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Past Events

Sep 11, 2014 @ 5:30 PM

Berkman's Digital Problem-Solving Initiative (DPSI) Kickoff

at the Harvard Graduate School of Education

Please join the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University for the kickoff of the 2014-2015 Digital Problem-Solving Initiative.

Sep 10, 2014 @ 4:30 PM

Berkman Center 2014-2015 Orientation: Research Showcase

at Harvard Law School

Select Berkman projects will be present with information about their projects' current activities. In addition to the project tabling, there will be space and opportunity to…

Sep 9, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Berkman Center 2014-2015 Orientation: Tuesday Luncheon

Learn more about the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and join our community

Learn more about the Berkman Center for Internet & Society -- and its network of researchers, activists, faculty, students, technologists, entrepreneurs, artists, policy makers,…

Sep 4, 2014 @ 8:45 PM

Berkman Center 2014-2015 Orientation: Internet Policy Symposium

w/ Harvard's Institute of Politics and The Internet Association at the Harvard Kennedy School

Join us for the Internet Policy Conference hosted by Harvard University's Institute of Politics, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, and The Internet…

Jul 29, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Democratizing Ideologies and Inequality Regimes in Digital Domains

Tressie (McMillan) Cottom, Microsoft Research & PhD Student, Sociology, Emory University

How do we map and measure inequality in digital domains?" "What does the social in 'social media' mean for sociology?

Jul 22, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Uncovering Algorithms: Looking Inside the Facebook News Feed

Christian Sandvig, University of Michigan; Karrie G. Karahalios, University of Illinois; and Cedric Langbort, University of Illinois

The Facebook news feed algorithm organizes your online life, but it’s a secret. Can we make sense of it from the outside?

Jul 8, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

w4m: The End of the American Red Light District

with Journalist and author, Melissa Gira Grant

Who invented the red light district? Journalist and author Melissa Gira Grant reconsiders how communication technologies shape sex-for-sale.

Jul 1, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

MOOCs and the Science of Learning

with Berkman Fellow, Justin Reich

This talk will examine current trends and future directions in research into online learning in large-scale settings.

Jun 24, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

(In)Security in Home Embedded Devices

Jim Gettys

We now wander in Best Buy, Lowes and on Amazon and buy all sorts of devices from thermostats, hi-fi gear, tablets, phones, and laptops or desktops as well as home routers to build…

Jun 17, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Going Home? The immigrant experience through film

Dino Sossi, Berkman Fellow

The documentary film Home focuses on Victor Sossi, a European immigrant who has lived in North America for several decades. His nephew Dino traveled to Europe to discover the…

Jun 11, 2014 @ 4:00 PM

Cyberscholar Working Group at Yale

This month's presentations include (1) "Five Algorithmic Cultures and Their Ontologies: A Performative Critique" with Esteve Sanz; (2) Social Patterns of Digital Thanks,…

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Jun 10, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Caring for Audiences: Building Communities, Design, and Social Movements

Ivan Sigal, Berkman Fellow

What we call the caring problem for audiences is not a determined fact, but also of building communities, language choices, design, and social media tactics.

Jun 4, 2014 @ 2:30 PM

Jonathan Zittrain and L. Gordon Crovitz Debate the Future of Internet Governance

Join Professor Jonathan Zittrain and Wall Street Journal Columnist Gordon Crovitz in a Google Hangout debate on the impact of ICANN's independence on the Internet and its role in…

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Jun 3, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Framing the Law & Policy Picture: A Snapshot of K-12 Cloud-Based Ed Tech & Student Privacy in Early 2014

Leah Plunkett, Alicia Solow-Niederman, and Urs Gasser

The Berkman Center’s Student Privacy Initiative team presents a snapshot of K-12 cloud-based ed tech and student privacy in early 2014 before turning to pragmatic law and policy…

May 27, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Post Arab Revolutions: What Social Media is telling us

Dalia Othman, Berkman Fellow

Berkman Fellow Dalia Othman will take an in-depth look at how Arabs are communicating with each other through an analysis of the Arab Blogosphere and Twitter.

May 20, 2014 @ 6:00 PM

Book Launch: The Social Machine

Judith Donath, Berkman Center Fellow

Computers were first conceived as “thinking machines,” but in the twenty-first century they have become social machines, online places where people meet friends, play games, and…

May 20, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

You, me, and my computer

with Lauren McCarthy, artist and programmer

Can we use technology to help us be more human? What if a computer could understand and make decisions about our social relationships better than we could ourselves?

May 13, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Does Size Matter? A Tale of Performing Welfare, Producing Bodies and Faking Identity

Malavika Jayaram, Berkman Fellow

By offering a perspective that is somewhat different from the traditional western focus of privacy, Malavika Jayaram hopes to generate a more inclusive discourse about what it…

May 6, 2014 @ 12:30 PM

Cheap smartphones, digital news and the world’s biggest election

Hasit Shah, Nieman-Berkman Fellow in Journalism Innovation at Harvard & Senior Producer at BBC News in London

“Cheap smartphones, digital news and the world’s biggest election”.

Apr 30, 2014 @ 10:00 AM

Boston Activate Talk: Innovating to Connect the Unconnected

Webcast live at http://talk.unicef.org #UNICEFActivate

The Boston Activate Talk will examine: What types of innovations are needed to connect the unconnected? What are the key enabling factors and challenges? How important is…