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Get Up To SpeedDoes the internet poison politics? It's been argued that the rise of 'personalization,' the use of algorithms to filter what you see online, and easy access to the like-minded, have served to reinforce our pre-conceptions. Is the information bubble a myth, or is it undermining civic discourse? Is the rise of social media really broadening our world views, or narrowing them?
View Debate PageEli Pariser
- Author of The Filter Bubble & former MoveOn.org Board President
Eli Pariser, New York Times, May 22, 2011
Eli Pariser, TED, March 2011
Eli Pariser and Evgeny Morozov with Gareth Mitchell, BBCs Click, June 24, 2011
Eli Pariser, Joseph Turow and Jacob Weisberg with Brooke Gladstone, On the Media, June 17, 2011
Eli Pariser, Wired, April 26, 2011
Eli Pariser interviewed by Andrew Keen, TechCrunch, June 15, 2011
Eli Pariser interviewed by Andrew Keen, TechCrunch, June 15, 2011
Bryan Walsh, Techland, Time, May 16, 2011
Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Chair, Department of Media Studies, University of Virginia & Author of The Googlization of Everything
College students in America are not as digital as we might wish to pretend.
"Can Silicon Valley recapture the hold it once had on our imaginations? Probably not. That’s for the best."
Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Brian Lehrer Show April 11, 2012
Siva Vaidhyanathan interview with Katy Waldman, Slate, April 11, 2012
Siva Vaidhyanathan interview with Andrew Keen, TechCrunch, March 23, 2011
Siva Vaidhyanathan interview with Nora Young, Spark, CBC, May 2, 2011
Evgeny Morozov
- Internet Scholar and Author, The Net Delusion
A revolution in technology is allowing previously inanimate objectsfrom cars to trash cans to teapotsto talk back to us and even guide our behavior. But how much control are we willing to give up?
Evgeny Morozov interview with Elizabeth Weingarten April 16, 2012
Evgeny Morozov interview with Katy Waldman April 13, 2012
Evgeny Morozov, New Republic July 13, 2011
Evgeny Morozov, Slate, March 20, 2012
Evgeny Morozov, Slate February 14, 2012
Evgeny Morozov, New York Times, January 27, 2012
Evgeny Morozov, Slate January 23, 2012
Evgeny Morozov, Slate November 17, 2011
Evgeny Morozov
Jacob Weisberg
- Chairman & Editor-in-Chief of The Slate Group
Jacob Weisberg, Washington Post January 15, 2008
Jacob Weisberg, Slate October 4, 2008
Jacob Weisberg, Slate March 21, 2008
Jacob Weisberg interview with Katy Waldman, Slate, April 13, 2012
Jacob Weisberg, Slate, June 10, 2011
Jacob Weisberg interviewed by Alexander Gorlach, European March 15, 2011
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