Internet and Democracy Events

Online Discourse in the Arab World: Dispelling the Myths

ashar — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Wednesday, June 17th, 2009
10:00 am to 12:00 pm
USIP, Washington, DC
This event will webcast live.

Watch the live webcast here at 10 AM ET: http://origin.usip.org/arabblogs/.

Full details, including RSVP for the event/webcast, at: http://blogsbullets.eventbrite.com/
This is a public event.

The Internet and Democracy: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions

ashar — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 18:05:27 -0400

The Internet and Democracy project at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society has been exploring the impact of the Internet and new media on political change by carrying out research in different parts of the world.

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Online Audiences and the Paradox of Web Traffic

ashar — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:16:12 -0500

Wednesday, March 4, 5:00 pm
Said Business School, Park End Street, OXFORD, OX1 1HP, UNITED KINGDOM
A reception will follow the lecture.
This event is open to the public. If you would like to attend please email your name and affiliation, if any, to: events@oii.ox.ac.uk

Challenges of Activism in the Middle East

ashar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:00:00 -0500

Monday, February 9, 2:00PM ET
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
RSVP required for those attending in person (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be audio webcast live.

The Blogging Revolution: Going online in repressive regimes

ashar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:30:00 -0500

Tuesday, November 25, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center, 23 Everett Street, second floor
RSVP required (rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu)
This event will be webcast live at 12:30 pm ET.

Russia Online: the Russian-Language Blogosphere and Participatory Internet

ashar — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:38:44 -0400

Conference Wiki: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/russiaonline/Main_Page
User: russiaonline
PW: columbia

Civic Engagement and the Youth Vote in the 2008 Elections

ashar — Wed, 14 May 2008 10:00:00 -0400

The Berkman Center co-hosted a Forum event with the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics on May 14 at 6:00PM. The Forum focused on Youth, Politics, and Civic Engagement in the 2008 election year.

Watch the video here.

Speakers/panelists included:

Social Citizens: Millennial Activism in the Connected Age

ashar — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:10:33 -0500

Allison Fine will discuss Social Citizens, young people ages 15-29 who practice a nascent model of civic participation that combines immersion in social causes, idealism, digital fluency. Young people are drawn to the promise and fulfillment of activism and are participating in large numbers across a vast landscape of causes. The nature of their participation raises new, interesting questions for study and discussion: Will Millennials engage in public policy and government beyond electoral campaigns? Can we break the “bubble culture” of

Digitally-Empowered Activists: Getting the Tools to the People Who Need Them

ashar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:10:36 -0500

On February 7th and 8th, the Berkman Center hosted a three day conference entitled “Digitally-Empowered Activists: Getting the Tools to the People Who Need Them” in Istanbul, Turkey. The presentations highlighted efforts by people to use tools, such as video, SMS, and blogging, and focused on ways of communicating these methodologies to activists who can benefit from them.

Internet & Democracy

ashar — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:21:19 -0500

The Internet has enormous potential: it can educate voters on issues, provide tools for self expression to both peers and to policy makers, and even spread ideas about democratic notions themselves. This talk examines the benefits and pitfalls of these aspects and argues a successful approach to understanding the phenomena will address the problems created by the Internet as well as its potential.