Berkman Center

Media Minutes: September 16, 2011

Candace Clement — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:08:02 -0400

A new investigation found that U.S. TV news is turning away from video reporting and to arguing pundits and hypothetical conversations about what might be happening. And it’s been 50 years since Newt Minow gave his speech about TV’s “vast wasteland.” In this digital age, his words still reverberate for the industry, policymakers and public interest advocates.

FCC Seeks Insight on International Broadband Trends

Stevie Converse — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:59:13 -0400

Full article: Fierce Telecom
Sean Buckley
As the FCC begins to develop a national broadband policy, the agency wants to know how the rest of the world is providing and using broadband services. With that task in hand, the agency has tasked Harvard University's Berkman Center for Internet and Society to examine studies about worldwide broadband usage.

Media Cloud: A New Tool to Track How News Gets Covered

Stevie Converse — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 11:44:58 -0400

Full article: Nieman Journalism Lab
The Berkman Center for Internet and Society has developed a new tool that allows researchers and individuals to use data to observe how stories unfold, both in the mainstream media and in blogs. Media Cloud is a massive data set of news -- compiled from newspapers, other established news organizations, and blogs -- and a set of tools for analyzing that data.

Do You Herdict?

Stevie Converse — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 09:49:25 -0500

Full article: Public Knowledge
Mehan Jayasuriya
Herdict.org is a new Web site developed by the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society that aims to collect and aggregate data on Web blocking and filtering. To celebrate the site launch, the Herdict team has produced a video that explains how the site works.

Court Asked to Uphold Order Allowing Webcast

Stevie Converse — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 09:31:46 -0500

Full article: Media Post
Wendy Davis
Digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation is asking an appellate court to uphold a groundbreaking order authorizing the webcast of a file-sharing case. The RIAA is arguing against allowing the court proceedings to be recorded.

Herdict: Harnessing the Herd to Map Web Filtering

Stevie Converse — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:11:17 -0500

Full article: Public Knowledge
Mehan Jayasuriya
A new web-based tool from the Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society uses crowdsourcing to collect and aggregate instances of web filtering around the globe, in order to create a map of where in the world sites are either blocked or otherwise inaccessible.

Judge Approves Public Broadcast of RIAA Lawsuit

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:06:17 -0500

Full article: TechDirt
Mike Masnick
A Harvard Law professor has been leading a case challenging the constitutionality of a core part of the RIAA's continuing lawsuit strategy. He won the right to broadcast the court proceedings live on the Internet through the Berkman Center's Web site.

Public Broadcasting and Public Affairs

Stevie Converse — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:54:54 -0500

Full article: Berkman Center for Internet and Society
Pat Aufderheide and Jessica Clark
Public broadcasting's resources and assets are valuable and hold great potential value for tomorrow's nonprofit online media sector. The sector will have to transform to fulfill that potential -- the question is how. Scenarios include going local, going national, partnering up, or fighting it out. (PDF)

News and Information as Digital Media Come of Age

Stevie Converse — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 11:05:18 -0500

Full article: Citizen Media Law Project
David Ardia
After a year of study, countless meetings, and at least two conferences, a team of researchers at the Berkman Center have released a series of papers exploring the potential and challenges of the emerging networked digital media environment.

Reflecting an Internet Decade with John Perry Barlow

Stevie Converse — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:07:59 -0400

Full article: Berkman Center for Internet and Society