The Future of News
The Future of News
In June of 2009, the Center for Future Civic Medias Future of News and Civic Media conference showcased some of the work done as a part of the Knight News Challenge, focusing on creative ways to provide people with the news and information needed to engage their communities effectively.
The Future of Government/Citizen Engagement
The Future of Government/Citizen Engagement
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). From the Mayor of Newark's tweets to the ...
The Future of Government"Citizen Engagement
The Future of Government"Citizen Engagement
03/01/2010 4:45 PM Wong AuditoriumJerry Mechling, Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School; Nick Grossman, Director of Civic Works, The Open Planning Project; Laurel Ruma, Editor, O'Reilly Media; John Wonderlich, Policy Director, Sunlight Fndtn; Chris ...
The Future of Digital Public Media
The Future of Digital Public Media
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). Public media has always played a critical role in our democracy, ...
The Future of Digital Public Media
The Future of Digital Public Media
03/01/2010 5:45 PM Wong AuditoriumJake Shapiro, PRX Director; Robert Bole, VP, Dig Strategy, CPB; Marita Rivero, VP and General Mgr for Radio and Television, WGBH ; Kinsey Wilson, Senior VP and GM, Digital Media, NPR; Damian Thorman, Ntl Program Director, Knight Foundation; Sue Schardt, ...
The Future of Civic Media
The Future of Civic Media
A plenary from the 2011 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference, featuring: Sasha Costanza-Chock, MIT Comparative Media Studies Chris Csikszentmihályi, MIT Center for Civic Media Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Center/MIT Center for Civic Media
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World
The Future of Civic Engagement in a Broadband"Enabled World
03/01/2010 4:00 PM Wong AuditoriumEugene J. Huang, Government Operations Director, National Broadband Task Force, Federal Communications CommissionDescription: The digital revolution that brought us Facebook, Twitter and YouTube could help revive participatory ...
The first 4 months of Scratch
The first 4 months of Scratch
Children programming user-generated content. Video by Karen A. Brennan and Jay Silver
The Emerging Mediascape
The Emerging Mediascape
03/18/2004 5:00 PM 4-237Mark Jurkowitz, Media Writer, The Boston Globe; Jeffrey Dvorkin, Ombudsman, National Public Radio; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of LiteratureMacVicar Faculty FellowDescription: '500 channels and still nothing on' is the gloomy assessment of these two media experts. In ...
The Emergence of Citizen's Media
The Emergence of Citizen's Media
09/19/2006 5:00 PM BartosAlex Beam, Columnist, The Boston Globe; Ellen Foley, Editor, the Wisconsin State Journal; Dan Gillmor, Director, Center for Citizen Media; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of LiteratureMacVicar Faculty FellowDescription: Extra, extra, browse all about it! The newspaper ...
The Chandelier
The Chandelier
A large-scale robotic musical instrument, designed as part of Death and the Powers.
The Art of Science Television
The Art of Science Television
10/15/2009 4:15 PM 10"250Paula S. Apsell, Senior Executive Producer, PBS"NOVA, and Director of Science Unit, WGBHDescription: Paula Apsell, NOVA's senior executive producer laments the sad state of science journalism and discusses how NOVA is more essential than ever. In a world where the ...
The Arab Discourse, Al-Jazeera and the International Role
The Arab Discourse, Al-Jazeera and the International Role
Hafez Mirazi, Washington Bureau Chief, Host of "Al-Jazeera Weekly"; Al-Jazeera Television Al-Jazeera, the Qatar-based Arab news network, wasn't the Bush Administration's favorite media outlet. But Hafez Mirazi states that his network's motto is "both sides of the ...
Technologies and Emerging Democracies: Building a Better ...
Technologies and Emerging Democracies: Building a Better Gatekeeper
10/08/2008 6:00 PM MuseumEthan Zuckerman, Fellow, the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University Law SchoolDescription: Don't forsake The New York Times for online media, instructs Ethan Zuckerman, because newspapers provide opportunities for learning ...
Tad Hirsch and Trevor Pagleni with Andrew Woods: Terminal ...
Tad Hirsch and Trevor Pagleni with Andrew Woods: Terminal Air
Terminal Air (Institute for Applied Autonomy and Trevor Paglen) with Andrew Woods Tad Hirsch (Institute for Applied Autonomy) and experimental geographer Trevor Paglen will present early research for their new project, Terminal Air, an interactive installation that ...
Summary and Collaboration Contest results
Summary and Collaboration Contest results
Knight Foundation's Michael Maness emcees an audience discussion about the 2011 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference, and we announce the winners of the conference's collaboration contest, where attendees can work together to win small pots of funding for civic media ...
Submit an Audio Element
Submit an Audio Element
How to submit an audio media element to the Learning Library
Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
Stu Puts Stephen on Notice
Stu Schmill of the MIT Admissions Office puts Stephen Colbert on notice for trashing MIT during a recent interview with Richard Hersh on the Colbert Report.