links for 2011-05-19
The Twitter Trap – NYTimes.com Keller's anti-twitter rant – useful as a signpost in a debate, and (as Emily Bell points out) in compactly capturing… Read More »links for 2011-05-19
...My heart's In Accra
Ethan Zuckerman’s online home, since 2003
links for 2011-05-18
Anger, Politics and the Wisdom of Uncertainty | Miller-McCune Research on emotion in political life – anger appears to inspire involvement and action, while anxiety… Read More »links for 2011-05-18
CHI keynote: Desperately Seeking Serendipity
I’m giving the closing keynote at CHI 2011 this afternoon. I’m thrilled to have the chance to share some thoughts with some of the smartest… Read More »CHI keynote: Desperately Seeking Serendipity
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
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