Media, Technology and Innovation

News

May 2, 2016
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"What makes a startup start in the news business?" asked Matthew Powers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, during a presentation at the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) on April 26. In a comparative study conducted with Sandra Vera Zambrano from Sciences Po Toulouse, Powers analyzed the news ecologies in Seattle, Washington and Toulouse, France. 

April 21, 2016
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"We're not in a great place politically," said Kadir Has University Assistant Professor Efe Sevin about Turkey. He noted Turkey's current five-year decline in Freedom House's press freedom rankings and highlighted the change in status from "partly free" to "not free" in 2013. "Despite a plethora of news outlets and capital accumulation sources of media, why are we stuck in this situation?" he asked the audience. 

April 15, 2016
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Gregory Asmolov raised some interesting questions during his public lecture at the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS) at CEU's School of Public Policy on April 12. The focus of his presentation was the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in modern conflicts.

March 17, 2016
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Maxigas, who is currently a post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Media, Data and Society (CMDS), presented his work on the social history of Internet Relay Chat on March 10, arguing how looking at its affordances today opens the way for a critique of social media monopolies and contributes to a new perspective in media and communication studies, drawing attention to the contemporary significance of the "old new media."