Professor Jing Wang will discuss the genesis and implementation of a civic media project, NGO2.0, that she conceptualized and launched in China in May 2009.
New Medium, New Practice: Civic Production in Live-Streaming Mobile Video
Mobile phone users are exploring personal broadcasting through live-streaming mobile video, but little is known about the type of content being produced.
Video: Thesis Presentations 2010. Audubon Dougherty: “New Medium, New Practice: Civic Production in Live-streaming Mobile Video”
Audubon Dougherty explores the ways grassroots organizations can use accessible media tools to expand their online outreach, harness advocacy capabilities and communicate more effectively with their constituencies.
Video and podcast: “Race, Politics, and American Media”
Following Obama’s election, are the harsh realities of race and class in the U.S. clearer now or murkier?
CMS: Born for Collaboration
From its early days the Comparative Media Studies program has worked with partners from all over MIT. It has collaboration written in its genes.
Video: Media in Transition 6: “New Media, Civic Media”
As old media die, new forms are emerging, but it’s not clear they will serve such vital civic functions.
Center for Future Civic Media: Connecting community projects online
This fall, MIT’s Center for Future Civic Media launched an ambitious new website civic.mit.edu.
