Ethan Zuckerman
Ethan Zuckerman
Ethan Zuckerman is an American media scholar, blogger, and Internet activist. He is the director of the MIT Center for Civic Media and the author most recently of Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, which won the Zócalo Book Prize...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
CountryUnited States of America
google calendars lists
I'm not nearly as well organized as I would like. I am a creature of to-do lists and calendars - if something doesn't get onto my Google Calendar, I don't show up for it.
simple people needs
If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?
talking want stopping
Talking about 'stopping globalization' is unrealistic - and probably not what anti-globalization protesters actually want.
challenges information way
The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior.
agreement people promise
People who know me well have learned to insist that I commit to obligations by opening my laptop and putting them onto the appropriate calendar or list - a verbal agreement and a promise to remember won't work.
internet
The Internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be.
real names identity
Reddit names are unconnected to real-world identities and it's commonplace for users to create 'throwaway' accounts to reveal sensitive information.
growing-up average stories
When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.
way corporations internet
The Internet is corporations all the way down.
writing listening cabins
When I'm playing with circular saws, I'm offline (though often listening to podcasts) and when I sit in the cabin to read or write, it's wonderful to be offline for a few hours at a time.
school diversity church
If I use Facebook to stay in touch with my high school friends who are church-going Republicans, I may be getting more ideological diversity than in hanging out with secular progressives on the World Politics sub-reddit.
running organization entrepreneur
Increasingly, I'm inspired by entrepreneurs who run nonprofit organizations that fund themselves, or for-profit organizations that achieve social missions while turning a profit.
locality
There's no locality on the web - every market is a global market.
victory substance wikipedia
Wikipedia is a victory of process over substance.