A year or so ago, Mark Deuze (Media Work) and I edited a special issue of the journal, Convergence, which explored some of the issues around “Convergence Culture.” One of the best essays we received in our open paper call came from Daren C. Brabham, a Ph.D candidate at the […]
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Earlier this summer, I moderated a panel on “News, Nerds and Nabes’: How Will Future Generations of Americans Learn About the Local” as part of a conference which the MIT Center for Future Civic Media hosted for the Knight Foundation. My panelists were Alberto Ibargüen, president and CEO of the […]
So you’re using a language of play, of fantasy, of humor to talk about political change? Much of the time, political leaders deploy a much more serious minded, policy-wonky language. What do you think are the implications of changing the myths and metaphors we use to talk about political change? […]
So you’re using a language of play, of fantasy, of humor to talk about political change? Much of the time, political leaders deploy a much more serious minded, policy-wonky language. What do you think are the implications of changing the myths and metaphors we use to talk about political change? […]
Today marks the end of the research portion of my trip, and the beginning of a small vacation with Ruth. As such, I thought it suitable to write some thoughts on my progress so far. Over the last three weeks I conducted ten interviews, meeting with representatives from B’Tselem, Souktel, […]