Note: This post by David Karpf, Assistant Professor in the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, was originally published on shouting loudly. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – So… this happened yesterday.  It’s too early to pronounce SOPA firmly dead, but [...]

Today Meta-Activism Project Executive Director Mary Joyce was invited to be a respondent on the panel “Voices of the 2011 Revolutions: The Impact of Communication Technology in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere in the Middle East and North Africa” at the annual conference of the National Communication Association in New Orleans. The papers presented included a [...]

We are pleased to announce that members of the Meta-Activism Project have been selected to act as panelists at South by Southwest Interactive, not only the “geek spring break” but also a major meeting of techies with both a profit-making and do-gooding bent.  According to Fortune magazine: What SXSW has always been about is people. [...]

Note: This post is a response to Book Review: “Digitally Enabled Social Change: Activism in the Internet Age” by Jennifer Earl (Professor of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara) I appreciate the chance that Mary has given us to reply to her critical review of our book, Digitally Enabled Social Change (2011, MIT Press). Given [...]

Meta-Activism Project founder Mary Joyce will be a panelist at a half-day conference tomorrow at looking about the effects of social media on conflict around the world.  The event, which will focus on data analysis, also features panelists such as MAP advisor Clay Shirky, Alec Ross of the State Department, Jillian York of the Electronic [...]

Note: This post by Vivek Srinivasan,  Program Manager for the Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford, was originally published on Vivek’s Info. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – This is a response to a critique of wathiqah.com (a platform to discuss the [...]

Note: This post by David Karpf,  Assistant Professor in the Rutgers University School of Communication and Information, was originally published on shouting loudly. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Allow me to be cranky for a minute. Jeff Jarvis had some fun [...]