Some research from our lab, the Center for Civic Media, because it’s fun and something I’m glad we produced. In the US, NFL football is… Read More »Race, Fame and Ability: untangling media coverage of NFL QBs
Reading Facebook before bed last night, amidst the Halloween costumes and candy haul photos, I saw this headline: “How to choose between the most corrupt,… Read More »This crazy election: Denial of Service attacks on Democracy
As an advocate for Americans to pay more attention to international news, I often get the question, “Why bother? What can I do?” It’s a… Read More »When attention matters: Ethiopia crushes dissent in Oromia
Here’s a quick experiment – I’ve been publishing stories on FOLD and replicating the text here on this blog. But FOLD now supports embedding –… Read More »Lessons from Letterlocking: a serendipitous academic encounter
My dear friend danah boyd led a fascinating day-long workshop at Data and Society in New York City today focused on algorithmic governance of the… Read More »Ben Franklin, the Post Office and the Digital Public Sphere
I’m publishing lots of my new writing on other platforms as well as here. It’s a good chance to reach larger audiences, and often to… Read More »Renormalizing hitchhiking