Shaping the Future of NYC

On January 18th, global protests of the anti-piracy bills known as SOPA and PIPA.  Click here for the Washington Post’s article about who is involved and what is at stake.

The Nation is the oldest weekly publication in the United States. It is known for its liberal politics, and the web release has a dedicated area for The Nation’s Occupy Wall Street news, features, and opinion blogs.

New York: A Documentary Film by Ric Burns traces New York’s history from the 17th century to modern times. A description of the series can be found here, and a playlist of the episodes can be viewed here.

The NYT public editor, Arthur S. Brisbane, posed the following question to readers of his column today: `Should the NYT be a truth vigilante?‘.

No one would argue that media has the power to influence public opinion, but who is responsible when a lack of fact-checking by reporters results in fiction?  For over 100 years the Times has run on the philosophy that news should be fit to print.   Although this has proved to be an incredibly successful strategy for the paper, some journalism professors would argue that calling out falsehoods is a reporters job.  By posing this question to his readers, Brisbane raises important issues in the media consumption and accountability.

NYT Public Editors Journal: Should the Times Be a Truth Vigilante?

Does money buy results in Congress?  Lawrence Lessig new book says definitely yes.  Below are some reviews for Lawrence Lessig’s Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress–and a Plan to Stop It.

Chicago Tribune

NY Times

Boston Review

New Yorker

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I’m your Instructional Technology Fellow Suzanne Tamang, and this is the blog for Shaping the Future of NYC with Professor Ned Regan and Julianna Fricchione.

We’ll be using this space as an online forum to discuss research proposal ideas, and provide information for your Macaulay conference presentation in May.  For this reason, the main menu is divided into the four project themes (Foreign Policy, Dissent/Rebellion, Fair Trade, and Media), and a page for conference presentation tips and other related information.

Pecha Kucha  (Japanese: ペチャクチャ, IPA: [pet͡ɕa ku͍̥t͡ɕa], chit-chat) is an alternative to PowerPoint style presentations.  The format requires 20 slides, which automatically progress every 20 seconds.

How to pronounce Pecha Kucha

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