Global Voices Summit: Do We Feed the Trolls?
Five days with Global Voices leaves me feeling pretty good about the state of the world, and the shape of the internet. But the ‘net… Read More »Global Voices Summit: Do We Feed the Trolls?
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Coco Fusco’s introduction to the Cuban blogosphere
Multimedia artist, writer, activist and teacher Coco Fusco is a visiting associate professor at MIT’s Comparative Media Studies this year, and she introduced herself to… Read More »Coco Fusco’s introduction to the Cuban blogosphere
Susan Benesch on dangerous speech and counterspeech
Susan Benesch is one of the leading thinkers on countering hate speech online. She’s a fellow at the Berkman Center this year, and I’m terribly… Read More »Susan Benesch on dangerous speech and counterspeech
140journos – When Citizen Media filled the reporting gap in Turkey
Engin Onder and Zeynep Tufekci visited the Berkman Center today to talk about the rise of citizen reporting in Turkey. Tufekci is a leading scholar… Read More »140journos – When Citizen Media filled the reporting gap in Turkey
Cute Cats to the Rescue? Participatory Media and Political Expression
Some years back, I gave a talk at O’Reilly’s ETech conference that urged the audience to spend less time thinking up clever ways dissidents could… Read More »Cute Cats to the Rescue? Participatory Media and Political Expression
Now representing @Sweden…
Last year, Sweden took on an experiment in social media as a form of nation branding by turning over its national Twitter account, @sweden, to… Read More »Now representing @Sweden…