Old Wine in an E-bottle (or, The Text that Mistook Itself for a Tactical Shift)
By Christian Davenport On January 24th Barbara Walter wrote a fascinating blog entry entitled “The Text that Changed the…
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Facebook Status: Recognized But It’s Complicated
By Steve Saideman Facebook has granted Kosovo recognition as an independent country. This puts Facebook behind the United…
Tips on Drones from Colombian Communities
By Oliver Kaplan At first glance, the plight of Colombian peasants may appear to have little to do with…
Social Media, News, and Rights Advocacy
By Will H. Moore Back in 2010 an Irish journalist, Mark Little, left his post as presenter on Irish…
Misplaced Concern or a Needed Discussion? Crowdsourcing and Crises
By Will H. Moore Chicken Little is not a literary character I aspire to emulate. Yet, some of…
When the Going Gets Tough, Fake It?
Guest post by Victoria Piccione This January the Iranian government announced that it had successfully launched a monkey…
Friday Puzzler: The Silence of the Drones
By Barbara F. Walter The most recent national survey by the Pew Research Center finds that over fifty…
Guest Puzzler: Why’s Iran So Terrible at Lying?
By Taylor Marvin The Iranian government regularly trumpets its technical achievements. This in and of itself is unsurprising,…
Why Does Anyone Need High-Capacity Magazines?
By Andrew Kydd One aspect of the gun debate ignited by the Newtown massacre is the controversy over…
PV Thought of the Week: Can Apps “Inform” the Public?
By Erica Chenoweth I was struck by this recent story about Apple rejecting a proposed iOS game called…