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Cultural hegemony and disruption

Learning with 'e's

Social media for example has achieved a remarkable success in eroding the power of previously elite media channels. One example is the encyclopaedia, long cherished as one of society's most important knowledge repositories. For years the multiple volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica have graced the shelves of libraries worldwide.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Jen Howard on “What Happened to Google’s Effort to Scan Millions of University Library Books ?” The Wall Street Journal predicts “The End of Typing: The Next Billion Mobile Users Will Rely on Video and Voice.” ” The Chronicle of Higher Education on Elsevier “becoming a data company.”