Media and provenance
On Wednesday, June 20th, Matt Smith and Aura Bogado broke a harrowing story about the Shiloh Treatment Center, south of Houston, TX, one of the… Read More »Media and provenance
Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy
Social media doesn’t work the way we think it should. That’s the conclusion many people have come to in the wake of revelations about Cambridge… Read More »Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy
Two Bens and a Mark: a talk at Ben Franklin Hall in Philadelphia
I’m speaking today in Ben Franklin Hall in Philadelphia for a conference of Media Impact Funders. And, at the request of the organizers, I’m cosplaying… Read More »Two Bens and a Mark: a talk at Ben Franklin Hall in Philadelphia
Who Filters Your News? Why we built gobo.social
Roughly ten years ago, as phones became smartphones and Facebook and Twitter began their rise towards ubiquity, a fundamental social shift took place: the majority… Read More »Who Filters Your News? Why we built gobo.social
Finding hope… and dissing Lin-Manuel… at the Obama Foundation Summit
I just spent two days at the inaugural summit of the Obama Foundation, and I’m coming back from Chicago more enthusiastic about the state of… Read More »Finding hope… and dissing Lin-Manuel… at the Obama Foundation Summit
Mastodon is big in Japan. The reason why is… uncomfortable
Remember Mastodon? In April 2017, there was a wave of excitement about Mastodon, a federated social network begun in October 2016 by Eugen Rochko, a… Read More »Mastodon is big in Japan. The reason why is… uncomfortable