Berkman Buzz: May 24, 2013
Current Berkman People and Projects 2013-05-24
Summary:
The Berkman Buzz is selected weekly from the posts of Berkman Center people and projects. To subscribe, click here.
Urs Gasser analyzes Internet voting in Switzerland
We aim to track the history, promise, and challenges of Internet voting encountered by one of the two successful pioneers in the field: Switzerland. The Swiss case is of great interest to any student of Internet voting as it is to any policy-maker interested in the prospects, pitfalls, and solutions for avoiding the challenges of Internet voting within their respective contexts.
From Urs Gasser and Alexander H. Trechsel's article in Harvard International Review, "Switzerland & the Future of Elections" About Urs Gasser | @ugasser
Participating in the National Day of Civic Hacking, 6/1-2? Be sure to hack the DPLA! http://bit.ly/19nsaXI #hackforchange @civichackingday >—Digital Public Library of America (@dpla)
Ethan Zuckerman weighs in on crowdfunding for "checkbook journalism"
Does raising money to purchase incriminating video represent a new milestone in crowdfunding? Is it a particularly ethically cloudy example of civic crowdfunding? Or just an attention grabbing stunt by [Gawker founder Nick] Denton and crew?
From Ethan Zuckerman's blog post, "Crowdfunding Checkbook Journalism: Gawker’s “Crackstarter” and its implications" About Ethan | @ethanz