Abstract This comprehensive review of Tom Cooper’s Wisdom Weavers explores the intellectual "symphony" composed by Cooper to honor the lives, relationships and legacies of Harold Innis and Marshall McLuhan. It interprets the text through the Association for Media Literacy (AML) lens, evaluating how Cooper humanizes these two Canadian giants while tracing their influences from … [Read more...] about Wisdom Weavers by Tom Cooper: A Book Review
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One Plus One Equals Three: A review of Dr. Paolo Granata’s Generative Knowledge
Abstract Unlike many reviewers, I often read the front matter and after-matter (index, glossary, and bibliography) of a new book before reading further. In the very first essay within his front matter, a prologue entitled “The Divine Move”, we discover that Paolo Granata’s Generative Knowledge:Think, Learn, Create With AI (Wiley Blackwell, 2025, 276 pp.) is not another … [Read more...] about One Plus One Equals Three: A review of Dr. Paolo Granata’s Generative Knowledge
It Doesn’t Always Add Up: The Ugly Truth of AI in Education
Book Review of Cathy O'Neil’s “ Weapons of Math Destruction” Abstract Technology and artificial intelligence (AI) has become a major part of our lives, from the virtual assistant software, like Alexa and Siri, to recommended videos on YouTube. As artificial intelligence begins to infiltrate every aspect of society, investigating the impact of AI in education integration is … [Read more...] about It Doesn’t Always Add Up: The Ugly Truth of AI in Education
Book Review: Why Trust Science?
Why Trust Science? by Naomi Oreskes (2019) Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press Download full article PDF >> In her latest book, Why Trust Science?, history of science professor Naomi Oreskes does a wonderful job discussing the complexity of this question. She takes a difficult task and rather than simplify it, she dives deep into an exploration of … [Read more...] about Book Review: Why Trust Science?
