Quarantined in Horny Jail: on Metaphors of Disease

But we can see an interesting trend: as the number of epidemics tails off, so – generally – do the number of major moral panics. We have the red scare, sure, and prohibition and the devil’s music, and filthy literature – but, generally speaking as the number of epidemics tapers off, the moral panics become fewer and slightly more grounded.

Analysis, Very Online, Written by: CameronCameron SummersNovember 24, 2021Moral Panics, Very Online, Noam Chomsky, Edward S. Herman, Analysis, Propaganda, Behind the Bastards, Umberto Eco, Stanley Cohen, Anthony Comstock, Epidemics, Information HygieneComment

Serving Up Some Truth: On Informational Hygiene

As a free service, I’m going to provide a truncated version of one of my best lessons here. Some of you might get some mileage out of it. It’s a basic tool, and many of my freshman students can use it with some confidence and a bit of prodding after about an hour. It’s known by the vaguely-scatological acronym “CRAAP.”

Written by: Cameron, Pirating CollegeCameron SummersMay 20, 2020Information Hygiene, service industry, Heraclitus, Texas, nursing, C. Everett Koop, The Atlantic, Robert EvansComment