Diversifying your online world
In a new book, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman asserts that we need to overcome the Internet’s sorting tendencies and create tools to make ourselves ‘digital cosmopolitans.’
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Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Playing with Einstein
MIT Game Lab releases OpenRelativity, a game-development tool to help developers and educators experiment with the effects of special relativity.
Nate Silver presents forecasting work as antidote to ‘terrible’ political pundits
In MIT talk, celebrated election forecaster offers critique of media, advice to students and hints about his future projects.
Why are Japanese cartoons a global hit?
MIT scholar’s new book heralds ‘creative collaboration’ with the masses as the key to anime’s worldwide popularity.
The hidden history of Bengali Harlem
MIT professor’s new book details the overlooked waves of South Asian immigrants to the United States.
Life in BASIC
Nick Montfort and colleagues examine cultural significance of computer code in new book.
MIT Game Lab explores the potential of games and play
New laboratory opens its doors with a symposium, a festival and seven new games.
Junot Díaz wins MacArthur ‘genius grant’
Pulitzer Prize-winning author and writing professor receives unrestricted $500,000 prize.
Q&A: Junot Díaz on his new book
The MIT professor and Pulitzer-winning writer talks about the people and ideas in his newest work, This Is How You Lose Her — and explains why women form a big part of his core audience.
Seth Mnookin wins 2012 Science in Society Award
National Association of Science Writers honors his book The Panic Virus.