It's become relatively commonplace to find corners of Africa that have good cell coverage but no electrical power. Ethan Zuckerman africacellcommonplace Change image and share on social
People generally pay attention to what they already know about and what they care about. Ethan Zuckerman attentioncaregenerally Change image and share on social
I study the ways new media shapes people's perceptions of the world. Ethan Zuckerman mediumpeopleperception Change image and share on social
The U.S. media have done a shameful job of reporting on the Arab world. Ethan Zuckerman arabjobmedium Change image and share on social
When you sign up for Facebook, the service first searches for any mentions of your name and suggests you befriend anyone who has mentioned you in their posts. It then asks to access your e-mail account so you can connect with anyone with whom you regularly correspond. Ethan Zuckerman accessaccountask share on social
It's fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well. Ethan Zuckerman connectdiscoverfine Change image and share on social
Reading the text of my blog itself is not really the interesting part. The exciting part is how the Internet allows me to be the eyes and ears for the people sending me postings from Africa. Ethan Zuckerman africablogear Change image and share on social
I can read a lot of French newspapers with Google Translate and have them read quite comfortably. Ethan Zuckerman comfortablyfrenchgoogle Change image and share on social
There's no locality on the web - every market is a global market. Ethan Zuckerman globallocalitymarket Change image and share on social
Curators are great, but they're inherently biased. Curators are always making an editorial decision. Those biases have really big implications. Ethan Zuckerman biasbiasebig Change image and share on social
