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“How Firms Respond to Being Rated”

Submitted by clay on October 23, 2008 - 8:09pm

Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel of Harvard Business School are taking a closer look at how environmental practices change when companies are publicly rated for their performance.
Here’s what I took from their paper: (You can download their working draft here: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf)
Businesses that understand that their profit motive is threatened [...]

Labcast features Center for Future Civic Media

Submitted by Ingeborg on October 21, 2008 - 10:52pm

The LabCASTs are a Webby award-winning series from the MIT Media Lab. This LabCAST features the Center for Future Civic Media, a joint effort between the MIT Media Lab and the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program.

Interactive Literacy

Submitted by mres on October 13, 2008 - 1:34pm

What does it mean to be truly literate with new media?

Certainly, it means more than the ability to send email and browse websites. Recent commentaries on new media literacy have emphasized the importance of the ability to analyze media critically and the ability to participate actively in online communities. Those abilities are clearly important. But I feel these commentaries haven't paid enough attention to another important aspect of new media literacy: the ability to express oneself with new media.

This aspect of literacy is sorely lacking in today's society: very few people are able to express themselves fluently with new media technologies.

That assertion might take you by surprise. Hasn't there been a rapid rise in "user-created content"? Aren't lots of people using new media to create content and express themselves online?

Interactive Literacy

Submitted by mres on October 13, 2008 - 1:34pm

What does it mean to be truly literate with new media?

Certainly, it means more than the ability to send email and browse websites. Recent commentaries on new media literacy have emphasized the importance of the ability to analyze media critically and the ability to participate actively in online communities. Those abilities are clearly important. But I feel these commentaries haven't paid enough attention to another important aspect of new media literacy: the ability to express oneself with new media.

This aspect of literacy is sorely lacking in today's society: very few people are able to express themselves fluently with new media technologies.

That assertion might take you by surprise. Hasn't there been a rapid rise in "user-created content"? Aren't lots of people using new media to create content and express themselves online?

Interactive Literacy

Submitted by mres on October 13, 2008 - 1:34pm

What does it mean to be truly literate with new media?

Certainly, it means more than the ability to send email and browse websites. Recent commentaries on new media literacy have emphasized the importance of the ability to analyze media critically and the ability to participate actively in online communities. Those abilities are clearly important. But I feel these commentaries haven't paid enough attention to another important aspect of new media literacy: the ability to express oneself with new media.

This aspect of literacy is sorely lacking in today's society: very few people are able to express themselves fluently with new media technologies.

That assertion might take you by surprise. Hasn't there been a rapid rise in "user-created content"? Aren't lots of people using new media to create content and express themselves online?

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