Media: video

Miriam Metzger is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at UC Santa Barbara her research includes studies of the credibility of information in the new media environment, problems of online privacy and security, the impact of media on public opinion, and the theoretical and regulatory changes brought about by the development of new media technologies.

Professor Emerita Francesca Bray's most recent work focuses everyday technologies and the Californian way of life. She examines the social and political relations and the cultural meanings embodied in such everyday artifacts as the flush toilet, the genetically-engineered tomato, and e-mail.

Stephen Pope's talk looks at how technology, culture, and the arts have been intimately intertwined for as long as there have been technology, culture, and arts. That being said, there are several aspects of modern technology and culture that have significant impacts on this relationship.

Professor Jennifer Earl, is a member of the Sociology Department and is current Director of CITS at UC Santa Barbara. Using the online strategic voting movement during the 2000 US Presidential Election as a case study, Professor Earl and her colleagues argue that the application of prior theory often overlooks the ways in which movements that emerge and thrive online function differently from conventional movements.

Dr. Beall's talk focuses on computer-mediated communication systems known as Collaborative Virtual Environments (CVEs) which allow geographically separated individuals to interact verbally and nonverbally in a shared virtual space in real-time.

Dr. Richard Mayer is a professor in the Psychology department at UC Santa Barbara. Professor Mayer's research involves the intersection of cognition, instruction, and technology with a special focus on multimedia learning and problem solving.

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.

Dr. Stonich talks on her research that has focused on the radicalization of local groups around environmental issues and the emergence of grass-roots environmental movements of the poor in Central America.

Jon Cruz is an Associate Professor of Sociology at UC Santa Barbara. His research interests include the sociology of knowledge; American racial history; and media.

In this talk Professor Turk discusses several of the key individuals in the long history of computing and their contributions to logic and computing that paved the way for the "universal machines" of today and tomorrow.