It’s now been ten days since Donald Trump was elected president, and the words still don’t seem all that believable.… Read more Fight or flight?
The Potential and Perils of Election Prediction Using Social Media Sources
The Potential and Perils of Election Prediction Using Social Media Sources (with Federico Nanni). Invited presentation to Connected Life 2016,… Read more The Potential and Perils of Election Prediction Using Social Media Sources
Generation Boom
One of my most formative experiences was an upper school trip to the battlefields of France and Belgium. Amidst all the stories… Read more Generation Boom
2016: year of the tactical takedown?
Cross-posted from MIT’s Center for Civic Media blog. The present presidential election is a spectacle, in the truest sense of… Read more 2016: year of the tactical takedown?
WTF offers a unique perspective on life on the front line
★★★★✩ Originally published in The Tech. Reviews often destroy movies, and only rarely, as in the case of Whiskey Tango… Read more WTF offers a unique perspective on life on the front line
Michael Moore’s war of hearts and minds
Originally published in The Tech. ★★★✩✩ The title of Michael Moore’s latest documentary, Where to Invade Next, seems to reflect… Read more Michael Moore’s war of hearts and minds
Consider the Lawn Sign: elections as civic engagement
Cross-posted from the Center for Civic Media blog. Last week I had the chance to watch one of the world’s… Read more Consider the Lawn Sign: elections as civic engagement
Causation, Correlation, and Big Data in Social Science Research
Cowls, Josh and Schroeder, Ralph (2015) Causation, Correlation, and Big Data in Social Science Research. Policy & Internet 7 (4), 447-472. The… Read more Causation, Correlation, and Big Data in Social Science Research
Designing for Debate: Towards a Design Taxonomy for Online Deliberation Platforms
This paper was submitted as my final project for the Media Arts and Sciences class, Unpacking Impact, in December 2015.
Review: Trumbo offers a shallow take on Hollywood’s writer’s bloc
Published in MIT’s The Tech. ★★★✩✩ Trumbo It seems more than a little fitting that Jay Roach’s new biopic, Trumbo, is… Read more Review: Trumbo offers a shallow take on Hollywood’s writer’s bloc
