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Berkman Buzz: January 24, 2013

The globalization of sumo, Copyright for Librarians, changing campus culture, and more...in this week's Buzz.

24 jan 2013

LOIC Will Tear Us Apart: The Impact of Tool Design & Media Portrayals in the Success of Activist DDOS Actions; Is School Enough?

Upcoming Events and Digital Media

23 jan 2013

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22
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Berkman Luncheon Series

Redefining the Quote: Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China

David Wertime, Tea Leaf Nation

Over 400 million Chinese now use social media. Could mining their online chatter ever replace boots-on-the-ground reporting?

Berkman Buzz: January 17, 2013

Remembering Aaron Swartz, the new Network of Centers, a year of social change in Francophone countries, and more...in this week's Buzz.

17 jan 2013

Open Internet Advisory Committee Meeting; Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China ; LOIC Will Tear Us Apart

Upcoming events and digital media roundup

16 jan 2013

Symposium at HLS marks launch of global network of interdisciplinary centers focused on the Internet and society

On Dec. 6-8, 2012, the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, together with seven international co-organizers, hosted a symposium at Harvard Law School titled Internet-Driven Developments: Structural Changes and Tipping Points, convening representatives from Internet and society research centers spanning 5 continents and 22 countries.

15 jan 2013

New Report from @dmlresearchhub - Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

Berkman Buzz: January 10, 2013

Herdict's year in numbers, Otey vs. CrowdFlower, hate speech in the French Twittersphere, and more...in this week's Buzz.

10 jan 2013

Internet Censorship and the Remembrance of Infowars Past; Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China

Upcoming events and digital media

9 jan 2013

Berkman Buzz: January 3, 2013

Freedom in software, the future of libraries, the ITU's new DPI technical standard, and more...in this week's Buzz.

3 jan 2013

Internet Censorship and the Remembrance of Infowars Past; Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China

Upcoming events and digital media

2 jan 2013

Terry Fisher's spring course, Copyright, will be taught on edX

Copyright will explore the law of copyright and the ongoing debates concerning how that law might be reformed. It will be offered as an experimental course, exploring different combinations and uses of teaching materials, educational technologies, and the edX platform.

Berkman Buzz: December 20, 2012

DPLA launches joint digital exhibition with Europeana; Terry Fisher to teach new edX course on copyright; exploring ontology through library metadata, and more...in this week's Buzz.

20 dec 2012

Publications: The Role of Youth Organizations and Youth Movements for Social Change

As a part of its collaboration with the Born This Way Foundation, the Berkman Center is publishing on this website a series of papers that synthesize existing peer-reviewed research or equivalent scholarship and provide research-grounded insight to the variety of stakeholders working on issues related to youth empowerment and action towards creating a kinder, braver world. This series, called the The Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series (danah boyd, John Palfrey, and Dena Sacco, editors), is presented by the Born This Way Foundation & the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and supported by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  This set of papers involves topics related to The Role of Youth Organizations and Youth Movements for Social Change.

Interoperability Case Study: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

This case study is part of an ongoing series developed in support of a larger text on interoperability by John Palfrey and Urs Gasser Interop: The Promise and Perils of Highly Interconnected Systems (Basic Books, June 2012). It looks into Electronic Data Interchange interoperability.

authored by matthew becker, published on 13 dec 2012

Berkman Buzz: December 13, 2012

Teaching the village with educational tech, taking a 7-year reporting trip around the world, and more...in this week's Buzz.

13 dec 2012

Special Book Launch of "Captive Audience"; Internet Censorship and the Remembrance of Infowars Past

Upcoming events and digital media

12 dec 2012

dec
11
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Berkman Luncheon Series

Power in Our Hands

Oluwaseun Odewale, Berkman Center Fellow

Oluwaseun Odewale will discuss"Adapting Social Media to Promote Credible Elections in Low Technology Countries."

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12
2012

Captive Audience: The Future of Information in America

Susan Crawford, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Join us to celebrate the release of Susan Crawford's Captive Audience: The Telecom Industry and Monopoly Power in the New Gilded Age.

Berkman Buzz: December 6, 2012

PRX launches Matter Ventures, why you should and shouldn't worry about the WCIT, the effect of kittens on profanity in online forums, and more...in this week's Buzz.

6 dec 2012

Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Berkman Buzz: January 24, 2013

LOIC Will Tear Us Apart: The Impact of Tool Design & Media Portrayals in the Success of Activist DDOS Actions; Is School Enough?

Berkman Luncheon Series

Redefining the Quote: Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China

David Wertime, Tea Leaf Nation

Berkman Buzz: January 17, 2013

Open Internet Advisory Committee Meeting; Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China ; LOIC Will Tear Us Apart

Symposium at HLS marks launch of global network of interdisciplinary centers focused on the Internet and society

New Report from @dmlresearchhub - Connected Learning: An Agenda for Research and Design

Berkman Buzz: January 10, 2013

Internet Censorship and the Remembrance of Infowars Past; Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China

Berkman Buzz: January 3, 2013

Internet Censorship and the Remembrance of Infowars Past; Using the Social Web to Gauge Grassroots Sentiment in China

Terry Fisher's spring course, Copyright, will be taught on edX

Berkman Buzz: December 20, 2012

Publications: The Role of Youth Organizations and Youth Movements for Social Change

Interoperability Case Study: Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

Berkman Buzz: December 13, 2012

Special Book Launch of "Captive Audience"; Internet Censorship and the Remembrance of Infowars Past

Berkman Luncheon Series

Power in Our Hands

Oluwaseun Odewale, Berkman Center Fellow

Captive Audience: The Future of Information in America

Susan Crawford, Berkman Center for Internet & Society

Berkman Buzz: December 6, 2012

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