First Blog (English): Why fight against social injustices and disparities using civic engagement media? During my first semester as a student of Comparative Media Studies at MIT, a masters program that takes a comparative approach to studying different forms of media and their impact on society, among many other things, […]
Daily Archives: September 18, 2011
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I think a “networked counterpublic” is a networked space where marginalized or minority members of a society can create discourse. I think the concept of networked counterpublics is a useful concept and important to understand. By putting information on the web marginalized or minority groups or individuals can make their […]
The concept of a networked counterpublic is certainly useful in the arc of history—it helps us gain an appreciation for the means by which counterpublics fought for mass-media attention in the past. As a contemporary concept, however, it is significantly less so. It is hard to imagine a group, marginalized […]
So far in our class on Civic Media, we have tried to define Civic Media and to consider the role of digital inequality in shaping participation in society. Our discussions have mostly featured ideas from researchers, foundations, and American government agencies. This week, we’re going to re-examine civic media in […]