As newspapers continue their mutation into digital formats, what do we actually know about the dynamics of news-consumption online?
Podcast: Clara Fernández-Vara, “From Elsinore to Monkey Island: Theatre and Videogames as Performance Activities”
Videogames are not theatre, but the comparison gives way to productive questions: What is the dramatic text of the game?
Video: Max Ogden, from Cities, Code, and Civics: “Enhanced serendipity”
Max Ogden of Code for America discusses taking “treasure troves” of government datasets to bring citizens and friends together.
Video: Nick Grossman, from Cities, Code, and Civics, “Customizing tools from city to city?”
Nick Grossman of OpenPlans on how civic tools do (or need to) vary from city to city.
Video: Civic Media Session, “Bustling with Information: Cities, Code, and Civics”
How can information systems rewrite civics, governance, and communication, to solve old problems and create new opportunities in our communities?
Podcast: Christoph Lindner, “Amsterdam and New York: Transnational Photographic Exchange in the Era of Globalization”
Christoph Lindner on seeing Amsterdam through the lens of New York photographers enabled new and surprising perspectives on four key aspects of the city.
GAMBIT Game of the Week teaser…Phil Collins edition
If you haven’t already experienced the thousand reasons why it’s great to be a part of Comparative Media Studies, here’s the latest, courtesy of Abe Stein.
