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Articles tagged civic media (10)

Sarah ScireFebruary 27, 2025

A new public policy agenda has a vision for “local news for the people”

The Media Power Collaborative compares local news to public goods like safe roads and public education. Will excluding newspaper chains and hedge fund owners make public funding for local news any easier to achieve?

Shan WangApril 13, 2017

News and media literacy the way it’s always been taught may not be the right response to fake news woes

“Should we still think of news as a separate space, as a specific type of information?”

Shan WangApril 13, 2017

Edukacja medialna, której wytycznymi posługiwaliśmy sie do tej pory, może nie być właściwą odpowiedzią na zagrożenia „fake news”

“Czy powinniśmy traktować media jako osobną przestrzeń, czy raczej pewien rodzaj informacji?”

John WihbeyJuly 29, 2014

What’s New in Digital and Social Media Research: What makes commenters less civil, and the rise of digital longform

When journalists factcheck politicians (or don’t), how to flag bad behavior on social media, and getting past slactivism: all that and more in this month’s roundup of the academic literature.

“Why We Engage: How Theories of Human Behavior Contribute to Our Understanding of Civic Engagement in a Digital Era”

Linda KinstlerJuly 15, 2013

The alpha of CivOmega: A hack-day tool to parse civic data and tell you more about Beyoncé’s travels

A modular prototype aims to become a “Wolfram Alpha for government” by allowing developers to plug in their own APIs.

Adrienne LaFranceNovember 1, 2012

Upworthy has a recipe for chocolate-covered news broccoli that actually tastes delicious

“If news organizations are about keeping you up to date, Upworthy is more about reminding you what matters.”

Andrew PhelpsSeptember 15, 2011

Community PlanIt turns civic engagement into a game — and the prize is better discourse

The project aims to use game dynamics to encourage more and better user input about how best to evaluate schools in Boston.

Baratunde Thurston, Director of Digital, The Onion

Questions for Baratunde Thurston: What The Onion can teach real news organizations about social media

A mix of experimentation and structure has helped The Onion build real civic engagement. Andrew Phelps

December 21, 2010

Jennifer 8. Lee on raw data, APIs, and the growth of “Little Brother”