Watch Video of Cristina Venegas' Lecture

Imagining Cuba's Digital Landscape

Cristina Venegas focuses her research on international media with an emphasis on Latin America & Cuba, Spanish-language film and television in the U.S., and digital technologies.

Lessig speaks to a packed house at UCSB

Changing Congress: Lessons Learned by a Copyright Activist

On April 11th Lawrence Lessig presented the 2008 CITS Distinguished lecture to a standing room only crowd at UCSB's MultiCultural Center Theater. Click for video of talk.

Upcoming CITS Lecture June 5th

Facebook and Networked Interactivity

CITS Program Manager Rob Patton will present research on the communication behaviors of student users of the popular online social networking site Facebook.

Blog

April 28, 2008

First version of Lessig talk available now

In case you missed Rob adding it to the site, we have posted the first version of audio and video we are releasing of Lawrence Lessig’s Distinguished Speaker Series talk. This first version includes video of his slides synced to the audio from his talk.

Apr 21
Launching new website
Apr 16
Studying the Relationship Between the Internet, New Media and Politics.
Jan 9
Summer Gray - Graduate Student Profile
Jan 8
August Black - Graduate Student Profile
Jan 7
New look for the CITS website
Sep 28
Veljko Pejovic - Graduate Student Profile

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People

Here’s a random sample of the people that make CITS such an exciting place. Refresh your browser to see a different group of folks.

Michael Stohl, Research Affiliate

Michael Stohl is Professor and Chair of the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara. Dr. Stohl's research focuses on organizational and political communication with special reference to terrorism, human rights and global relations.

Stephen Travis Pope, Research Affiliate

Stephen Pope teaches in the Department of Music at UC Santa Barbara, and the Graduate Program in Media Arts and Technology (MAT) and is also affiliated with the Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at UC Santa Barbara. He is a composer, software developer, and social and spiritual activist based in Santa Barbara, California.

George Legrady, Research Affiliate

George Legrady is Professor of Interactive Media, with joint appointment in the Media Arts & Technology program and the department of Art, UC Santa Barbara.

Research Initiatives

Social Collaboration and Dynamic Communities

The structure of communities and the myriad patterns of human engagement that comprise societies have always been tied fundamentally to technology.

Global Cultures in Transition

Global Cultures in Transition is a research initiative affiliated with the Center for Information Technology and Society at UCSB.

Technology in Education

Technology has long played a role in education. However, contrary to expectations, the adoption of technology in almost areas of education has been surprisingly slow.

Upcoming Events

Jun 5
Facebook and Network Interactivity

Ph.D. Emphasis in Technology & Society

CITS supports the Technology & Society Ph.D. emphasis. The emphasis, available to students in participating doctoral programs, provides interdisciplinary training on the relationships between information technologies and society.

Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions

The Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions brings together leading thinkers from universities, industry, media, foundations, and the not-for-profit world to exchange ideas about the dynamic interplay among information technology, social activity, and human psychological processes. Discussion and deliberation-focused panels examine cutting-edge trends and long-term social transformations resulting from the use of information technologies, as well as exploring how to improve engineering with social insights.

About CITS

CITS is dedicated to analyzing the cultural transitions and social innovations associated with new media, particularly in highly dynamic environments, and committed to infusing social insights into engineering innovations.

More about CITS

Courses

All courses are offered as a part of the Technology & Society Ph.D Emphasis.

Spring 2008

POLS594N | COMPSCI595N | SOC591 | ENGL593
Technology and Society Gateway Seminar

Media

May 8, 2008

Imagining Cuba's Digital Landscape

Cristina Venegas is Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at UCSB. Her research focuses on international media with an emphasis on “Latin” America, Spanish-language film and television in the U.S., and digital technologies. Her forthcoming book is titled Digital Dilemma about Cuba’s digital media since the 1990s.

Tags: Cuba, digital culture, digital landscape, global cultues in transition

Apr 11, 2008

2008 Distinguished Lecture - Lawrence Lessig

Lawrence Lessig, legal professor, author, and digital culture visionary presented the 2008 CITS Distinguished Lecture. The free event took place April 11, 2008 at 12 o’clock at UCSB’s MultiCultural Center theater. Professor Lessig spoke on "Changing Congress: Lessons Learned by a Copyright Activist."

Tags: Changing Congress, Copyright, Copyright Activistism, Distinguished Lecture, Government, Lawrence Lessig