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Lawrence Lessig | Digital Activism
Thursday, October 15 2009 8:00 PM

Lawrence Lessig

The Interview: Lawrence Lessig

The transparency movement wants people to be able to keep a closer eye on government. Lawrence Lessig, who has worked closely with the movement, now wants us to keep a closer eye on transparency.

Guests

Lawrence Lessig Lawrence Lessig is the director of the Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics, and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.

Producers

Mike Miner is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously at TVO, he was a producer for Studio 2. Originally from Sudbury Ontario, Mike studied journalism and literature at Carleton University and spends as much of his vacation time as possible travelling - including a recent trip to China. He also writes for a variety of publications about arts and culture. Read his Blog: The Fifth Column. Follow Mike on Twitter.

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Digital Activism

The Debate: Digital Activism

Social media activism. Solving the world's problems? Or calming your conscience?

Guests

Andrew Rasiej is the founder of the Personal Democracy Forum and has served as an advisor to senators and congressman and political candidates on the use of Information Technology for campaign and policy purposes since 1999. Check him out on Twitter.

Evgeny Morozov is a contributing editor to Foreign Policy and runs the magazine's influential and widely-quoted "Net Effect" blog about the Internet's impact on global politics. Check him out on Twitter.

Megan Boler is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Theory and Policy Studies, at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and author Digital Media and Democracy (MIT Press 2008). Check out her website.

Leona Hobbs is Director of Communications at Social Media Group where she leads the Community practice group and provides social media and digital communications counsel to SMG clients. Check her out on her blog or on Twitter.

Evgeny Morozov is a contributing editor to Foreign Policy and runs the magazine's influential and widely-quoted "Net Effect" blog about the Internet's impact on global politics. Check him out on Twitter.

Megan Boler is Professor and Associate Chair of the Department of Theory and Policy Studies, at the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto and author Digital Media and Democracy (MIT Press 2008). Check out her website.

Leona Hobbs is Director of Communications at Social Media Group where she leads the Community practice group and provides social media and digital communications counsel to SMG clients. Check her out on her blog or on Twitter.

Producers

Navin Vaswani is an associate producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He is a product of Ryerson University's journalism program and is interested in a myriad of topics from politics to religion to sports. Navin was previously an intern at The Agenda during its first season. Follow Navin on Twitter.

Mike Miner is a producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Previously at TVO, he was a producer for Studio 2. Originally from Sudbury Ontario, Mike studied journalism and literature at Carleton University and spends as much of his vacation time as possible travelling - including a recent trip to China. He also writes for a variety of publications about arts and culture. Read his Blog: The Fifth Column. Follow Mike on Twitter.

Navin Vaswani is an associate producer for The Agenda with Steve Paikin. He is a product of Ryerson University's journalism program and is interested in a myriad of topics from politics to religion to sports. Navin was previously an intern at The Agenda during its first season. Follow Navin on Twitter.

Resources

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