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Bookmark or Share- About the Center for Civic Media – MIT Center for Civic MediaWorking at the intersection of participatory media and civic engagement, the Center for Civic Media’s mission is to design, create, deploy, and assess tools and processes that support and foster civic participation and the flow of information between and within communities.
- Defining Civic Media – MIT Center for Civic MediaCivic media goes beyond news gathering and reporting. MIT researchers and students are experimenting with a variety of new civic media techniques, from technologies for protests and civil disobedience to phone-texting systems that allow instant, sophisticated votes on everyday activities.
- What is Civic Media? – MIT Center for Civic MediaCivic media, as I use the term, refers to any use of any medium which fosters or enhances civic engagement. I intend this definition to be as broad and inclusive as possible. Civic media includes but extends well beyond the concept of citizen journalism which is so much in fashion at the moment.
- Civic Media: A Syllabus – MIT Center for Civic MediaCivic Media: any use of any technology for the purposes of increasing civic engagement and public participation, enabling the exchange of meaningful information, fostering social connectivity, constructing critical perspectives, insuring transparency and accountability, or strengthening citizen agency.
- MIT Center for Civic Media – Creating Technology for Social ChangeCenter for Civic Media has become an epicenter for activism within the broader MIT community, offering a popular class on technology and social change, and hosting discussions with activists locally and around the globe.
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