The State of the News Media Report

Monday, March 17th, 2008

I'm working on a story for ECT News right now about a new report by the Project in Excellence in Journalism research organization. The State of the News Media report is enlightening, and quantifies much of what the digerati have been discussing. But there's even more that we don't discuss, such ...

Most Don’t Worry About Online Identity

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

The Pew Internet and American Life research group just released a report that found a majority of Americans aren't concerned about the private information that they post online. You can find the report here: Digital Footprints: Online Identity Management and Search in the Age of Transparency There's too much for me to ...

SXSW: Henry Jenkins and Steven Johnson

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The first time I met Henry Jenkins, he told me that when he started working in Comparative Media Studies his colleagues looked down upon him. He was the first person who labeled what we did as "the cultural gutter." It's great to see him opening the SXSW Interactive Conference, filling ballroom ...

People You Should Know: danah boyd

Wednesday, February 27th, 2008

The life of the new media digerati is oftentimes frustrating. New technologies emerge and we immediately flock to them. We devour them, with little thought of the world that other's inhabit. Because we don't necessarily see the Flesh Space (yup, that's one of the names) and Cyberspace as mutually exclusive. ...