Tag Archives: twitter

#TrumpBookReports (in 140 characters)

By Robin Bates | Published: October 20, 2016

For laughs, check out #TrumpBookReport on twitter. I’ve gathered some of the best renditions of Trump reviewing the classics.

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Tolstoy and the Forerunners of Twitter

By Robin Bates | Published: February 29, 2016

Before there were people sending tweets about the important developments of the day, there was witty repartee in European salons. We get a taste of such banter from Tolstoy’s “War and Peace.

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Social Media, Our Modern Day Pillory

By Robin Bates | Published: April 1, 2015

Social media has become the pillory of the 21st century, shaming people the way Hester Prynne is shamed in “The Scarlet Letter.”

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