Ethan Zuckerman

Ethan Zuckerman appears in the following:

Americans Mistrust Government. Is That a Bad Thing?

Thursday, January 21, 2021

At its worst mistrust in the government can lead to conspiracy theories and violence. At its best mistrust can create positive social and institutional change. 

Why Paris, But Not Baga?

Friday, January 16, 2015

Ethan Zuckerman from MIT discusses the complicated prejudices that made the Paris attacks top news last week, but not the destruction and killings in Baga, Nigeria. 

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Why Global Stories Matter

Friday, August 23, 2013

News outlets are cutting back more and more on foreign coverage, even though international events obviously have profound effects domestically. Brooke talks to MIT's Ethan Zuckerman, author of Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection about the past and future of foreign reporting, and how he would like to do away with the term "foreign news" altogether.

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Microsoft and the Global Network Initiative

Friday, March 22, 2013

China's surveillance of Skype is not particularly surprising. What is surprising is that Skype owner Microsoft is a founding member of the Global Network Initiative, an anti-internet censorship and pro-privacy organization. Bob speaks to Ethan Zuckerman, director of MIT's Center for Civic Media, about the Global Network Initiative and its apparent shortcomings.

 

Four Tet - Pinnacles

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Bridging the Digital Gap

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and research fellow at the Berkman Center, joins us weekly in November to talk about the global impact of social media. This week: a look at how Africa portrays itself on the website Africa Knows and the debate over foreign aid.

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Thanks for Listening

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

The day after Thanksgiving might be a national day of shopping for some, but Dave Isay of StoryCorps wants it to be a national day of listening. He offers advice for recording the act of listening to a relative, friend or teacher. Also, New Jersey’s public advocate Ron Chen; the ...

Bridging the Digital Gap: Internet Freedom in China

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and research fellow at the Berkman Center, joins us weekly in November to talk about the global impact of social media.

This week's topic: Censorship and blogging in China.

Homework for next week: Africa Knows

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Bridging the Digital Gap: Language Barriers

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and research fellow at the Berkman Center, joins us weekly in November to talk about the global impact of social media.

This week's topic: crossing language barriers.

Check out Meedan.net, a website that uses machine-assisted translation technology to bring ...

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Border Crossing

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Even with the worldwide web at their fingertips, most people stay within their online comfort zones. All this month, Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices Online, explores the way digital media can connect people to a wider range of voices. Today’s topic: the Arabic-English website Meedan.net and other sites that ...

Bridging the Digital Gap

Thursday, November 05, 2009

Ethan Zuckerman, co-founder of Global Voices and research fellow at the Berkman Center, joins us weekly in November to talk about the global impact of social media.

This week's topic: Bridge-blogging.

For next week, check out Meedan.net, a website that uses machine-assisted translation technology to ...

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