Dr. Kevin Schut

Kevin Schut is a professor of media studies in the Communications department at TWU. He's a former global wanderer, a father of three little ones, and a big fan of computer and video games, especially Sid Meier's Civilization series. In this blog he's going to write about stuff to do with media -- art, faith, culture and why your computer might change the way you think.

Recent Blog Entries...

Why digital locks are a bad idea
by Kevin Schut || posted on Jun. 6th, 2010 at 4:56pm

When I was a kid, I had a Commodore 64 computer, and a box full of disks with games. I'd say about 3 of the 150 disks were purchased copies. The rest of them had these little screens when starting up that said something like "Cracked by JoeX." I didn't get it at the time, because I didn't understand anything about copyright, but it was my first introduction to dig...

New Copyright Bill coming to Canada soon...
by Kevin Schut || posted on May 11th, 2010 at 4:54pm

Michael Geist, a prominent Canadian activist on copyright and related communication laws and policies is reporting (here, here, and here) that the Canadian government is working on new Copyright legislation that it hopes to release in mid-June. Unfortunately, in spite of the overwhelming public support for a law with an emphasis on flexible fair dealing (Geist has a...

A follow-up on Haiti: fading from mind...
by Kevin Schut || posted on Mar. 28th, 2010 at 4:27pm

A few weeks back, I posted about how I felt that for most people in North America, the terrible earthquake in Haiti and its awful repercussions were essentially unreal, because it was all viewed through the filter of mass media. Because our reactions were/are essentially a shallow kind of empathy unconnected to the real experience, I rather expected that after the e...

Older Posts

Who gets to define the Olympics?
by Kevin Schut on Mar. 2nd, 2010 at 9:25am
Haiti, reality, and the distance of mass media
by Kevin Schut on Jan. 25th, 2010
Games for Education 2009
by Kevin Schut on Oct. 2nd, 2009 at 3:18pm
Copyright for Teachers (Workshop Resources)
by Kevin Schut on Oct. 2nd, 2009 at 2:20pm
Canadian Copyright
by Kevin Schut on Sep. 21st, 2009 at 5:00pm
The Death of Newspapers (and Journalism?)
by Kevin Schut on Aug. 17th, 2009 at 8:18am
The Productive Uses of Discomfort
by Kevin Schut on Jul. 16th, 2009 at 4:12pm
The Revolution is Being Televised, and Blogged, an
by Kevin Schut on Jun. 21st, 2009 at 6:48pm
Learning in Recession-Time
by Kevin Schut on Mar. 19th, 2009 at 6:51pm
Christians should make more Flowers
by Kevin Schut on Mar. 2nd, 2009 at 8:23am
People Don't Make Sense
by Kevin Schut on Jan. 18th, 2009 at 11:23pm
Are we celebrity obsessed?
by Kevin Schut on Dec. 10th, 2008 at 7:46pm
Remembering Why I'm Here
by Kevin Schut on Nov. 11th, 2008 at 4:06pm
Look Ma! I was on TV! (Please don't watch.)
by Kevin Schut on Oct. 28th, 2008 at 7:25pm
Games for Education
by Kevin Schut on Oct. 15th, 2008 at 3:51pm
The Internet is Short
by Kevin Schut on Oct. 8th, 2008 at 10:32am
Please don’t vote for a TV personality!
by Kevin Schut on Sep. 1st, 2008 at 1:51pm
Push me to the Olympics, please!
by Kevin Schut on Aug. 17th, 2008 at 8:52pm
Of Anti-heroes and Pop Culture
by Kevin Schut on Jul. 22nd, 2008 at 2:17pm
Label: Rise of Band is now available!
by Kevin Schut on Jul. 3rd, 2008 at 11:15pm
Behind the surface of a computer game...
by Kevin Schut on Jun. 30th, 2008 at 11:12am
A Professor of… Video games?
by Kevin Schut on Jun. 18th, 2008 at 11:36am