012 04:34PM
“Excellent point about Ron Paul defending Romney on principle. The mass media continue to misrepresent Ron Paul.”
About: The Day After New Hampshire
“Excellent point about Ron Paul defending Romney on principle. The mass media continue to misrepresent Ron Paul.”
About: The Day After New Hampshire
January 08, 2012 06:14PM
“Sorry - I always forget that my Infinite Regress feed to Open Salon doesn't carry over the videos. I just put them in for you. Enjoy.”
About: LP's Into the Wild
“Sorry - I always forget that my Infinite Regress feed to Open Salon doesn't carry over the videos. I just put them in for you. Enjoy.”
About: LP's Into the Wild
January 01, 2012 07:52PM
“In the case of Pool, you're calling me a liar? I specifically say that I saw him being manhandled by NYPD. He said on camera his wrist was painful af…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
“In the case of Pool, you're calling me a liar? I specifically say that I saw him being manhandled by NYPD. He said on camera his wrist was painful af…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
January 01, 2012 07:52PM
“In the case of Pool, you're calling me a liar? I specifically say that I saw him being manhandled by NYPD. He said on camera his wrist was painful af…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
“In the case of Pool, you're calling me a liar? I specifically say that I saw him being manhandled by NYPD. He said on camera his wrist was painful af…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
January 01, 2012 06:07PM
“Frank wrote: "the police do have a right, indeed a responsibility, to take action to maintain order." Right - except there was no disorder for…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
“Frank wrote: "the police do have a right, indeed a responsibility, to take action to maintain order." Right - except there was no disorder for…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
January 01, 2012 11:50AM
“Frank, wake up - 1. You wrote: "That [no coverage on mainstream media] is false. I saw a story about it on one of the network channels this morning…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
“Frank, wake up - 1. You wrote: "That [no coverage on mainstream media] is false. I saw a story about it on one of the network channels this morning…”
About: Timcast on UStream Doing Great Covering NYPD Violation of First Amendment Tonight
December 27, 2011 12:30PM
“Thank you. Here's a link to the lecture I gave on this subject at Fordham University in September 2007 http://blip.tv/paul-levin son-on-media-writing-…”
About: CNN Distorts Ron Paul Interview
“Thank you. Here's a link to the lecture I gave on this subject at Fordham University in September 2007 http://blip.tv/paul-levin son-on-media-writing-…”
About: CNN Distorts Ron Paul Interview
December 19, 2011 01:15AM
“Thanks for the rating.”
About: Dexter Season 6 Finale: Through the Eyes of a Different Love
“Thanks for the rating.”
About: Dexter Season 6 Finale: Through the Eyes of a Different Love
December 13, 2011 02:48PM
“Right - but if you look at the video I gave you the link to in my post, the NYPD is still obstructing the press.”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
“Right - but if you look at the video I gave you the link to in my post, the NYPD is still obstructing the press.”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
December 13, 2011 01:28PM
“Leeds - you haven't addressed my point about the freedom of press provision being blatantly violated by NYPD.”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
“Leeds - you haven't addressed my point about the freedom of press provision being blatantly violated by NYPD.”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
December 13, 2011 12:37PM
“Leeds - Here's the First Amendment - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
“Leeds - Here's the First Amendment - "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
December 12, 2011 03:49PM
“You can believe anything you like - but the First and Fourteenth Amendments say what they say, regardless of what you believe. As for your "not pic…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
“You can believe anything you like - but the First and Fourteenth Amendments say what they say, regardless of what you believe. As for your "not pic…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
December 12, 2011 02:55PM
“First of all, yeah, I'm positive Bloomberg's actions are unconstitutional - I read English, and see what is written in the First and Fourteen Amendment…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
“First of all, yeah, I'm positive Bloomberg's actions are unconstitutional - I read English, and see what is written in the First and Fourteen Amendment…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
December 10, 2011 01:16PM
“Even if you were right, that doesn't excuse or exonerate Bloomberg for his unconstitutional actions, his presiding over NYPD assaults on protesters and…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
“Even if you were right, that doesn't excuse or exonerate Bloomberg for his unconstitutional actions, his presiding over NYPD assaults on protesters and…”
About: More Lies from Mayor "I Have an Army" Bloomberg about OWS and the Press
December 05, 2011 02:17PM
“And you're still doing little but hurling insults. Enjoy.”
About: A Progressive Libertarian in the Occupy Wall Street Age
“And you're still doing little but hurling insults. Enjoy.”
About: A Progressive Libertarian in the Occupy Wall Street Age
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