Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania) will speak on
“Digital Media and the Transformation of Consumer Culture”
Room 601A, Journalism 12:00 – 2:00pm, Columbia University
The seminar is free and open to the public.
Joe Turow at Columbia, October 22, 12-2 p.m.
October 16, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusPickard at Columbia, October 15
October 13, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusVictor Pickard (NYU)
Can Public Policy Save the News? The Uncertain History and Future of Journalism
Room 601C, Journalism 12:00 – 2:00pm, October 15
Presentation by Mary L. Gray, October 13
October 13, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusSecond Tuesdays presents Out In The Country by Mary Gray
Tuesday, October 13 2009 : 6:30pm at The Center
From Wal-Mart drag parties to renegade Homemaker’s Clubs, Out in the
Country offers an unprecedented contemporary account of the lives of
today’s rural queer youth. Gray maps out the experiences of young
people living in small towns across rural Kentucky providing a
fascinating and often surprising look at the contours of gay life
beyond the big city.
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Mary L. Gray
Assistant Professor of Communication and Culture
Affiliate Faculty of Gender Studies
Adjunct Faculty, American Studies and Anthropology
Indiana University
Histories of Reading/Reading Processes Friday, October 16, 2009, at Columbia
October 13, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusHistories of Reading/Reading Processes
Friday, October 16, 2009
A one-day conference sponsored by the Eighteenth-Century Group in the
Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University,
with support from the Department, the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences, the Rare Books and Manuscripts Library and a Mellon Foundation
grant on the future of the disciplines.
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, NYU, October 6
October 5, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampus
4-5:30 PM Tuesday, October 6
Room 216, Vanderbilt Hall (40 Washington Sq. South)
Viktor Mayer-Schonberger, National University of Singapore
DELETE: The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age
Bio: Viktor Mayer-Schönberger is Associate Professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Director of the Information + Innovation Policy Research Centre. His research focuses on the role of information in a networked economy. Before coming to the LKYSPP he spent ten years on the faculty of Harvard¹s Kennedy School of Government. In addition to “Delete – The Virtue of Forgetting in the Digital Age”, Mayer-Schönberger has published seven books, and over a hundred journal articles (including in SCIENCE) and book chapters. A native Austrian, Professor Mayer-Schönberger founded Ikarus Software in 1986, a company focusing on data security, and developed Virus Utilities, which became the best-selling Austrian software product. He was voted Top-5 Software Entrepreneur in Austria in 1991 and Person-of-the-Year for the State of Salzburg in 2000. He chairs the Rueschlikon Conference on Information Policy, is the cofounder of the SubTech conference series, and served on the ABA/AALS National Conference of Lawyers and Scientists. He holds a number of law degrees, including one from Harvard and an MS (Econ) from the London School of Economics. In his spare time, he likes to travel, go to the movies, and learn about architecture.
Abstract: DELETE: THE VIRTUE OF FORGETTING IN THE DIGITAL AGE (October 2009). DELETE argues that in our quest for perfect digital memories where we can store everything from recipes and family photographs to work emails and personal information, we’ve put ourselves in danger of losing a very human quality—the ability and privilege of forgetting. Our digital memories have become double-edged swords—we expect people to “remember” information that is stored in their computers, yet we also may find ourselves wishing to “forget” inappropriate pictures and mis-addressed emails. And, as Mayer-Schönberger demonstrates, it is becoming harder and harder to “forget” these things as digital media becomes more accessible and portable and the lines of ownership blur. Mayer-Schönberger examines the technology that’s facilitating the end of forgetting—digitization, cheap storage and easy retrieval, global access, and increasingly powerful software—and proposes an ingeniously simple solution: expiration dates on information.
