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Last week, I was honored to be one of the keynote speakers at the Fiske Matters conference which was held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. John Fiske has been and continues to be one of the most important intellectual influences on my work. His strong defense of popular culture as […]

Crossposted from Mondoweiss: A recent post by Adam Horowitz asked what it will take for liberal Zionists to come around and support a boycott. My mind was changed by going to Israel on a Birthright trip and seeing firsthand the effects of the wall and checkpoints. However, I doubt that […]

Here is the interview I did with Bruno Porto of O Globo, a publication targeting youth, during my time in Rio. The newspaper devoted three full pages to this interview which was prominent on its cover and I heard lots of great responses to it as I traveled around the […]

My team at USC is partnering with the fine folks at Transformative Works and Culture to put together a special issue dealing with our current research focus — how we can forge a bridge between participatory culture and civic engagement. Here are the particulars. I am hoping some of you […]

Happy Commencement to MIT’ers! But despite the chaos on campus, This Week in Civic Media goes on… From the Center and Friends “Finding a better way to bridge the digital divide” from the Christian Science Monitor, quoting our director @csik http://cot.ag/azeWVe Oakland Local covers high-profile trial with @Placeblogger Angel Fund […]