Max Ogden of Code for America discusses taking “treasure troves” of government datasets to bring citizens and friends together. From “Cities, Code, and Civics”, a Civic Media Session of the MIT Center for Future Civic Media. Download! break MIT Tech TV
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Nick Grossman of OpenPlans, Nigel Jacob of the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, and Max Ogden of Code for America respond to questions about how civic tools do (or need to) vary from city to city. From “Cities, Code, and Civics”, a Civic Media Session of […]
From the Center 2.0 Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock, civic media specialist, joins MIT faculty http://cot.ag/gmsDEo Medill and McCormick launch a news innovation lab with $4.2 million in Knight funding http://cot.ag/glUYjy via @niemanlab Egypt+ “In Egypt, should Internet access be an inalienable right?” @c4fcm weighs in http://wapo.st/eUAF0a via @washingtonpost @washingtonpost: Syrians use […]
An exciting announcement just via MIT Comparative Media Studies director Jim Paradis. Costanza-Chock will work closely with the Center starting with his arrival this fall: Comparative Media Studies at MIT is pleased to announce that Dr. Sasha Costanza-Chock has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Civic Media and will begin […]
From the Center/MIT Podcast: Sasha Costanza-Chock, “Se Ve, Se Siente: Transmedia Mobilization in the Los Angeles Immigrant Rights Movement” http://cot.ag/gtTsgI Podcast: Gabriella Coleman, “Anonymous, the Politics of Spectacle, and Geek Protests against the Church of Scientology” http://cot.ag/gtIF7H Re-Imagining Gaza/Youth Visions of Jerusalem: Photography Exhibit http://events.mit.edu/event.html?id=12785485 Save $50! National Conference for […]