Microsoft Research opens New York City lab
I am giddy with pleasure to share Jennifer Chayes’ announcement that Microsoft Research is opening a new lab in New York City that will be filled with computational social science types. The New...
View ArticleWhy “We’re Oversold – Just Deal With It” Isn’t Acceptable
On Wednesday night, I arrived at the Hilton Doubletree in Washington DC after an intense day of meetings ready to do a few more hours of work. When I got to the desk, the clerk told me that the hotel...
View ArticleBringing Research to Bear on the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Minors...
I believe that technology can be leveraged to empower people in amazing ways, but I also recognize that it can also be used in deeply disturbing ways. All too often, when we as a society see technology...
View ArticleCFP: public-facing papers on Youth Movements / Youth Organizations
Scholars, researchers, & academics – we need your help! Below is a “Call for Papers” on issues that many of you know about. We’re looking for your help in translating some of the amazing scholarly...
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Participatory Culture: What questions do you have?
Henry Jenkins, Mimi Ito, and I have embarked on an interesting project for Polity. Through a series of dialogues, we’re hoping to produce a book that interrogates our different thoughts regarding...
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What Anti-Trafficking Advocates Can Learn from Sex Workers: The Dynamics of...
For the last year, I’ve been trying to get my head around different aspects of human trafficking and the commercial sexual exploitation of minors. I’ve been meeting with a variety of relevant actors,...
View Article“Socially Mediated Publicness”: an open-access issue of JOBEM
I love being a scholar, but one thing that really depresses me about research is that so much of what scholars produce is rendered inaccessible to so many people who might find it valuable, inspiring,...
View ArticleThree conversations for parents: navigating networked publics
This post was originally written for A Platform For Good.org, a new site dedicated to creating opportunities for young people and adults to engage with technology in a healthy way. Parenting is hard....
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Free Speech, Context, and Visibility: Protesting Racist Ads
On Tuesday, Egyptian-American activist Mona Eltahawy was arrested for “criminal mischief” – or “the willful damaging of property” – when she responded to disturbingly racist ads that were posted in the...
View Articleomg girls’ bodies are fascinating: embracing the gendered side of quantified...
Ever since I broke my neck as a teenager, I’ve had a love-hate relationship with my body. Truth be told, I’d much rather be a cyborg or a brain on a stick. I prize my brain, but the rest just tends to...
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