Following the success of an event held last spring to showcase educational and research opportunities involving the study of technology and society at UCSB, CITS and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) will be hosting a similar graduate reception February 13, 2008. Lunch & refreshments will be provided.
Newspaper 2.0 was a one-day workshop to explore challenges and opportunities in the new Internet-enabled newspaper marketplace. The workshop brought together journalists, scholars and leading thinkers who shared a common interest in the future of daily and weekly journals — with a particular interest in Santa Barbara as a region where new approaches might be explored.
A student film written and produced at UC Santa Barbara for the Center for Information Technology and Society's 2006 Santa Barbara Forum on Digital Transitions: Social Collaboration and Dynamic Communities.
Professor Bimber's research examines the relationship between evolving information technology and changes in human behavior, especially in the domains of political organization, collective action, social capital, and political deliberation.
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."
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.
Andy Kirk is a Professor of History at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. His talk will explore how today’s tremendous interest in sustainability and green technologies has its roots in the American counterculture of the1960s and ‘70s.
Console-ing Passions was founded in 1989 by a group of feminist media scholars and artists looking to create a space to present work and foster scholarship in issues of television, electronic media, culture, and identity, with an emphasis on gender and sexuality.
Following the success of an event held last spring to showcase educational and research opportunities involving the study of technology and society at UCSB, CITS and the Center for Nanotechnology in Society (CNS) will be hosting a similar graduate reception February 13, 2008. Lunch & refreshments will be provided.
