The following post was written by Wyn Kelley, a Melville scholar, who is collaborating with Project NML (New Media Literacies) on our teacher’s strategy guide on “Reading in a Participatory Culture.” The work we’ve been doing on Moby-Dick would not have been possible without Wyn’s passion for the topic and […]
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Wondering what innovative media projects are following President-elect Obama’s inauguration? We have a few suggestions. One of the most exciting is Inauguration Report, a collaboration between NPR, CBS News, American University, and volunteer programmers. Users can participate via Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, an iPhone app by including the phrase #inaug09 0r […]
NetSquared has posted an announcement by Sunlight Labs about a contest to create applications that make Congress more accountable, interactive and transparent. Top prize is $15,000. It seems like an cool civic engagement contest for techies…the company says it’s all a part of their effort to encourage open source civic […]
A timely and welcome development – although I had to temper my initial enthusiasm, as both The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and AP reports make clear that this ‘online access’ comes with the pre-requisite of a trip to the library. A little puzzling at first sight, but on the whole this initiative […]
A PDF of this report is available for download here. Abstract Arguments about digital technology, civic engagement, and collective action are often framed in the context of political participation in developed nations, particularly, the United States. Many have concluded that the availability of digital technologies and new media platforms facilitates […]