Jun 09 Internet Anonymity Both Aid and Foil for Democracy Does the Internet facilitate a productive exchange of ideas, making people better informed and therefore better citizens? Or does the unchecked nature of what information can be shared and spread on the internet actually threaten democracy? That was… Continue reading
Jun 03 Pew Study: More Americans Watching, Sharing Online Video By Hari Sreenivasan Much like you’re likely about to do, more Americans are watching online video, a new survey from the Pew Internet & American Life Project has found. Kristen Purcell, associate director for research, stopped by The Rundown to discuss the… Continue reading
Jun 01 Watch Does the Internet Help or Hurt Democracy? Does the pervading presence of the Web make people better citizens or does it propagate misinformation and threaten democracy? Paul Solman has a look at the unfolding debate as staged by the University of Virginia's Miller Center for Public Affairs. Continue watching
Apr 16 Twitter Hopes to Turn Tweets Into Profit Twitter may be one of the world's fastest-growing social media tools, but the question of how the 140-character micro-blogging site could turn tweets into dollar signs has gone unanswered since its launch in 2006. Until now. The San Francisco-based company… Continue reading
Apr 15 Terabytes of Tweets Headed to Library of Congress More than 6 billion public tweets -- the entire 'corpus' of the micro-blogging site Twitter -- are headed to the Library of Congress in the next few months. Martha Anderson, the director of the Library's national digital information… Continue reading
Mar 15 Watch FCC Plan Urges Faster, Wider Broadband Internet Access Across U.S. The Federal Communications Commission is presenting a new national broadband plan to Congress, aimed at encouraging companies to expand high-speed and wireless Internet access. Jeffery Brown talks to Julius Genachowski, chairman of the FCC. Continue watching
Feb 24 Google Plans Rigorous Appeal of Executives’ Conviction in Italy No one disputes that the Italian video -- posted online in 2006 -- showing a young man with Down syndrome being bullied was despicable. An organization working on behalf of people with Down syndrome complained to Google, which says… Continue reading