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From: Alan Sondheim <sondheim@panix.com>
To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reid Cornwell
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:15:26 -0500 (EST)
This is something I've been wondering; I haven't seen this kind of attack on someone here, before (and it does read like an attack). I have no stake in the subject one way or another, but it seems to me that this is a form of differend which is a bit problematic. - Alan On Mon, 4 Jan 2010, Peter Lauritsen wrote: > Troll or not. Did anybody invite Reid Cornwell to join the discussion, or do > you consider it to be (ethically) legitimate to discuss, judge and mark a > named person on a list like this? What would you tell your students? > - peter > > -- > Peter Lauritsen > Associate Professor, PhD > Information and Media Studies > Aarhus University > Denmark > > Forum for Overv�gningsstudier: http://fos.au.dk > Center for STS-studier: http://sts.imv.au.dk > > > On 1/4/10 6:49 PM, "Bob Rehak" <brehak1@swarthmore.edu> wrote: > >> I'm a veteran of the troll wars initiated by Reid Cornwell a few years ago on >> this list. Basically, he began posting prolifically and pissing people off, >> then turned it around by accusing the list of discrimination -- suggesting in >> both implicit and explicit ways that one has to hew to a fairly strict code of >> behavior in order to be considered a legitimate participant here. He >> frequently fell back on the excuse that he was researching an >> article-in-progress on trolling. >> >> For my money, he's a self-styled fly in the ointment whose guiding purpose and >> primary emotional reward seemed to be engineering exasperation in others. His >> rapid disappearance from the list once the conversation moved on seems proof >> of this. I too have noticed him on Facebook -- he's a friend of Henry >> Jenkins's -- but this current exchange suggests he has simply shifted tactics, >> building up a large FB profile with no actual "friend behavior" going on. >> >> My advice: ignore him and he'll go away. >> >> Bob Rehak >> Assistant Professor and Chair >> Film and Media Studies Program >> Swarthmore College >> >> ----- "Gilles Frydman" <gfrydman@acor.org> wrote: >> >>> Interesting conversation! >>> Here is what you can find about Reid Cornwell on >>> http://www.tcfir.org/education-2008/speakers/Reid_Cornwell/Reid_Cornwell.cfm >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> A native of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Cornwell dropped out of >>> Richard Reynolds High School to join the United States Marine Corps. >>> After completing a GED, he earned bachelor's and master's degrees in >>> experimental psychology. Cornwell completed a doctorate in >>> experimental psychology at Oaklands University College, He taught for >>> three years, at Franciscan University of Steubenville and in the North >>> Carolina community college system, then joined a national human >>> resources consulting firm, where he quickly became the corporate >>> training director. In this capacity, he developed technology-based >>> training systems that remain a standard in that industry. Based on >>> that experience, Cornwell founded his own consulting firm to provide >>> industrial training, change management, and recruiting services. The >>> firm, which created the first online job service, grew to 25 locations >>> and was ultimately purchased by a competitor. >>> --------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> Notice that there are no mentions of where he obtained his bachelor's >>> and master's degrees. >>> Sounds a bit weird..... >>> As noted before Oaklands University College is an academic center that >>> is VERY HARD TO FIND! >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> Gilles Frydman >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 4, 2010, at 10:48 AM, Burcu Bakioglu wrote: >>> >>>> No, I concur. It is just that when I accept an FB friend requests, I >>> often >>>> time look at the background/friends list and put him in an >>> appropriate >>>> privacy setting. He was on my limited profile thus far (and I >>> haven't had >>>> any spam from him at all) but since I've been forwarded bunch of >>> links >>>> regarding him since that first email, I removed him. >>>> >>>> b. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Ulla Bunz <ubunz@fsu.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>>> People might want to read Alex Havalais' page on Reid Cornwell. >>>>> http://alex.halavais.net/dr-w-reid-cornwell >>>>> He has lots of well-known FB friends? Hm... if you think that makes >>> him >>>>> legit, then you should consider the number of replies to this >>> inquiry just >>>>> this time around that said something like, "Yeah, I'm his FB friend >>> too, >>>>> though I'm not sure why." >>>>> Make up your own mind but remember what we're teaching our students >>> - just >>>>> cause it's online it doesn't mean it's true. And just because it's >>> popular, >>>>> it doesn't mean it's high quality (the Google search hierarchy >>> argument). >>>>> Ulla >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >>> http://aoir.org >>>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>>> >>>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks,</burcu> >>>> >>>> Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. >>>> >>>> http://www.palefirer.com >>>> http://palefirer.com/blog/ >>>> Skype: PaleFireR >>>> AIM: PaleFireR >>>> >>>> -- >>>> "Congratulations! 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