Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Field of Tech for Engagement
[Source: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, by Damian Thorman, November 1, 2012]
Digital Citizenship: Exploring the Field of Tech for Engagement
The Knight Foundation launched its Tech for EngagementInitiative two years ago to focus on technology's power to transform democracy. In big and small ways, technology has the potential to reinvent citizens’ relationships with their neighbors, leaders and governments. In June, Knight, the MIT Media Lab and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society convened 70 leading thinkers on technology
and community life to draw a map of the field, build a network and seek a way to push the field forward. The report outlines ways that funding can have the most impact in this field going forward.
