A conversation with Thomas Malone about the theory and practice of collective intelligence, with emphasis on Wikipedia, other instances of aggregated intellectual work.
Podcast and video: “Evangelicals and the Media”
American evangelicals have a long history of engagement with the media, dating back to Great Awakening of the late eighteenth century. Today evangelical groups are active in all media, from the Internet and cellular telephones to print journalism, broadcasting, film, and multi-media entertainment.
Podcast and video: “What’s New at the Media Lab?”
A conversation between Frank Moss, new director of the Media Lab, and CMS Director Henry Jenkins about ongoing projects and inventive digital applications at MIT’s legendary laboratory. Demonstrations were also shown and discussed.
Remixing Shakespeare
The Feb. 15 “Remixing Shakespeare” Communications Forum looked at how interpretations of Shakespeare reflect and are reflected by contemporary culture.
Podcast and video: “Remixing Shakespeare”
New technologies are enabling forms of borrowing, appropriation and “remixing” of media materials in exciting, provocative ways. In this Forum, two MIT scholars who have studied and written about the remixing of Shakespeare will describe their research, show some salient audio-visual examples and discuss the implications of their work for contemporary culture.
Podcast and video: “Why Newspapers Matter”
The third and final forum in the Will Newspapers Survive? series presented by the MIT Communications Forum.
Video and podcast: “The Emergence of Citizens’ Media”
The Emergence of Citizen’s Media features Alex Beam of the Boston Globe, Ellen Foley from the Wisconsin State Journal and Dan Gillmor, founder of the Center for Citizen Media.
