9 Nov 2010 Washington DC Borders and the Internet A workshop on social media, surveillance, and knowledge production

Advanced Cyber/IO
0Shares

Borders and the Internet

A workshop on social media, surveillance, and knowledge production

Despite the promises and growth of digital social networks and the Web, social tensions and boundaries pervade our everyday “virtual” communications, shaped by a number of cultural, national and structural borders.  Come help us explore the current (r)evolutions of the global Internet.

featuring

Francesca Musiani
Yahoo! Fellow, Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, Georgetown University
“The plurality of Internet borders”

Seeta Peña Gangadharan
Senior Research Fellow, Open Technology Initiative, New America Foundation
“Internet borders and rights: Vulnerable populations, digital inclusion, and its dark sides”

David Ribes
Assistant Professor, Communication, Culture and Technology Program (CCT), Georgetown University
“Internet borders: Orphans of infrastructure?”

Friday, November 9, 2012
12:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Mortara Center for International Studies
3600 N Street, NW

A light lunch will be served.

For more information on the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, please visit our website.

Financial Liberty at Risk-728x90




liberty-risk-dark