democracy and digital media a national conference may 8 - 9, 1998 free and open to the public

How are new media affecting American democracy? A conversation among scholars, media professionals and political insiders about old and new media and the democratic process.

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media and imagination: science fiction readings february 19, 1998 7-10 pm room 10-250 Samuel Delany Octavia Butler march 19, 1998 7-10 pm room 26-100 Bruce Sterling april 15, 1998 7-10 pm room 6-120 Michael Burstein Nancy Kress may 4, 1998 7-10 pm Kresge Auditorium J. Michael Straczynski Alexander Jablokov "american science fiction -- a short history" a new essay by Henry Jenkins communications forum events march 5, 1998 4-6 pm bartos theater aesthetics, identities, information Thryza Goodeve, NYU Steven Johnson, Feed magazine april 2, 1998 4-6 pm room 56-114 Futures That Never Arrived Jeff Hecht, New Scientist Magazine Lisa Gitelman, Rutgers University april 9, 1998 4-6 pm bartos theater The On-Line Bookstore Jeffrey Rayport, Harvard Business School Recently posted: Cyberspace As a Creative Medium: Shelley Jackson, Stitch Bitch Michael Joyce, Forms of Future Peter Donaldson, GeekSerial peter donaldson: a parent reads GeekCereal shelley jackson: stitch bitch: the patchwork girl henry jenkins: contacting the past michael joyce: forms of future   new web, old metaphors   This site is an experiment in using the web itself as one element in an investigation of the significance of emerging communications media. The project will include lectures, panel discussions, and a range of virtual events. A collaboration of the Markle Foundation, the MIT Communications Forum and the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, the Media in Transition project hopes to encourage a conversation that crosses intellectual, professional and cultural boundaries -- a citizenly conversation that is historically aware, uncontaminated by jargon, rigorous, accessible. director: david thorburn webdesign: phillip hallam-baker