2012-04-01 - Spark 178: 17th C Info Overload, Prince Songs as Proto-texts, and Ham Radio as the Original Social Media

Summary: Jordan Hermant on the movie Pump Up the Volume as proto-file sharing and blogging. Jo Guldi on the 18th century Open Roads Movement as proto-net neutrality. Michelle Parise on Prince song titles as proto-texts. Colin Newell and Kristin Haring on CB radio