Tim Hwang is a researcher at the Berkman Center who works closely with Yochai Benkler on his research on cooperation. But he may be best… Read More »Tim Hwang explains net memes at the Berkman Center
My friend Evgeny Morozov has ascended to the Pantheon of bloggers writing for Foreign Policy’s excellent website. Foreign Policy’s Passport blog is my first read… Read More »A new blog to read, a useful service on hold
A memetic virus gripped the world of popular music in late 1984 and 1985: the superstar benefit single. The phenomenon of superstar benefits can be… Read More »From protest to collaboration: Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and lessons for xenophiles
Lova Rakotamalala has been spending a lot of his time explaining the crisis in Madagascar to the global media. Embedded video from CNN Video In… Read More »Lova Rakatomalala on Twitter and Madagascar. And the US State Department.
In 2005, journalist Jeff Howe was writing a story about MySpace. He wasn’t interested in the site so much as a social network, but as… Read More »Jeff Howe on Crowdsourcing
I lectured in my friend Jonathan Zittrain’s class at Harvard Law about ten days ago. I shared the stage with Nicco Mele, internet strategist for… Read More »Politics and new media, or “Should I really tweetspam Congress?”