https://civic.mit.edu Creating Technology for Social Change Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:28:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.2 https://civic.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/28/2018/03/cropped-CivicMedia_Symbol_K_RGB-32x32.png https://civic.mit.edu 32 32 https://civic.mit.edu/2012/12/12/augmented-politics-no-obstacle-between-you-and-the-white-house/ Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:28:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/12/12/augmented-politics-no-obstacle-between-you-and-the-white-house/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/23/5-resources-for-citizen-mapping/ Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:09:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/23/5-resources-for-citizen-mapping/ https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/09/theory-for-social-changea-basic-infographic/ Tue, 09 Oct 2012 10:08:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/09/theory-for-social-changea-basic-infographic/ Which are the “key issues” for social change? How many “keys” do we need to open “the door of change”? What if the door is stuck? Does it mean that we need more pressure (aka stronger social movements)? Here my personal basic representation, where “change” is figured as a door to open: “ Which are the “key issues” for social change? How many “keys” do we need to open “the door of change”? What if […]]]> https://civic.mit.edu/2012/10/02/understanding-politics-a-civic-media-project-for-a-better-news-consumption/ Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:48:00 +0000 http://civic-homepage.wordpress.brownbag.me/2012/10/02/understanding-politics-a-civic-media-project-for-a-better-news-consumption/ The Internet is continuing to erode the other channels of information like TV, radio, and newspapers as the source of news. One of the latest survey made by Pew Research Center (conducted in the late Spring 2012), which is taken biannually and cover the changing in the news landscape, argues that the faster spreading of mobile devices and social networks is accelerating the shift to online news consumption. “The percentage of Americans saying they saw […]]]>