Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring
I spent the past two days in Cambridge, primarily around MIT, and almost exclusively talking about the “Arab Spring” and what we’ve learned about social… Read More »Civic Disobedience and the Arab Spring
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
Shirley Hung on control of the Chinese Internet
I spent part of Wednesday at MIT’s Communications Futures Program, where the topic at hand was internet openness. Political scientist Shirley Hung opened the afternoon… Read More »Shirley Hung on control of the Chinese Internet
Media Cloud, relaunched
Today, the Berkman Center is relaunching Media Cloud, a platform designed to let scholars, journalists and anyone interested in the world of media ask and… Read More »Media Cloud, relaunched
links for 2011-05-02
Korean Music Industry [Monocle] Excellent video report from Monacle on the global appeal of K-Pop (Korean pop music) and the importance of YouTube in allowing… Read More »links for 2011-05-02
links for 2011-04-29
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/rrhtml/rrintro.html Essay on railroads and maps from Library of Congress – unsigned, but could be Modelski? (tags: maps history transportation rail trains infrastructure) Railroad Maps… Read More »links for 2011-04-29
links for 2011-04-26
What I Think I Know About Journalism Pressthink The four big things Jay Rosen has learned about journalism over 25 years of teaching. (tags: journalism… Read More »links for 2011-04-26