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Social Computing Symposium 2012: "The Public"

Friday, Jan 13

Morning Session: "The Human Microphone: Amplification of Political Dissent" (organized by Clay Shirky and Clive Thompson)

Ethan Zuckerman, MIT

Ethan Zuckerman, MIT

"How to Study What You Can't Read"

Wael Abbas, misrdigital.com

Wael Abbas, misrdigital.com

"Social Media"

Becky Hurwitz, Occupy Wallstreet

Becky Hurwitz, Occupy Wallstreet

Zeynep Tufekci, UNC Chapel Hill

Zeynep Tufekci, UNC Chapel Hill

"Syncretic Ecologies of New/Old Power"

Afternoon Session: “The Shifting Borders of Public and Private” (organized by Tom Coates)

Danny O’brien, Committee to Protect Journalists

Danny O’brien, Committee to Protect Journalists

"public private secret alone"

Anil Dash, Expert Labs

Anil Dash, Expert Labs

"Is Blogging Journalism?"

Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale

Adam Greenfield, Urbanscale

"Connected Things and Civic Responsibilities in the Networked City"

Keiichi Matsuda, keiichimatsuda.com

Keiichi Matsuda, keiichimatsuda.com

Social Software demos of new projects (organized by John Borthwick)

Prep for Sleep No More: MacBeth enactment, scarf decoration, and afternoon break

Prep for Sleep No More: MacBeth enactment, scarf decoration, and afternoon break

Closing Speakers (organized by Liz Lawley & Lili Cheng)

Closing Speakers (organized by Liz Lawley & Lili Cheng)

John Borthwick, BetaWorks

John Borthwick, BetaWorks

Clive Thompson, Wired / New York Time Magazine

Clive Thompson, Wired / New York Time Magazine

danah Boyd, Microsoft Research

danah Boyd, Microsoft Research

Late Night: Sleep No More at McKittrick Hotel