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  • Culture Hacking, Democracy, Media

    Learning the Politics of “Digital Dissensus”

    From the Golden Globes stage in December, at the height of the #MeToo moment, Oprah Winfrey delivered a speech that sounded downright presidential: “A new day is on the horizon,” she said. Soon after, #Oprah2020 began trending on social media platforms. Wearing black, watching the #GoldenGlobes, listening to President Oprah...

    By: An Xiao Mina Feb 5, 2018
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  • Civic Engagement, Media, Smart Cities

    Eric Gordon on Valuing the Inefficiencies of Civic Life

    A discussion of play, meaning, smart cities and civic life with Eric Gordon, professor and director of the Engagement Lab at Emerson College.

    By: Angel Quicksey Jul 10, 2017
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  • #PDF17, Media

    To Fight Police Violence, Demand Digital Sanctuary

    I will harbor you. The question you must answer is - will you harbor me?

    By: Malkia A. Cyril Jun 13, 2017
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  • Civic Hall, Democracy, Media

    Systemic Problems, Incremental Solutions: Lessons from the Knight-Civic Hall Symposium

    Dave Algoso, a consultant in the global development and social change sectors, attended the Knight-Civic Hall Symposium on Wednesday and here offers his observations on the lessons of the day. Every few decades, we face a deep challenge to the idea of American exceptionalism. There are injustices large and small...

    By: Dave Algoso Jan 20, 2017
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  • Citizen Journalism, Media, Social Media

    How Civic Activists Counter Fake News in Taiwan

    More than 17,000 people have installed an extension created by civic activists in Taiwan to counter fake news on social media.

    By: Jessica McKenzie Jan 9, 2017
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  • Election 2016, Media

    Schrodinger’s Audience: How News Analytics Handed America Trump

    Trump’s media dominance isn’t just driven by our attention, it’s driven by the media industry’s new tools for measuring and responding to that attention.

    By: Dave Karpf May 4, 2016
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  • Civic Engagement, Media

    Making America Super Again

    Our civic imagination fellow Andrew Slack reflects on what it really means to do cultural acupuncture, and what to do when a campaign doesn't take.

    By: Andrew Slack Apr 26, 2016
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  • Civic Engagement, Civic Hall, Media

    Why We Need a Civic Imagination

    The crisis in civics is a crisis in agency. The solution is more efforts to revive and expand our civic imagination.

    By: Andrew Slack Jul 27, 2015
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  • Analytics, Media

    Parsing Upworthy’s Big Pivot

    Equating Upworthy with clickbait has always obscured the real secret to their success: the company is among the web’s most deft practitioners of sophisticated analytics.

    By: Dave Karpf Jul 9, 2015
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