Naked Lunch, 50th anniversary conference
October 2, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusThanks to Andie Tucher for the forward
As part of a New York City-wide celebration of the 50th anniversary of William S. Burroughs’s NAKED LUNCH, the Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University will host an afternoon of talks:
October 9, 2009
Columbia University Faculty House, 3rd floor
1-6pm
A reception and an exhibition viewing will follow at 6pm in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb/news/libraries/2009/2009-09-16.nakedlunch.html
The topics for the Columbia sessions will include Textual Studies, Bibliography, and Publishing History. For a detailed schedule of Columbia talks & events, see the attached schedule & map.
For other events celebrating Burroughs’s NAKED LUNCH in NYC October 7-10, see:
http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/news/index.jsp?sid0=228&page_id=519&content_id=3134
Cyberscholars workshop, October 7, MIT
October 1, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusA bit far afield, but worth it. Thanks to Ben Peters for the info.
HARVARD-MIT-YALE CYBER SCHOLARS WORKING GROUP: MIT SESSION
6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2009
ROTH ROOM (E15-283A), 2ND FLOOR, MEDIA LAB, MIT
20 AMES ST, 02139, CAMBRIDGE, MA
Directions: http://whereis.mit.edu/map-jpg?mapterms=e15&mapsearch=go
Please RSVP at labrune@media.mit.edu
Light snacks provided
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Program:
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Frank Pasquale, Yale ISP fellow, Loftus Professor of Law at Seton Hall Law School, and
associate director of the Gibbons Institute for Law, Science & Technology.
http://law.shu.edu/Faculty/display-profile.cfm?customel_datapageid_4018=22642
“Beyond Competition and Innovation: The Need for Qualified Transparency in
Internet Intermediaries”
This presentation proposes institutions for “qualified transparency” within
the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission to
fill a regulatory gap concerning articulated principles of editorial
integrity in search engines and net neutrality for Internet carriers.
Qualified transparency respects legitimate needs for confidentiality while
promoting individuals’ capacity to understand how their reputations—and the
online world generally—are shaped by dominant intermediaries.
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Christine Greenhow, Yale ISP fellow, University of Minnesota Postdoc, Harvard Ed.D., http://www.cgreenhow.org
“Youth, Niche Social Media, and ‘Learning’”
Education scholars rarely consider “informal learning” in youth-initiated,
self-sustaining online spaces. This talk will showcase one experiment in
‘public media 2.0’ that intersects new media, citizen journalism and
education: a topic-focused, niche social media publication launched within
Facebook and designed to engage youth (16-25) in environmental issues. We
look in particular at knowledge development, digital literacy practices,
community formation, and real-world activism as indicators of effective
engagement in the content. Implications for new media and education designs
will be discussed.
Journalism and New Media Ecology at Yale, November 13-14
October 1, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusJournalism and the New Media Ecology Conference at Yale Law School
The Knight Law and Media Program of the Yale Information Society Project
cordially invites you to our upcoming conference “Journalism and the New
Media Ecology: who Will Pay the Messengers?” scheduled for November 13-14 at
Yale Law School. This conference will explore the changing ecology of news
media and examine new business models including non-profit and
foundation-funded models, government subsidies, and new online pay models.
The conference begins at 10 a.m. Friday with welcoming remarks by Yale Law
School Dean Robert Post ‘77 and Professor Jack Balkin, the Knight Professor
of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School.
Please register at your earliest convenience at
https://ems.resrunner.com/lawandmedia. Breakfast and lunch are included as
part of registration. For more information, please see
http://www.law.yale.edu/intellectuallife/10132.htm.
New Media and Global Transformations, Columbia, October 9
September 29, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusAn all-day event with an exciting program is being held at Columbia on Friday October 9, check out the schedule here:
http://columbianewmedia.org/
CCC social get-together, Wed, Sep 30m 9pm
September 29, 2009 by collectivecommunicationscampusCCC is hosting a social get-together for graduate students and junior faculty members in communications and related areas at the Magician on the Lower East Side, 118 Rivington Street, Wednesday September 30, 9 p.m. onwards.
