Posts tagged as:

public discourse

The Birth of a Word

by Shannon Arvizu November 10, 2011 Framer Reads the News

MIT researcher, Deb Roy, is doing some exciting linguistic research worth sharing. In this TED Talk, Dr. Roy shows how (1) how language acquisition occurs across space and time and (2) how public discourse is structured across space and time as well. This work has incredible implications for next-gen methods in mapping out public conversations (or [...]

2 comments Read more →

The One Clear Impact of the Occupy Movement: A Revival of Civic Discourse

by Shannon Arvizu October 27, 2011 Framer Reads the News

If there is one major success story to the Occupy Wall St movement so far, it is that it is getting people to think more like citizens. Lately, I have been visiting the Occupy LA site in downtown City Hall, where participants have full city permission to camp. Each time I visit, I am struck [...]

0 comments Read more →