November 27: Berkman Luncheon Series with Michael Anti, New York Times Beijing Bureau and Nieman Fellow
Berkman Center Luncheon Series
Guest: Michael Anti, New York Times Beijing Bureau and Nieman Fellow
Topic: “When the Decentralized and Democratized Internet Meets China”
Tuesday, November 27, 12:30 pm
Berkman Center Conference Room
23 Everett St., 2nd Floor, Cambridge MA
What is the result when decentralized and democratized Internet meets the central and undemocratic government with almost free and huge market? The Chinese blogosphere in the web 2.0 wave has different stories to tell. Internet has given Chinese people more freedom and chances, however, it has also given the ruling party more confidence to avoid the democracy. Michael Anti will explain what the motives of blogging are in China.
Bio
Michael Anti (Zhao Jing), a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. He is a journalism researcher with the Beijing Bureau of New York Times. He runs several political columns on Chinese top newspapers and magazines. He was a war reporter for a Chinese newspaper in Baghdad in March 2003. His well-known Chinese political blog was shutdown by Microsoft in December 2005. In the wake of this case, he turned to run a collaborative online weekly magazine on International politics. He is an international jury member of Deutsche Welle’s Best of Blogs competition in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
Webcast
This event will be webcast live. Webcast viewers can join the discussion through IRC text chat or in the virtual world Second Life. If you miss the live chat, catch the podcast audio & video at MediaBerkman.
RSVP is required, as space is limited. To RSVP, please send an email to rsvp@cyber.law.harvard.edu by November 26 at 12:00PM.
