My students Erhardt Graeff, Matt Stempeck and I have a new paper in First Monday, titled “The Battle for ‘Trayvon Martin’: Mapping a Media Controversy… Read More »How Trayvon Martin’s death became a national story about race: a new paper
Hugo Barra is a long-time veteran of the technology industry. Raised in Brazil, he came to MIT in 1996 and completed B.S. and M.Eng. degrees… Read More »Hugo Barra and America’s Technology Blind Spot
A Guinness ad featuring a group of splendidly-dressed men from Congo-Brazzaville, called Le Sapeurs, is making a splash online. The men in the ad (below)… Read More »Sharp suits, warm beer – Guinness, sapeurs and the seduction of Congolese fashion
It’s not obvious from looking at me, but while I’m American, I’m deeply partisan towards the nation of Ghana. I moved to Accra, Ghana in… Read More »Promise Tracker and Monitorial Citizenship
Stan Alcorn, a producer for WNYC (one of the leading lights of public radio in the US), has an excellent essay on Digg.com titled “Why… Read More »“Audio Never Goes Viral”… and maybe that’s a good thing
As I’ve mentioned in years past, Microsoft Research’s Social Computing Symposium is my favorite conference to attend, mostly because it’s a chance to catch up… Read More »Data and its Discontents – notes and reflections from a panel at Microsoft Research Social Computing Symposium