When it comes to games, Mary Flanagan asks, “how do we move people to be an effective force for change, for their own welfare and the welfare of others?”
Podcast and liveblog: Sonia Livingstone, “The Class: Living and Learning in the Digital Age”
LSE’s Sonia Livingstone on how powerful forces of social reproduction result in missed opportunities for many youth in the risk society.
Podcast and Liveblog: Todd Harper, “The Culture of Digital Fighting Games”
The culture of fighting games — digital games of competitive martial arts-style combat—is one of the most interesting and contentious of gamer subcultures.
Podcast and liveblog: Coco Fusco, “A Performance Approach to Primate Politics”
Artist and writer Coco Fusco on the critical responses to the Planet of the Apes films — and as critiques of American race relations.
The City Expressed: Everyday Media Production and the Urban Environment
Our interactions with the city are increasingly mediated through a complex array of technologies, including location-aware mobile devices and a vast number of online platforms.
The Hidden Activism: Media Practices and the Media Opportunity in Chinese Politics of Resistance
“My thesis discusses the hidden and non-adversarial nature of resistance in authoritarian countries through the perspectives of media practices and media opportunity structure.”
MIT Overseer Observer Mod for StarCraft 2
The MIT Overseer project aims to provide casters with real-time graphics to help them tell the story of a game while it is in progress.
