Gang Violence in the Favelas of Rio
Dear friend Kurt Shaw just sent a fascinating and disturbing email about impending gang violence in Rocinha, Rio’s largest favela. Kurt runs a nonprofit called… Read More »Gang Violence in the Favelas of Rio
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Fun with Google AdWords – or “Why Genocide’s Worth at Least a Buck a Click”
My latest foray into internet sociology has involved beating my head against the Google Adwords program. I’m interested in seeing what data researchers can extrapolate… Read More »Fun with Google AdWords – or “Why Genocide’s Worth at Least a Buck a Click”
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?
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