Okay, like virtually everyone else who studies social media, I'm fascinated by @elonmusk's takeover of Twitter. Let me say upfront: I have no idea what Twitter will be like under Elon's leadership and neither do you. But that's the point.
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The other thing I will say about Twitter’s potential sale and what that may or may not do to the platform:
On the internet your home will always leave you.
Next Thursday, join us as we welcome acclaimed photographer Mary Beth Meehan and media scholar Fred Turner to discuss their book “Seeing Silicon Valley: Life inside a Fraying America” cms.mit.edu/event/seeing-sil…
At 5pm, live on Zoom, it's “Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech,” a conversation with Martha Minow and Heather Hendershot
This Thursday, join us as we welcome @Harvard_Law's Martha Minow for “Saving the News: Why the Constitution Calls for Government Action to Preserve Freedom of Speech,” a conversation with Professor Heather Hendershot. 5pm on Zoom: cms.mit.edu/event/saving-the…
Everyone, this Friday is one of our favorite days of the year! Join us for our CMS grad students' thesis presentations: cmswm.it/3j8QAkQ. In-person and streamed. (Write to cms@mit.edu if you'd like to attend in-person and are from outside MIT.)
Hey Meatheads, join us and @ProfHendershot as we host Oscar Winberg this Thursday for “Archie Bunker Goes to Washington: How Television in the 1970s Remade Politics into Entertainment” cmswm.it/3DBQHid
If you couldn't join us last night, here's the recording of our event with Jens Pohlmann: “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” cmswm.it/3Dwrm9o
This evening at 5pm! We welcome Jens Pohlmann for his virtual talk “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” @MIT_SHASS@MITevents
Join us at 5pm ET this Thursday as we welcome @UniBremen visiting scholar @pohlmannjens for his live talk “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” cmswm.it/36DubZH
When you're in Independence, Missouri, be sure to buy oxen, spare parts, and a copy of alum @kevindriscoll's upcoming book, The Modem World:
"How to Avoid Dying of Dysentery Is Far From Only Thing The Oregon Trail Can Teach" cmswm.it/3qEa2Kj
Hope everyone is enjoying their @MIT spring break! Our next Colloquium is next Thursday, when we welcome visiting scholar @PohlmannJens: “Platform Regulation and the Digital Public Sphere: Comparing the Discourse in Germany and the United States” cmswm.it/36DubZH
5pm! Join us (virtually) as we welcome Columbia University's Racquel Gates as she presents her experience working as consulting producer on the Criterion release of "Melvin Van Peebles: Essential Films" cms.mit.edu/event/racquel-ga…
I'm facilitating with @dawnjfraser. We've got a wonderful lineup of guests who are passionate about children, and diverse representation.
Please share. And apply!🖍️
Sound Up 2022 is here, and we're looking for BIPOC storytellers with stellar kids and family podcast ideas. If that sounds like you apply to Sound Up before April 8th ✨ soundupus.byspotify.com