Center for Civic Media

Channel | updated March 26, 2013

The Center for Civic Media supports research at MIT to innovate civic media tools and practices and test them in communities. Bridging two established programs at MIT—one known for inventing alternate technical futures, the other for identifying the cultural and social potential of media change—the Center for Future Civic Media is a joint effort between the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. It is made possible by a four-year grant from the Knight Foundation.

Civic Media Session: "Bustling with Information: Cities, ...

Civic Media Session: "Bustling with Information: Cities, Code, and Civics"

Nick Grossman, Nigel Jacob, and Max Ogden Moderator: Center director Chris Csikszentmihályi Cities are vibrant, complicated organisms. A still-working 200 year old water pipe might rest underground next to a brand new fiber optic cable, and citizens blithely ignore ...

Civic Media Session: "Civic Disobedience"

2011 has seen a wave of popular protests threaten authoritarian regimes around the world. Protests in Tunisia removed a much-loathed dictatorship, and the occupation of Tahrir Square in Cairo promises to reshape the government of Egypt. Even in countries where ...

Civic Media Session: "Civic Maps"

Laura Kurgan, Pablo Rey Maps, Geographic Information Systems, and spatial analysis are powerful tools that recently have become increasingly accessible to non-specialists. Dynamic maps with user created content are becoming part of daily life in the 1/3 world (developed countries and elites in ...

Civic Media Session: "Design for Vulnerable Populations"

Designers often want to help people that they perceive as being in need -- whether those affected by natural or human-caused disasters, the economically or physically disadvantaged, or those who are on the losing end of a cultural power dynamic. However, naive ...

Civic Media Session: "Effective Citizenship in a Connected ...

Civic Media Session: "Effective Citizenship in a Connected Society"

In this age of streaming data and 24/7 connectivity, the options for civic engagement are many. But what does it really mean to be an effective citizen? Is there an app? Tom Steinberg is founder of mySociety.org, a UK-based consultancy that's become one of the ...

Civic Media Session: "Mapping Media Ecosystems"

Hal Roberts, Erhardt Graeff, Gilad Lotan This session looks beyond platforms to explore the concept of media ecosystems. How do we understand, map, visualize, and ultimately shape the flow of texts across an increasingly diverse and complex media ecosystem? What are ...

Civic Media Session: "Representing Islam"

Intisar Rabb, Amir Ahmad Nasr, and Nasser Weddady Moderated by Ethan Zuckerman Media dialogues in America have often centered on the role of Islam in US and global society. The representation of Islam in debates over the Park 51 Mosque in lower Manhattan, for example, ...

Collaboration contest, at the Future of News and Civic ...

Collaboration contest, at the Future of News and Civic Media conference

From the Future of News and Civic Media Conference, June 17-19 2009, co-hosted by MIT's Center for Future Civic Media and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. One of the little gems that the Knight Foundation introduced at the Future of News and Civic Media ...

Communications Forum: Civic Media and the Law

David Ardia, Daniel Schuman, and Micah Sifry What do citizens need to know when they publicly address legally challenging or dangerous topics? Journalists have always had the privilege, protected by statute, of not having to reveal their sources. But as more ...

Communications Forum: Civics in Difficult Places

In a live demonstration of globe-straddling communication technologies like Skype, this forum connects to citizen journalists and activists around the world, some of whom frequently test the limits of governmental authority. Moderator Ethan Zuckerman wonders if these ...

Community Radio Programming for the Digital Age, with ...

Community Radio Programming for the Digital Age, with Benjamen Walker

Benjamen Walker is the host of the program "Too Much Information" a radio show (and podcast) about life in the information age. He reports on many of the issues and topics of the day (Wikileaks, Anonymous, online porn, surveillance, net neutrality) but he also throws ...

Community Radio Programming for the Digital Age, with ...

Community Radio Programming for the Digital Age, with Benjamen Walker ...

Craig Watkins: "The Digital Edge"

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Craig Watkins: "The Digital Edge: Exploring the Digital Practices of Black ...

A Civic Media Session and Comparative Media Studies Colloquium

Crowdsourcing Crisis: How Civic Media Informs Breaking News

The first half of 2011 has seen dramatic events -- some tragic, others encouraging -- take place across the globe. From revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia to an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis in Japan, breaking news has been reported by individual citizens as ...

Damian Thorman, Closing Remarks

From The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband-Enabled World, a symposium hosted by the MIT Center for Future Civic Media in cooperation with the Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Initiative (broadband.gov). Includes introduction by Center Director Chris Csikszentmihályi.

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect ...

From the Net to Your Neighborhood: Using the Web to Connect Your Community ...

Recorded by Cambridge Community Television... NeighborMedia Presents: From the Net to Your Neighborhood Panel Discussion Whether you want to raise awareness about an important local issue or gather people for a community event, you can make use of web tools that are ...

Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism

Linda Fantin and Ellen Miller, with moderator Chris Csikszentmihalyi In December, the Obama administration directed federal agencies and departments to implement "principles of transparency, participation, and collaboration," including deadlines for providing ...

Center for Civic Media

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