Cambridge City Councilman Nadeem Mazen and Wise Systems co-founder Layla Shaikley–both MIT alumni–join engineering student Abubakar Abid to explore how hateful, discriminatory rhetoric influences public opinion, discuss its impact on the lives of Muslim-Americans, and examine strategies to combat it.
The City Expressed: Everyday Media Production and the Urban Environment
Our interactions with the city are increasingly mediated through a complex array of technologies, including location-aware mobile devices and a vast number of online platforms.
Video, Robert Darnton and Susan Flannery: “Digitizing the Culture of Print: The Digital Public Library of America and Other Urgent Projects”
How are libraries coping with the promise and perils of our impending digital future?
Street Media: Ambient Messages in an Urban Space
The ecology of street media includes a vibrant array of individual communications. Much of the media are unauthorized to appear where they do.
