Civic Media and the Law

MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA

Micah Sifry and Daniel Schuman address the question: "What are the legal dangers for publishing secrets in the crowdsourced era?"

Public Communications in Slow-Moving Crises

MIT Building 4, Room 231 Cambridge, MA

What new media tools and strategies can be used to help everyone better prepare for the unique communications challenges of slow-moving crises?

Online News: Public Sphere or Echo Chamber?

MIT Building 3, Room 270 33 Massachusetts Ave (Rear), Cambridge, MA

As newspapers continue their mutation into digital formats and as news and information are available from a seeming infinity of websites, what do we actually know about the dynamics of news-consumption online?

A Conversation with Sherry Turkle

MIT Building 66, Room 110 25 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Sherry Turkle, eminent MIT professor and author most recently of Alone, Together, discusses her darkening view of our digitizing world.

Local News in the Digital Age

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

This Forum will assess the state of local journalism, paying special attention to the changing environment for news in New England.

Cities and the Future of Entertainment

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

As a prologue to the Futures of Entertainment conference, this Forum will focus on the emergence of powerful new production cultures in such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro.

Cities and the Future of Entertainment

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

What is the likely impact on audiences and on the international media landscape of such cities as Mumbai, Shanghai, and Rio de Janeiro?

Adapting Journalism to the Web

MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA

How can professional reporters and editors help to assure that quality journalism will be recognized and valued in our brave new digital world?

Electronic Literature and Future Books

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

How has electronic literature influenced other media, including the Web and the book? What are the implications of having literary projects in the digital sphere alongside other forms of communication and art?

New Media in West Africa

MIT Building E25, Room 111 45 Carleton Street, Cambridge, MA

How has Nigerian cinema in particular influenced local television and film markets in other countries across West Africa, and across the continent?

A Conversation with Nate Silver

MIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA

Statistician and political polling analyst Nate Silver will discuss his career -- from student journalist to baseball prognosticator to the creator of FiveThirtyEight.com.

MOOCs and the Emerging Digital Classroom

MIT Media Lab, Room 633 75 Amherst St., Cambridge, MA

In this Communications Forum, Anant Argawal, Alison Byerly, and Daphne Koller look at how digital technologies are transforming teaching and learning both on and off campus.