Minorities in Media: A data visualization of data from ASNE, CPB Diversity Reports, economic census data (SBA, et al), and the RTNDA. The bulk of the project will most likely include tracking down and scraping the data into a computer-readable format. From there, I would probably use Processing or OpenFrameworks […]
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Cross-posted with henryjenkins.org. Henry Jenkins: On September 20 2007, we officially launched the MIT Center for the Future of Civic Media, a joint venture of the Media Lab and the Comparative Media Studies Program. Our launching event include myself, Chris Csikzentmihalyi, Mitchell Resnick, Beth Noveck, and Ethan Zuckerman. At the […]
Start of Flickr Badge link to full photoset End of Flickr Badge In the lead up to September 17th, I was skeptical about the possibility that Occupy Wall Street would be able to turn out significant numbers of people, let alone sustain a mobilization wave that continues to grow. As […]
The standard US FDA nutrition label is well-known here in the states because it is both consistent (for better or worse) and ubiquitous: you’ll find it on almost all packaged foods, excluding certain foods like fresh meat (until 2012) and fresh baked goods (creating an opening in the market for […]
I’m going to try and make this quick, because I’m writing on borrowed time. We’ve been reading a lot of long, dry media theory lately, so today Sasha rewarded our Intro to Civic Media class with a field trip to visit the Occupy Boston (#OccupyBoston) tent encampment (the trip was […]