Two recent panel discussions about the media from MIT.

1) Now Online from MIT: News, Information and the Wealth of Networks
This panel discussion took place on September 21, 2006 and sponsored by the MIT Communications Forum.

MODERATOR: William C. Uricchio
Co-Director, Comparative Media Studies Program and Professor of Comparative Media Studies, MIT
Professor of Comparative Media History, Utrecht University, the Netherlands

PANELISTS:
Yochai Benkler: Professor of Law, Yale Law School

Henry Jenkins: Peter de Florez Professor of Humanities and
Director of Comparative Media Studies Program
Education Arcade site

ABOUT THE PANEL DISCUSSION:

Each speaker examines the widespread change unleashed by digital technology from his respective field. At the same time, these authors find quite a bit of common ground.

2) The Emergence of Citizen’s Media
This discussion took place on September 19, 2006 and was also sponsored by the MIT Communications Forum
MODERATOR: David Thorburn

PANELISTS:
Dan Gillmor: Director, Center for Citizen Media

Ellen Foley: Editor, Wisconsin State Journal

Alex Beam: Columnist, The Boston Globe

This page offers an overview of the discussion.

Source: MIT

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