Radio Berkman
Unpacking complex ideas to build a deeper understanding of how technology is changing the world. We're produced at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- Update frequency
- every 131 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2019
A spotlight on Nieman-Berkman Klein Fellow Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jackson is a co-founder of Blavity Inc., a technology and media company for black millennials. Blavity’s mission is to "economically and creatively support Black millennials across the Afric…
00:23:22 |
Fri 11 Jan 2019
A spotlight on 2018 Berkman Klein Fellow Amy Zhang
Berkman Klein Center interns sat down with 2018 Berkman Klein Center Fellow Amy Zhang, to discuss her work on combating online harassment and misinformation as well as her research as a Fellow.
00:18:41 |
Fri 07 Dec 2018
How Youth Are Reinventing Instagram and Why Having Multiple Accounts Is Trending
According to a recent Pew Research Center study, Instagram is the second most popular platform among 13 to 17-year-olds in the US, after YouTube. Nearly 72 percent of US teenagers are on the image sh…
00:13:01 |
Fri 02 Nov 2018
When a Bot is the Judge
We encounter algorithms all the time. There are algorithms that can guess within a fraction of a percentage point whether you’ll like a certain movie on Netflix, a post on Facebook, or a link in a Go…
00:32:44 |
Wed 29 Nov 2017
Fake News & How To Stop It
Even before Election Day, 2016, observers of technology & journalism were delivering warnings about the spread of fake news. Headlines like “Pope Francis Shocks World, Endorses Donald Trump For Presi…
00:26:30 |
Thu 15 Dec 2016
The Chilling Effect
The effects of surveillance on human behavior have long been discussed and documented in the real world. That nervous feeling you get when you notice a police officer or a security camera? The one th…
00:11:30 |
Wed 18 May 2016
Star Wars vs Copyright
"George Lucas built a whole new industry with Star Wars." says Peter S. Menell, devoted science fiction fan and a professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law, who studies copyright and intellectual pr…
00:12:39 |
Mon 02 May 2016
The Rise and Tumble of the Tumblr Teen
In her article "The Secret Lives of Tumblr Teens," Elspeth Reeve tells the stories of some of Tumblr's most popular bloggers -kids who started their blogs in high school, made a ton of money and then…
00:15:10 |
Thu 10 Mar 2016
How Fair Use Works, in Six Minutes or Less
An artist, musician, or writer can’t just take another person's creation and claim it as their own. Federal law outlines how creators can and can’t borrow from each other. These rules are collectivel…
00:06:57 |
Thu 25 Feb 2016
Radio Berkman: Urs Gasser
From February 4th, 2009
A first glimpse into the challenges and opportunities the Berkman Center faces in 2009, with the Center’s new Executive Director, Urs Gasser.
CC-licensed music this week:
Br…
00:09:36 |
Wed 04 Feb 2009
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