Ctr for Civic Media

The MIT Center for Civic Media works hand-in-hand with diverse communities to collaboratively create, design, deploy, & assess tools & practices. Closing 8/2020

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

@tedperl @medialab @mit_cmsw @EthanZ Fear not! @media_cloud continues to grow!

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

At the end of August 2020, the Center for Civic Media at MIT will close down. Established in 2007 as the Center for Future Civic Media, the Center has been a longstanding collaboration between @medialab and @mit_cmsw at MIT. (full post by @EthanZ at https://t.co/QRORe95Urw)

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

Thanks to everyone who's followed our work over the years and lent a hand in one way or another. We have had an extraordinary run, thanks most of all to everyone who's joined us around our table for conversation, collaboration, argument or support. 👋

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

Over the past thirteen years, hundreds of students, researchers, visiting scholars, faculty members and members of communities in the Boston area and worldwide have contributed to the work that's unfolded here.

[The Journalist's Resource @JournoResource]

News outlets were more likely to cover fatal encounters between black people and police after the August 2014 death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, finds a recent study led by @EthanZ of @civicMIT & @globalvoices.

https://t.co/TuriGE5baG

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

Appreciate that the previous article offers a robust summary of the @civicMIT paper "Whose Death Matters?" which looks at reporting of Black deaths at the hands of law enforcement after Michael Brown's killing. https://t.co/qPuP7UEVOD

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

In a new report from @civicMIT, Aashka Dave, Claudia Chen, and @ethanz consider what journalists need to effectively cover mis- and disinformation. “Everyone who works to support a free and independent press will benefit from considering these challenges.” https://t.co/gRvosQT5lU

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

I'm really looking forward to sharing some new thoughts and projects at UMass next week. Hope that friends will come out to hear and ask questions.

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

“It is about power—who has it, and who doesn’t.” In @AIGAeyeondesign, @kanarinka shares the experiences that led her to co-organize the @medialab's breast pump hackathons and to co-write her book, Data Feminism. https://t.co/InVHn238ye

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

"Can we imagine a social network designed in a different way: to encourage the sharing of mutual understanding rather than misinformation?" Read @EthanZ's take on today's media environment and his hopes for the future in @CJR .

[Ethan Zuckerman @EthanZ]

Want a more honest internet, one that's better for our democracy? Look back into history for examples... to public radio: https://t.co/eImloUqsl6
My new piece for @CJR . It's part of a series on Digital Public Infrastructure that I'm working on.

[Data Visualization Society @DataVizSociety]

What would we have to shift in order to make #datavisualization feminist? @Jasonforrestftw chatted with @kanarinka about the origins of her upcoming book ‘Data Feminism,’ the data-to-ink ratio, and the intersection of power and #data. https://t.co/CdJaNggFc1

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

Congratulations to Civic PHD @jovialjoy, who has been included in the #TIME100Next list, recognizing her work in algorithmic bias. Read her profile and check out the other winners here: https://t.co/Cp4ezaBC40

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

In an interview with @frontlinepbs,@jovialjoy talks AI, algorithmic bias, and what she thinks the public needs to know: https://t.co/t0CuQheL1b

[MIT Urban Planning @mitdusp.bsky.social @MITdusp]

Join members of the @mit community tonight (11/6) for 'Celebrating Survivors & Indigenous Women Rising', an event co-sponsored by @civicMIT & #dusp, supporting Indigenous Women Rising. Learn more, donate, & join us for free tacos- https://t.co/70TAUpUaPw

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Congratulations to @civicMIT PhD student @jovialjoy, who has been honored with the WMC Carol Jenkins Award from the @womensmediacntr! https://t.co/wMHPjJqrpU
#WMCAwards

[Women's Media Center @womensmediacntr]

TONIGHT, at the 2019 #WMCAwards, we have the great pleasure of honoring @jovialjoy with the WMC Carol Jenkins Award for her work exposing race and gender bias in commercial artificial intelligence (AI) systems. Join us in celebrating her: https://t.co/upeIOwYdIY

[Ctr for Civic Media @civicMIT]

.@csbishopfilm develops a new method for image analysis using @media_cloud, examining the Spring 2019 abortion legislation and related news coverage. See how the debate still divides 50 years later, including divides in media coverage, in the report: https://t.co/XPNJrpUpUX

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

At 5pm on 10/10, @CivicMIT researcher Anushka Shah explores how pop culture and entertainment can help change how we talk about identity, social justice, public institutions, and citizen power and participation. https://t.co/wdSqt321rX #CivicEntertainment

[MIT Media Lab @medialab]

Whose deaths matter? New research from @civicMIT, published in IJoC, shows how social movements can harness the power of media waves to reframe news stories. @EthanZ discusses the data and process here. https://t.co/BHzQTO77E3