Media tracking and the quantified self
Gary Wolf and Kevin Kelly have been documenting an emerging phenomenon they call “the quantified self“. The term refers to a set experiments that people… Read More »Media tracking and the quantified self
Media attention and dysfunction – a recipe for political cynicism?
Note: two updates at the end of this post. I’m not very active in local politics. I follow international news more closely than the news… Read More »Media attention and dysfunction – a recipe for political cynicism?
What if search drove newspapers?
Zoe Fraade-Blanar presented a wonderful piece of work as her MFA thesis project for NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program. “Current” is a Java application designed to… Read More »What if search drove newspapers?
The Partisan Internet and the Wider World
Is the internet making us more partisan? This is one of the most persistent debates in the study of cyberspace. Cass Sunstein, legal scholar, author… Read More »The Partisan Internet and the Wider World
Miriam Meckel – Iran, Robert Mackey and information brokers
Dr. Miriam Meckel is a fellow at the Berkman Center this year, and is Director of the Institute for Media and Communication Management at University… Read More »Miriam Meckel – Iran, Robert Mackey and information brokers
Lindaba Ziyafika – The News is Coming
Harry Dugmore of Rhodes University is working on a pioneering project to provide news and information into urban neighborhoods in South Africa via mobile phones.… Read More »Lindaba Ziyafika – The News is Coming