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According to Buell, Watson is interested in religion and literature and in the rise of vernacular culture, which deals with the "re-emergence of English as a medium of expression in the later Medieval world after the Norman conquest," Buell wrote...
...parameters that governed the creation of these crucifixes-regardless of century, country, or medium-must have been rigid, as there is a set of fairly strict conventions apparent in the pieces. For instance, the artist seemed not to have much latitude in portraying Christ's body: head sunk to the right, right foot crossed over left, knees bent, eyes half closed, mouth slightly open. Here the earliest piece-the clunky bronze staring at you from the first display case-diverges, or perhaps precedes the established conventions. But every other Christ in the room conforms...
...comix" also makes sense as a tool for advancement of public perception. It doesn't serve the medium to continue to associate itself so strongly with a childish, comedic history. When a casual reader encounters the word "comix" for the first time they are forced to spend a moment considering that the medium has evolved to the point where even the noun to describe it has changed...
...recent years, colleges and universities have turned to the Internet as a potentially revolutionary teaching medium. Some, like Virginia Northern Community College, have taken the concept to an extreme, allowing students to enroll in and receive credit for college courses without ever stepping foot on campus. Other schools, like Stanford, Princeton, Yale and Harvard, have steered away from offering full-fledged courses, instead moving toward making certain educational materials available to alumni. The area has also been the target of a few commercial ventures...
...Internet stands as a medium uniquely suited to enhancing education’s public sphere. The story of the online world’s success is wide and varied, but a large chunk of it has to do with the free and open dissemination of information—everything from computer software to constitutional documents to daily news stories. Institutions of higher learning would do well to place educational materials among this growing list, not in a for-profit or for-credit manner, but as a resource among resources...