2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Civic Action On and Offline: IRL + RT FTW!

Civic Action On and Offline: IRL + RT FTW!

Activists, theorists, media makers and researchers are all struggling to understand the relationship between the recent global cycle of protests and the new media ecology. This panel takes a look at how civic action moves between online and offline spaces, with attention to the SOPA/PIPA battles, Anonymous and Occupy, Justice for Trayvon Martin, and DREAM Activists.

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Sasha Costanza-Chock(Moderator
Jamilah King-Colorlines
Hal Roberts-Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University
Holmes Wilson-Fight for the Future

Read more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012

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