communications and society

Explores whether the US Government’s apparatus for global discourse is adequate to the times.

This past week on SiriusXM we featured candid talks addressing the racial tension in St. Louis, how the media has been reporting on Ferguson, and the relationship between black youth and the police.

At the Aspen Institute Community Dialogue on Healing the Racial Divide in St. Louis, MO, law enforcement officials, educators, and activists share their solutions for bridging the racial divide in education, in the media, and between black youth and the police.

The Aspen Institute will address the topics of race, equality, and justice at a livestreamed event on Tuesday, March 24th titled the “Community Dialogue on Healing the Racial Divide.” Held in St. Louis, Missouri, the series of panels will feature local officials and leaders from the media and federal government.

This report looks at the growth of intangible digital assets and the proliferation of peer-to-peer platforms that empower consumers.

The new information and communications technologies (ICT) are not only transforming the way people communicate, but also how they think about and conduct international relations.

The FCC’s bold, far-sighted reform beckons libraries, as well as schools, into a major step toward creating digital opportunity equally available to everyone in society.

Having spent almost 50 years in libraries, I am so proud of how libraries have reinvented themselves over time — embraced technology in the automation of professional processes and service delivery, put the library user at the center of all we do, and become a vital partner in the life of communities.

A discussion of the challenges and opportunities facing communities and their public libraries as society moves deeper into the digital era.

The Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy called on the nation to make every community in the United States an informed, engaged community.