Liveblog of Winter Mason’s talk at MIT sponsored by the MIT Gov/Lab on 13 November 2017. All errors are mine. Moving voter knowledge is hard but possible. Winter starts by introducing the unusually large research team serving the Civic Engagement products at Facebook. Civic engagement is one of the five […]
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This is a liveblog of a talk by Emily Jacobi (@emjacobi) at the MIT Center for Civic Media, written by Erhardt Graeff, Rahul Bhargava, and Alexis Hope. All errors are our own. Digital Democracy (DD) works in solidarity with groups around the world to empower marginalized communities to use […]
On May 30, 2017, Kathy J. Cramer, professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of The Politics of Resentment, spoke at the MIT Media Lab. This is a summary of that talk; any errors are mine. Research Question Cramer notes that the question on many scholars and citizens […]
At MIT’s Day of Action, Nathan Freitas of Guardian Project led a workshop on mobile security for activists, focusing on various secure messaging apps available today, touching on their benefits and risks for different kinds of activities and communities. Common messaging apps (and their secure setting) Conversations (default, can also […]
The is a liveblog of the “The Civic State of the Union” panel on March 7, 2017, part of the Tisch College Distinguished Speaker Series at Tufts University. The video is on YouTube. Note: this is not a transcript, any errors are mine. Panelists* Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University* Shirley […]