Tastes, Ties, and Time: Facebook data release
Attention social science researchers...Berkman Fellow Jason Kaufman reports that a first wave of Facebook.com data is now available through the Dataverse Network Project...
25 sep 2008
Microsoft Research New England: 9/22 Opening Symposium (including Berkman Fellow danah boyd)
Digital Natives: flash mob fun
This week's -- exuberant -- installment in the Reporters in the Field series takes us to a silent dance party in Boston...
24 sep 2008
David Ardia: "Bloggers and Other Online Publishers Face Increasing Legal Threats" (Poynter Online)
Blown to Bits Book Release7 oct 2008
Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Harry Lewis
The Berkman Center celebrated the release of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness after the Digital Explosion with all three authors, Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, and Berkman Fellow Harry Lewis.
The Berkman Center hosted a day and a half-long public meeting of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force.
OneWebDay 2008
Internet Lexicon, Berkman@10 Bestiario-style, more
It's OneWebDay! and there are lots of celebrations and substantive events underway online and off. Various Berkman folk are out and about supporting OWD this year, including with a wiki-based Internet Lexicon; join in...
22 sep 2008
Berkman Buzz: Week of September 15, 2008
The Intention Economy, silencing speech in Malaysia, YouTube takedowns and more...in this week's BUZZ!
19 sep 2008
The Berkman Center will host an open meeting of the Internet Safety Technical Task Force, release John Palfrey and Urs Gasser's "Born Digital" in Cambridge, and celebrate our first Fall Open House as a university-wide research center at 50 Church St. in Harvard Square.
18 sep 2008
Digital Natives: music fans and online community
The Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series continues with "azn.play: a conversation with blogger Qin Zhi Lau"...
17 sep 2008
One Web Day - MA YouTube Town Hall
Bay Staters can help run Citizen Video Stations on One Web Day! Use the web to speak out, and become eligible for prizes. Read on for information about volunteering...
15 sep 2008
Madison and the Smart Mob: The Promise and Limitations of the Internet for Democracy
The Internet & Democracy blog announces the release of Robert Faris and Bruce Etling's paper, “Madison and the Smart Mob: The Promise and Limitations of the Internet for Democracy.â€
15 sep 2008
Berkman Buzz: Week of September 8, 2008
The Harry Potter Lexicon trial, digital natives and activism, Canadian politics, and more...in this week's BUZZ!
12 sep 2008
New: Persian translation of Iran blog study
From the Internet & Democracy blog... We are pleased to release the full Persian translation of our case study: Mapping Iran’s Online Public: Politics and Culture in the Persian Blogosphere.
12 sep 2008
Congrats, Berkman Fellow Victoria Stodden!
We join Peter Suber in congratulating Victoria Stodden on her paper, "Enabling Reproducible Research: Open Licensing for Scientific Innovation"...
12 sep 2008
Interview: Born Digital (Palfrey & Gasser) with The Future of the Internet (Zittrain)
Digital Natives: Activism in the Middle East
Continuing its exploration of digital activism from last week, the Digital Natives Reporters in the Field series turns its microphone over to Esra’a Al Shafei of Bahrain, the 21-year-old director of student-owned MideastYouth.com.
10 sep 2008
We welcome you to our new real-space extension in Harvard Square to learn about the Berkman Center, our projects, our community, and ways to get involved as a paid research assistant!
Judge Rejects Fair Use Defense in Harry Potter Lexicon Case
The Citizen Media Law Project begins unpacking the 68-page decision in Rowling v. RDR Books, in which Judge Robert Patterson held that RDR "had failed to establish an affirmative defense of fair use."
10 sep 2008
Welcome back, Students!
Join us for our Open House on Sept. 24th to learn more about the Center!
Another fall semester is upon us, bringing new courses, challenges, and paid research opportunities. Whether you’re new to Cambridge and Harvard, starting a program at a neighboring school, or an old friend of Berkman, read on to learn what’s afoot at the Center this coming semester...
8 sep 2008
