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One of my online students posted a reference to your exegesis on spam. It is coherent, analytical, and a little depressing. I will use this article in future semesters. The course is a sociological one on modern social problems, in which the first discussion is on whether spam constitutes a true social problem. You have made an excellent case for it being so.Thank you. I am honored that my article is to become part of your curriculum.
I think in a deeper sense, the spam issue merely represents a new shape to some longstanding social problems, not really new. Instead of an itinerant snake oil salesman with a cart and mule, we have virtual purveyors of things that seem, and are, too good to be true, delivered impersonally by wire and even through the air.
I am saying the medium of delivery is all that has really changed — that and the speed of delivery. And perhaps the sheer volume.Thank you.You are most welcome.
