Background
Siva Vaidhyanathan was born on the 19th of June, 1966 in Buffalo, New York, United States, the son of Vishnampet S. and Virginia Ann (Evans) Vaidhyanathan.
1984
151 Paradise Rd, East Amherst, NY 14051, United States
Siva Vaidhyanathan attended Williamsville East High School from 1980 to 1984.
1999
Austin, TX 78712, United States
Siva Vaidhyanathan studied at The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1994 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in American Studies in 1999.
2009
Siva Vaidhyanathan on Googlization.
2010
Siva Vaidhyanathan
2011
566 LaGuardia Pl, New York, NY 10012, United States
Siva Vaidhyanathan speaking at the Personal Democracy Forum 2011 at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts.
2017
Siva Vaidhyanathan
2019
Siva Vaidhyanathan delivers the Ed Mignon Distinguished Lecture.
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(In Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyanathan tracks t...)
In Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyanathan tracks the history of American copyright law through the 20th century, from Mark Twain’s vehement exhortations for thick copyright protection to recent lawsuits regarding sampling in rap music and the digital moment exemplified by the rise of Napster and MP3 technology. He argues persuasively that in its current punitive, highly restrictive form, American copyright law hinders cultural production, thereby contributing to the poverty of civic culture.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004H0N01K/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i3
2001
(From Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs...)
From Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs, the debate over information technology in our lives has revolved around a single question: How closely do we want cyberspace to resemble the real world? Siva Vaidhyanathan enters this debate with a seminal insight: While we've been busy debating how to make cyberspace imitate the world, the world has been busy imitating cyberspace. More and more of our social, political, and religious activities are modeling themselves after the World Wide Web.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0465089844/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6
2004
(This special issue of American Quarterly asks powerful an...)
This special issue of American Quarterly asks powerful and poignant questions about technology and its effects on our bodies, minds, families, economies, armies, and academies. Technology is an entry point for American studies scholars to find new and creative ways to think through social and cultural problems. The essays in this collection provide an interdisciplinary exploration of the ways scholars of culture use the study of technology to examine the flows, conflicts, tensions, and hazards of American culture.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0801886511/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i7
2007
(In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and ope...)
In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and open to the point of anarchy, a vast and intimidating repository of unindexed confusion. Into this creative chaos came Google with its dazzling mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible. In this provocative book, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines the ways we have used and embraced Google and the growing resistance to its expansion across the globe. He exposes the dark side of our Google fantasies, raising red flags about issues of intellectual property and the much-touted Google Book Search.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0520272897/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i2
2011
(We all create intellectual property. We all use intellect...)
We all create intellectual property. We all use intellectual property. Intellectual property is the most pervasive yet least understood way we regulate expression. Despite its importance to so many aspects of the global economy and daily life, intellectual property policy remains a confusing and arcane subject. This engaging book clarifies both the basic terms and the major conflicts surrounding these fascinating areas of law, offering a layman's introduction to copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of knowledge falling under the purview of intellectual property rights.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195372778/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i1
2017
(If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute pr...)
If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute propaganda to millions of people, distract them from important issues, energize hatred and bigotry, erode social trust, undermine respectable journalism, foster doubts about science, and engage in massive surveillance all at once, you would make something a lot like Facebook. Of course, none of that was part of the plan. In this fully updated paperback edition of Antisocial Media, Siva Vaidhyanathan explains how Facebook devolved from an innocent social site hacked together by Harvard students into a force that, while it may make personal life just a little more pleasurable, makes democracy a lot more challenging.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0190841168/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i0
2018
Siva Vaidhyanathan was born on the 19th of June, 1966 in Buffalo, New York, United States, the son of Vishnampet S. and Virginia Ann (Evans) Vaidhyanathan.
Siva Vaidhyanathan attended Williamsville East High School from 1980 to 1984.
Soon after that, Siva studied at The University of Texas at Austin, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in History in 1994 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in American Studies in 1999.
At the beginning of his career, Siva Vaidhyanathan worked as a reporter for Dallas Morning News in Dallas. From 1988 to 1989, he was a reporter and editor for The Daily Texan. In 1989 he accepted the position of a reporter at Austin American-Statesman in Austin where he served until 1991. In 1992 he was a reporter for Star-Telegram in Fort Worth.
Vaidhyanathan began his academic career when he joined Concordia University in Austin, where he served as a history lecturer in 1996. Two years later, he became a visiting assistant professor of history at Wesleyan University in Middletown where he served until 1999. In 1991 he received the post of faculty fellow and assistant professor at New York University in New York City until 2001.
Siva Vaidhyanathan served as an assistant professor of information studies at the University of Wisconsin in Madison from 2001 to 2002. In 2002 he returned to New York University as its assistant professor of culture and communication and director of the undergraduate program until 2007.
From 2011 to 2014, Siva was Chair of the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia. From 2011 he is Robertson Family Professor of Media Studies and from 2015 he holds the post of Director for Center for Media and Citizenship there, which hosts a Democracy Lab, produces several podcasts, and the Virginia Quarterly Review magazine.
As the author, Siva Vaidhyanathan wrote, "Copyrights and Copywrongs: The Rise of Intellectual Property and How It Threatens Creativity" in 2001, "The Anarchist in the Library" in 2004, "Rewiring the Nation" in 2007, and "The Googlization of Everything" in 2011.
Siva Vaidhyanathan’s most recent work "Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us And Undermines Democracy" was written in 2018. He has written for many periodicals and is a frequent contributor to public radio programs. Presently, he resides in Charlottesville, Virginia.
(From Napster to Total Information Awareness to flash mobs...)
2004(If you wanted to build a machine that would distribute pr...)
2018(In Copyrights and Copywrongs, Siva Vaidhyanathan tracks t...)
2001(This special issue of American Quarterly asks powerful an...)
2007(In the beginning, the World Wide Web was exciting and ope...)
2011(We all create intellectual property. We all use intellect...)
2017Quotations: "Real education happens only by failing, changing, challenging, and adjusting. All of those gerunds apply to teachers as well as students. No person is an "educator," because education is not something one person does to another. Education is an imprecise process, a dance, and a collaborative experience".
Siva Vaidhyanathan has been a member of the Modern Language Association, American Studies Association of Texas, and Digital Public Library of America.
Siva Vaidhyanathan is married to Melissa Ann Henriksen.