Systemic Biases in Wikipedia?
Wikipedia is rapidly emerging as the poster child for peer-produced content. While Linux, Apache and other high-quality open source software convinced most in the technical… Read More »Systemic Biases in Wikipedia?
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Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories
J.D. Lasica, blogger and frequent contributor to USC Annenberg’s excellent Online Journalism Review, emailed me a few days ago with an interesting question: Why does… Read More »How News Portals Serve Up Political Stories
The Media Sucks, And It’s Your Fault
I posted a couple of weeks back about an experiment I was beginning to run, looking at what headlines from the New York Times get… Read More »The Media Sucks, And It’s Your Fault
From crazy talk to Business Week in four short years
Early in the life of Geekcorps, I spent a great deal of my fundraising energy talking to large tech companies and trying to persuade them… Read More »From crazy talk to Business Week in four short years
Creative Commons Developing Nations License
Creative Commons has released a “developing nations” license. It’s a simple solution to a complex problem – how does a publisher monetize her content in… Read More »Creative Commons Developing Nations License
CNN’s creative new map of Europe
CNN moves Switzerland to where the Czech Republic used to be. No word yet on where the Czechs have gone, or the fate of CERN,… Read More »CNN’s creative new map of Europe