This past May I presented a thesis abstract proposal to the review board of the Dynamic Media Institute at MassArt that focused on how dynamic media may elevate the level of public discourse in our country. My feeling at the time was that the media’s penchant for polarized debates, combined […]
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Who should decide what products, services, and structures shape our lives? In political debates, our answers play out between markets on one hand and the state on the other. On issues including power generation, healthcare, or transportation, we tend to argue about accountable corporations versus the accountable state. But accountability […]
Before Fox News: Right-Wing Broadcasting, Cold War America, and the Conservative Movement Heather Hendershot, Queens College, CUNYhttp://cms.mit.edu/events/specialevents.php#122011 In the Cold War years, there was a tremendous surge in right-wing broadcasting in America. Hendershot explains how radio and TV extremists feigned a “balanced” presentation of their ideas in the 1950s; in […]
Everything for me this week is relating to the late Vaclav Havel, and this “imbeciles” story makes me think of Havel’s 1965 speech/article “On Evasive Thinking”. He opens with an episode from earlier that year when a girl was crushed by a stone window ledge that fell after the state […]
The Center for Civic Media has opened its search for a community organizer/codesign facilitator. We hope you’ll spread the word to qualified candidates on the hunt for a great opportunity… The description is below, with application procedures on the MIT employment site. Regan St. Pierre, our community outreach manager who […]