Dennis Tenen, fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society
In this talk, Dennis will discuss our intuitions about knowledge domains and the methods by which such intuitions could be modeled empirically. Along the way, we will have the…
The Cyberscholar Working Group is a forum for fellows and affiliates of the MIT, Yale Law School Information Society Project, Columbia University, and the Berkman Center for…
with Professor John Palfrey, Harvard Law School & Berkman Center for Internet & Society
John Palfrey of the Berkman Center will engage the Commissioner on the Federal Trade Commission’s policy and enforcement initiatives in the area of online privacy and data…
This one-day workshop brought together several groups of researchers: members of the Council for European Studies (CES) European Social Movements research network who will be in…
Alexander B. Howard, Gov 2.0 Washington Correspondent for O'Reilly Media
In this talk on the power of platforms, Howard will talk about where the principles and technologies that built the Internet and World Wide Web are being integrated into…
a symposium that seeks to understand and address propaganda and misinformation in the new media ecosystem
As the networked media environment increasingly permeates private and public life, driven in part by the rapid and extensive travels of news, information and commentary, our…
This month's presentations will include: Mayo Fuster Morrell on Digital commons: How does governance shape collaborative communities (in term of scale of participation and…
Peter M. Shane, Jacob E. Davis and Jacob E. Davis II Chair in Law at the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law & Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School
When governments ask the public to consult online about policy decisions, is democracy strengthened? Peter M. Shane discusses at the Berkman Center.
Wadah Khanfar (Sharq Forum) followed by a dialogue with Joi Ito (MIT Media Lab), Ethan Zuckerman (Center for Civic Media), and Mohamed Nanabhay (Al Jazeera English)
Wadah Khanfar is president of the Sharq Forum, an international think tank focused on political and economic development in the Arab world, and former director general of the Al…
In this talk, Jerome Hergueux will engage the audience in a discussion about the specificities, limitations and promises of web-based behavioral experiments for advancing social…
Directed by Sundance and Emmy-award winning filmmaker, Lee Hirsch, Bully follows five kids and families over the course of a school year. As teachers, administrators, kids and…
Data from online dating sites also offer an unprecedented opportunity to address questions of longstanding interest to social scientists. In this talk, Kevin Lewis introduces a…
The talk revises Open Government Data policy (OGD) as the ultimate chapter of a transparency story traditionally dominated by 'Freedom of Information Acts' (FOIA). It addresses…
In her timely book, Rebecca MacKinnon warns that a convergence of unchecked government actions and unaccountable company practices is threatening the future of democracy and human…
As part of the Berkman Center‘s partnership with the Born This Way Foundation, the Youth and Media team has aggregated and summarized recent academic literature on youth…
Andres Monroy-Hernandez, Berkman Fellow & MIT Media Lab
In this talk Andres Monroy-Hernandez presents a framework for the design and study of an online community of amateur creators. This event will be webcast live at 12:30PM ET.
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