by Keidra Chaney & Raizel Liebler This is an excerpt from our essay published in The Good Life in Asia’s Digital 21st Century, an essay collection…
Until recently, Clay Shirky was best known as the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. The book was widely praised…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEpj9w1yz64] On this blog, we write often about the value of fan-created works, about how fans use their creativity, using works created and owned by…
After a truly great time presenting about fan culture two years ago at MIT5: Creativity, Ownership, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, we presented at…
I’ve been reading several interesting books on both the cultural and economic significance of Japanese popular culture, ranging from a general overview, to the business…
Like a lot of geeky people, I spent much of Inauguration Day (and night) online, riveted to the live streaming feed on CNN and also…
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, is the highly recommended third book by Laurence Lessig, focusing on why and how copyright…
While we can’t make it to every great conference held at MIT by the cutting-edge Comparative Media Studies program, they have put on another great…
As the second in our series about the effective use of social media / social networking tools, this post focuses on Planet Money. At the…
One of our areas of focus this year is the effective use of social media / social networking tools. At this point, we are planning…