Featuring a number of journalists, advocates, and programmers who utilize new technologies to gather information in contentious geographic regions.
Podcast: “Government Transparency and Collaborative Journalism”
What new ways of gathering and presenting information are evolving from the nexus of government transparency and digital connectedness?
Podcast and video: “Youth and Civic Engagement”
The current generation of young citizens is growing up in an age of unprecedented access to information. Will this change their understanding of democracy? What factors will shape their involvement in the political process?
Connecting the Future: The MIT Center for Future Civic Media
In May 2007, MIT had emerged as the top winner in the first Knight News Challenge, with CMS and the Media Lab together receiving $5 million to fund a Center for Future Civic Media.
Podcast and video: “Games and Civic Engagement”
For a growing generation of activists and researchers, games may also represent a resource for engaging young people with the political process.
Rethinking the Informed Citizen in an Age of Hybrid Media Genres: Tanner ’88, K-Street, and the Fictionalization of News
R.J. Bain on becoming informed about politics by viewing entertainment programs that combine fiction with current political events, issues, and figures.
