Media

Nate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political punditsIn MIT talk, celebrated election forecaster offers critique of media, advice to students and hints about his future projects.

Life in BASICNick Montfort and colleagues examine cultural significance of computer code in new book.

Historian Craig Wilder featured in new Ken Burns filmThe head of the MIT History section served as a consultant on the director's latest documentary, “The Central Park Five.”

Watch ‘The Story and the Algorithm’ liveCivic Media Conference to be broadcast and liveblogged at knightfoundation.org/live.

Communicating the climate challengeNew York Times’ Andrew Revkin shares lessons with MIT faculty, students at Earth Day colloquium.

MIT's Communication Forum conducts a conversation for scholars — and citizensHas explored media and change for more than 30 years

Robert Lepage launches workshop on Feb. 12MIT students collaborate with McDermott Award recipient Lepage and discover creative possibilities of playing cards.

Traditional social networks fueled Twitter’s spreadSite’s U.S. growth relied primarily on media attention, geographic proximity of users.

How to get the message across on climate changeAs the science of climate change gets clearer, the public gets more confused. Are there ways to fix that?

Ethan Zuckerman, cyberscholar and activist, to lead MIT Center for Civic MediaHe will direct MIT's influential group of technologists and academics committed to empowering communities around the globe by inventing and testing civic media tools and practices.

Admiral Thad Allen explains leadership during crisisFormer Sloan Fellow speaks with Dean Schmittlein about response to Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

Harrell convenes thought-leaders to catalyze new research informed by science, humanities and arts disciplines

McGovern Institute video wins CINE Golden Eagle Award

Denialism: Media in the Age of DisinformationPanel discussion presented by the MIT Museum and the Cambridge Science Festival

Knight Foundation unveils 2010 Knight News Challenge grant recipients

Tom Pettitt on the Gutenberg ParenthesisPresented by the MIT Communications Forum — hosted by James Paradis with respondent Peter Donaldson

Video production studio opens in Building 24New facility offers the latest video production technology to the MIT community.

MIT Comparative Media Studies celebrates 10th anniversaryWith a day-long symposium, CMS marked 10 years of leading higher education's move toward applied humanities.

Guerrilla reporting in ‘difficult places’Activists describe their experiences using new technology to build free media networks in countries with scant resources or oppressive regimes.

FCC's Eugene Huang on a National Broadband PolicyPresented by the Center for Future Civic Media and the MIT Communications Forum

Communications Forum on The Culture Beat and New MediaFeaturing Bill Marx, Douglas McLennan, moderated by David Thorburn

Media Lab Complex formally opens this weekMIT community is invited to a free open house on Friday, followed by a public conference with architect Fumihiko Maki the following day.

Race, Politics and American MediaJuan Williams and J. Phillip Thompson discuss how the collapse of print and other traditional news and the rise of celebrity culture have contributed to the sharp decline of in-depth stories involving race and society.