Heather Chaplin is one of the good guys — she wrote one of the best books about the place of video games in contemporary culture; she’s doing journalism which challenges some of the preconceptions about youth and new technology that run through most mainstream coverage; and she’s been doing consulting […]
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Yesterday’s Boston Globe featured an article by Farah Stockman explaining how “under siege at home, Iran’s dissidents draw comfort and ideas from some visionary thinkers based here.” In the wake of widespread protests in Iran after a disputed presidential election, a mass indictment accused more than 100 Iranian politicians and […]
Last time, I shared with you the first of a series of occassional field reports and thought pieces from a team I have been putting together at MIT and USC to reflect on what we perceive as a potential continuum from engagement with participatory culture (especially fan communities and practices) […]
Josh Levinger and I visited the West Bank for a few days following the MobileActive/UNICEF Mobile Data Innovations workshop. (Andrew posted about this last week) We were hoping to meet up with some members of the activist community who are organizing against the growth of Israeli settlements into Palestinian land. […]
One of my proudest moments at the Futures of the Entertainment 4 conference was moderating a session on Transmedia for Social Change, which closed off the first day of the event. This panel brought together a number of people who I have encounter recently through my research on the relations […]