Comments on: Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digital-media-can-engage-youth/ From the Berkman Center at Harvard Law School Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:34:17 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Comsdev http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digital-media-can-engage-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-73025 Comsdev Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:58:54 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digita#comment-73025 Really interesting.... I am going to love this blog. Great Material to read. Really interesting…. I am going to love this blog. Great Material to read.

]]> By: Dima http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digital-media-can-engage-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-58462 Dima Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:22:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digita#comment-58462 It is very interesting as is other work you are doing. This is why i decided to share here a project I am currently working on. I think it is relevant to the post, but maybe even more so to the courses you've taught over the last few years. My colleagues and I just launched a website (http://wikicandidate08.com) intended to research the way in which people engage in political discussion online. It's called WikiCandidate. The site is the campaign website of a fictional presidential candidate running in the 2008 US election. It's intended to look and feel exactly like a real campaign website (our developers are getting there gradually, but things look similar already), with one exception: all the content on it is tied to a wiki engine and editable by users. Visitors to the site can write up and change this candidate's bio, issue stances, news from the campaign trail, etc. So, although the candidate is fictitious, the issues that are going to be discussed on the website are real. We mostly want to see whether an effort like this can be successful, and how people discuss politics in this non-traditional forum. Could be great to hear what you and others think. It is very interesting as is other work you are doing.

This is why i decided to share here a project I am currently working on. I think it is relevant to the post, but maybe even more so to the courses you’ve taught over the last few years.

My colleagues and I just launched a website (http://wikicandidate08.com) intended to research the way in which people engage in political discussion online. It’s called WikiCandidate. The site is the campaign website of a fictional presidential candidate running in the 2008 US election. It’s intended to look and feel exactly like a real campaign website (our developers are getting there gradually, but things look similar already), with one exception: all the content on it is tied to a wiki engine and editable by users. Visitors to the site can write up and change this candidate’s bio, issue stances, news from the campaign trail, etc. So, although the candidate is fictitious, the issues that are going to be discussed on the website are real.

We mostly want to see whether an effort like this can be successful, and how people discuss politics in this non-traditional forum. Could be great to hear what you and others think.

]]> By: Jacob http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digital-media-can-engage-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-57780 Jacob Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:32:15 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digita#comment-57780 Interesting read, got taken in while browsing. Interesting read, got taken in while browsing.

]]> By: josh goldstein http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digital-media-can-engage-youth/comment-page-1/#comment-57556 josh goldstein Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:46:49 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2008/03/08/civic-life-online-learning-how-digita#comment-57556 Peter Levine was an informal advisor to me during my time at University of Maryland and is a great thinker on youth and civic engagement. The other piece of news is that his CIRCLE center is moving to Tuft's Tisch College of Citizenship next fall! He made the announcement a few weeks ago on his blog... http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/archives/2008/02/were-moving-to.html Josh Peter Levine was an informal advisor to me during my time at University of Maryland and is a great thinker on youth and civic engagement. The other piece of news is that his CIRCLE center is moving to Tuft’s Tisch College of Citizenship next fall!

He made the announcement a few weeks ago on his blog…

http://www.peterlevine.ws/mt/archives/2008/02/were-moving-to.html

Josh

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