Xiao Qiang is a long-time Chinese activist, and now teaches journalism at UC Berkeley, where he leads the China Digital Times project. He introduces his… Read More »Xiao Qiang and Evgeny Morozov with dueling views of digital activism
Those of us interested in social media and political organizing have had a lot to pay attention to in recent weeks. Demonstrations in the streets… Read More »Activist media and selective amplifiers
I’m a bad blogger today, but a good conversationalist. Aspen isn’t bloggable in the same way as a conference like TED or Pop!Tech – we’re… Read More »Property rights: so easy an Indonesian dog could do it.
There are countless ways to screw up a fragile democracy. Two aspects of the democratic process seem to be especially vulnerable – elections, and term… Read More »Which coups count?
If you want to know what people around the world are thinking and feeling, you need help from a translator. Recent events in Iran are… Read More »Notes and reflections from the Open Translation Tools Summit 2009
(I’m at the 7th China Internet Research Conference at the Annenberg School of Communications. Information on participating is here.) The second session at the China… Read More »CIRC09 – The Global Network Initiative