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3/23/10
By Barbara Ray
Crowdsourcing Civics: What Mozilla Can Teach Us About Participatory Government
David R. Booth talks with Spotlight about how the internet and open-source software are increasing public participation in local and national policy discussions - and why that’s a good thing.3/22/10
By Barbara Ray
New Report on Peer Participation and Software
A fuller examination of the issues David Booth raises in his Q&A is available in the MacArthur Series report “Peer Participation and Software: What Mozilla Has to Teach Government” (PDF). Booth argues that the same principles and organizational design that motivate a community of volunteer developers to continually update the Firefox internet browser can be replicated in larger government and civic action.3/04/10
By Ben Wolff
Does Race Matter Online? Digital Media and Learning in Multicultural Contexts
“African American youth are just as likely to use social networking sites as any other young population in the United States,” says S. Craig Watkins, associate professor of media studies at the University of Texas at Austin. “The access gap more or less has been addressed, and now what researchers are turning their attention to is what we call the participation gap.”3/04/10
By Josh Karp
