http://civic.mit.edu/blog/abhidas en http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mit-announces-a-new-center-for-future-civic-media <!--paging_filter--><p>Bridging two established programs at MIT—one known for inventing alternate technical futures, the other for identifying the cultural and social potential of media change—the Center for Future Civic Media is a joint effort between the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. It has been made possible by a four-year grant from the Knight Foundation.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mit-announces-a-new-center-for-future-civic-media">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/mit-announces-a-new-center-for-future-civic-media#comments Fri, 23 May 2008 12:48:40 -0400 433 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/civic-defense-film-festival <!--paging_filter--><p>Civic Defense Film Festival<br /> Saturday, Jan. 26th<br /> Noon to Midnight<br /> Bartos Auditorium<br /> 20 Ames St., Cambridge, MA<br /> Free</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/civic-defense-film-festival">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/civic-defense-film-festival#comments event film Fri, 21 Dec 2007 14:04:51 -0500 458 at http://civic.mit.edu http://civic.mit.edu/blog/ellen-hume-appointed-research-director <!--paging_filter--><p>The Center for Future Civic Media at MIT is delighted to announce that Ellen Hume will be joining us as Research Director. Ellen is currently the founding director of the Center on Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts Boston, where she created the New England Ethnic Newswire.</p> <p><a href="http://civic.mit.edu/blog/ellen-hume-appointed-research-director">read more</a></p> http://civic.mit.edu/blog/ellen-hume-appointed-research-director#comments C4FCM Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:00:07 -0500 456 at http://civic.mit.edu