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?
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?
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
CNN moves Switzerland to where the Czech Republic used to be. No word yet on where the Czechs have gone, or the fate of CERN,… Read More »CNN’s creative new map of Europe
I’m commuting from my home in western Massachusetts to the Berkman Center in Cambridge once a week, usually on Tuesdays. If all goes well, the… Read More »Radio, translation and intercultural communication
Just read a fascinating paper, thanks to links from friend Chris Warren and from Eugene Volokh of The Volokh Conspiracy. Titled “How to Subvert Democracy:… Read More »How to Subvert a Democracy
I’d been looking forward to seeing Robert Greenwald’s documentary “Outfoxed”. As an amateur media critic and firm believer that most television news in the US… Read More »Outfoxed