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For more than thirty years the Communications Forum has played a unique role at MIT and beyond as a site for cutting-edge discussion of the cultural, political, economic and technological impact of communications, with special emphasis on emerging technologies.
Leading scholars, journalists, media producers, political figures and corporate executives have appeared at conferences and panels sponsored by the Forum.
Translating specialized or technical perspectives into a discourse accessible to non-specialists is a defining ambition of the Forum. When engineers, scientists, other academics or media practitioners address the Forum, they accept a responsibility to speak in a common language that must be understood and used by literate citizens and professionals in many fields.
The Forum's founding director was the late Ithiel de Sola Pool of the MIT Political Science Department, a pioneer in the study of communications.
The Forum is funded by contributions from members of the MIT Industrial Liaison Program, other corporations and foundation grants.
Videos

Politics and Popular Culture
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Prime Time in Transition
Mar 20, 2014
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Reproduction, Mimicry, Critique and Distribution Systems in Visual Art
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Books and Libraries in the Digital Age
Mar 20, 2014
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Collective Intelligence
Mar 20, 2014
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Film Music and Digital Media
Mar 20, 2014
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The Emerging Mediascape
Mar 20, 2014
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Global Media
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Learning Through Remixing
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NBC’s Heroes: Appointment TV to Engagement TV
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The Craft of Science Fiction
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TV News in Transition
Mar 20, 2014
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Youth and Civic Engagement
Mar 20, 2014
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Pinker's Farewell
Mar 20, 2014
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TV’s New Economics
Mar 20, 2014
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1530 views

Global Television
Mar 20, 2014
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2039 views

What is Civic Media?
Mar 20, 2014
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1940 views

Copyright, Fair Use, and the Cultural Commons
Mar 20, 2014
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Remixing Shakespeare
Mar 20, 2014
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Folk Cultures and Digital Cultures
Mar 20, 2014
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1834 views

Our World Digitized: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly
Mar 20, 2014
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1800 views

Television's Great Writer
Mar 20, 2014
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1763 views

New Media, Civic Media
Mar 20, 2014
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What’s New at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media?
Mar 20, 2014
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1808 views

A Conversation with Robert Pinsky
Mar 20, 2014
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1938 views

What’s New at the Media Lab?
Mar 20, 2014
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Evangelicals and the Media
Mar 20, 2014
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1739 views

The Future of Digital Commons
Mar 20, 2014
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1754 views

Race, Politics and American Media
Mar 20, 2014
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1993 views

Games and Civic Engagement
Mar 20, 2014
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2003 views

Summary Perspectives
Mar 20, 2014
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1641 views

Collaboration and Collective Intelligence
Mar 20, 2014
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1628 views