Center for Civic Media: Recent submissions
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Conflicting Frames : the dispute over the meaning of rolezinhos in Brazilian media
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)This research analyzes the battle of frames in the controversy surrounding rolezinhos- flashmobs organized by low-income youth in Brazilian shopping malls. To analyze the framing of these events, a corpus of 4,523 online ... -
InterTwinkles : online tools for non-hierarchical, consensus-oriented decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)Non-hierarchical, participatory, consensus-based decision making has seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. The traditional techniques of formal consensus, however, are limited to face-to-face meetings, which can ... -
Civic crowdfunding : participatory communities, entrepreneurs and the political economy of place
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)Crowdfunding, the raising of capital from a large and diverse pool of donors via online platforms, has grown exponentially in the past five years, spurred by the rise of Kickstarter and IndieGoGo. While legislative attention ...
