http://civic.mit.edu/blog/5 en http://civic.mit.edu/blog/counting-on-twitter-harvards-web-ecology-project-part-two <!--paging_filter--><p>Last time, I shared with you some of the work being done by Harvard University's <a href="http:///www.webecologyproject.org/">Web Ecology Project</a>, specifically focusing on the use of Twitter in the aftermath of the Iran Elections and around the death of Michael Jackson.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/counting-on-twitter-harvards-web-ecology-project-part-two">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/counting-on-twitter-harvards-web-ecology-project-part-two#comments c3 Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:00:00 -0500 Henry 2254 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/counting-on-twitter-harvards-web-ecology-project-part-one <!--paging_filter--><p>Anyone who has read my blog long knows that I am not big on counting things. Some of it is that I have math anxiety -- a serious vulnerability for someone who spent the first 20 years of his career at MIT! Some of it is that I think people often act as if counting things is the same thing as analyzing things or that the only things that count are things that came be counted.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/counting-on-twitter-harvards-web-ecology-project-part-one">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/counting-on-twitter-harvards-web-ecology-project-part-one#comments c3 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:30:00 -0500 Henry 2255 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/click-click-ranger-a-transmedia-experiment-for-korean-television-part-one <!--paging_filter--><p><em> I am offering today's post as part of the ongoing conversation I've been having throughout the semester about transmedia storytelling practices. Below you will find the first of two installments written by HyeRyoung OK, a recently minted USC PhD, who I have met through my work with a new MacArthur Foundation Research Hub on Youth, New Media, and Public Participation.</em></p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/click-click-ranger-a-transmedia-experiment-for-korean-television-part-one">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/click-click-ranger-a-transmedia-experiment-for-korean-television-part-one#comments branded entertainment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:35:00 -0500 Henry 2244 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/reflections-on-cultural-politics-my-interview-for-poli-part-one <!--paging_filter--><p>Earlier this fall, the French cultural theory magazine, <em>Poli</em>, ran an extensive interview with me conducted by Maxime Cervulle. The interview explored a range of topics surrounding the cultural politics of participatory culture and web 2.0, specifically addressing concerns raised by European intellectuals about some of the themes I explored in Convergence Culture.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/reflections-on-cultural-politics-my-interview-for-poli-part-one">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/reflections-on-cultural-politics-my-interview-for-poli-part-one#comments civic media Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:50:00 -0400 Henry 2240 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/youtube-in-the-amazon-rural-perus-transition-to-the-internet <!--paging_filter--><p>The following account will appear later this month in an issue of <em>In Media Res</em>, the newsletter of MIT's Comparative Media Studies program. It was written by Audubon Dogherty, one of the graduate students I am working with this year. She is affiliated with the Center for Future Civic Media, which is funded by the Knight Foundation.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/youtube-in-the-amazon-rural-perus-transition-to-the-internet">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/youtube-in-the-amazon-rural-perus-transition-to-the-internet#comments civic media Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400 Henry 2011 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/youtube-in-the-amazon-rural-perus-transition-to-the-internet <!--paging_filter--><p>The following account will appear later this month in an issue of <em>In Media Res</em>, the newsletter of MIT's Comparative Media Studies program. It was written by Audubon Dogherty, one of the graduate students I am working with this year. She is affiliated with the Center for Future Civic Media, which is funded by the Knight Foundation.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/youtube-in-the-amazon-rural-perus-transition-to-the-internet">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/youtube-in-the-amazon-rural-perus-transition-to-the-internet#comments civic media Wed, 02 Sep 2009 09:00:00 -0400 Henry 2067 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/why-so-socialist-unmasking-the-joker <!--paging_filter--><p>Last fall, I spoke at the University of Oregon about the role of popular and participatory culture in the American Presidential campaign. Many of the ideas in that talk had taken shape through this blog.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/why-so-socialist-unmasking-the-joker">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/why-so-socialist-unmasking-the-joker#comments civic media Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:15:00 -0400 Henry 1990 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/why-so-socialist-unmasking-the-joker <!--paging_filter--><p>Last fall, I spoke at the University of Oregon about the role of popular and participatory culture in the American Presidential campaign. Many of the ideas in that talk had taken shape through this blog.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/why-so-socialist-unmasking-the-joker">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/why-so-socialist-unmasking-the-joker#comments civic media Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:15:00 -0400 Henry 2068 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/get-ready-to-participate-crowdsourcing-and-governance <!--paging_filter--><p>A year or so ago, Mark Deuze (<em>Media Work</em>) and I edited a special issue of the journal, <a href="http://con.sagepub.com/current.dtl">Convergence</a>, which explored some of the issues around "Convergence Culture." One of the best essays we received in our open paper call came from Daren C.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/get-ready-to-participate-crowdsourcing-and-governance">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/get-ready-to-participate-crowdsourcing-and-governance#comments civic media Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0400 Henry 2069 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/get-ready-to-participate-crowdsourcing-and-governance <!--paging_filter--><p>A year or so ago, Mark Deuze (<em>Media Work</em>) and I edited a special issue of the journal, <a href="http://con.sagepub.com/current.dtl">Convergence</a>, which explored some of the issues around "Convergence Culture." One of the best essays we received in our open paper call came from Daren C.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/get-ready-to-participate-crowdsourcing-and-governance">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/henry/get-ready-to-participate-crowdsourcing-and-governance#comments civic media Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:00:00 -0400 Henry 1955 at http://civic.mit.edu