How have American news media responded to this historic presidential campaign?
Center for Future Civic Media / Communications Forum Conversation
The Center for Future Civic Media is collaborating with the MIT Communications Forum to host an ongoing series of conversations about media and civic engagement.
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?
Podcast: “Our World Digitized: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly”
A conversation between Yochai Benkler and Cass Sunstein, two of the most thoughtful and influential writers on the promise and the perils of the Internet Age.
Podcast and video: “Global Television”
Eggo Müller, Roberta Pearson, and William Uricchio discuss the origins and significance of the international distribution of television formats and programs.
Podcast: John Romano, “Prime Time in Transition”
John Romano on how series TV has changed over the past 20 years.
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.
