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Should we view the last 500 years or so of Western culture as a strange interlude, defined by printed page and other artifacts that once dominated the landscape but are now fading in relevance?
What new ways of gathering and presenting information are evolving from the nexus of government openness and digital connectedness?
Celebrity culture and the brutal economics of print journalism have conspired to kill arts criticism, but it has begun migrating to the web, where it just may survive and even thrive.
Based on this roster of speakers, the MIT Center for Future Civic Media exists in a constant state of productive ferment, if not adrenaline rush.
10/08/2009 5:00 PM Juan Williams, News analyst, NPR; J. Phillip Thompson, Associate Professor of Urban Politics, Department of Urban Studies and Planning, MIT; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of Literature, MacVicar Faculty FellowDescription: The collapse of print and other traditional news and ...
European archivists grapple with the legal obligations, civic responsibilities and future prospects of their collections, which, thanks to the Internet and other new technologies, are increasingly awash in image and sound.
Nostalgia, anxiety and optimism mix in this panel devoted to imagining what lies ahead for the book, as publishing professionals and others discuss the impact of digital technology on the business.
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Scholars of "dead tree technologies" feel increasingly uneasy in a culture overwhelmingly consumed with innovation
As old media die, new forms are emerging, but it's not clear they will serve such vital civic functions as "helping people form publics," as Pat Aufderheide puts it.
Just as digital technology has expanded the means of producing media, so has it increased the geographic range new media may travel.
The 2008 presidential campaign may have fused politics and entertainment once and for all. Three panelists and moderator Henry Jenkins discuss the nature and implications of this convergence.
Panelists discuss how new technology may have permanently changed U.S. politics and campaigning.
Perhaps because he is a historian rather than librarian by training, Robert Darnton regards the vast ocean of digital information that civilization has begun accumulating with relish rather than anxiety.
There's anxiety, outrage, and some wistfulness in this panel devoted to weighing the strengths and weaknesses of political reporting during the current campaign season.
Genius (Students) + Ingenious (Curriculum) = Extraordinary Learning @ MITStudents and professors talk about innovation and creativity in teaching and learning at MIT. See four examples: The hands-on Hydrodynamics Lab, HASS subject: "Learning From the Past: Drama, Science, Performance" ...
With the right tools and backing, children of the 21st century are set to make their mark on the world.
In conversation with Henry Jenkins, these speakers don't so much square off as share their hopes and fears for the emergence of online democracy.
There's a lot that seems familiar on TV in other countries, and indeed, there's been a flow across borders of TV content and style nearly as long as the medium's been around
Fear not, fans of character-based TV fiction: reality shows will not obliterate tales featuring "transactions between human beings — the Jane Austen end of things," as John Romano puts it.
