Internet and New Media

Screencast: New Features at TheNation.com

Screencast: New Features at TheNation.com Screencast: New Features at TheNation.com

TheNation.com has relaunched! Web editor Emily Douglas walks you through the new features. Learn how to make the best use of the new site!

May 3, 2010 / The Nation

New Study: Liberals More Open Than Conservatives Online New Study: Liberals More Open Than Conservatives Online

A new study finds that liberal blogs promote deeper participation than conservative blogs do--and are more vocal in asking readers to vote, donate and organize.

Apr 28, 2010 / Ari Melber

The Sociology of Political Blogs: An Interview with Yochai Benkler The Sociology of Political Blogs: An Interview with Yochai Benkler

Ari Melber talks to web expert and Harvard law professor Yochai Benkler about the conservative and liberal blogospheres, the future of blog research and how Obama managed to run a ...

Apr 28, 2010 / Ari Melber

The Global Nervous System The Global Nervous System

Stranded in Europe, I don't feel like a displaced person. I'm buoyed by an invisible network of friends and strangers all connected by social media.

Apr 19, 2010 / Micah L. Sifry

To Sustain Journalism, Support Subsidies To Sustain Journalism, Support Subsidies

Nation writers Robert McChesney and John Nichols support government subsidies to sustain journalism in the future.

Mar 5, 2010 / The Nation

“And The Twitter Goes Wild” “And The Twitter Goes Wild”

 The Twitter spotlight on Morning Joe.

Mar 3, 2010 / Ari Melber

Obama’s Health Summit Faces Transparency, Twitter Obama’s Health Summit Faces Transparency, Twitter

One transparency group wants you to know how much every politicians at the health care summit accepted from health care and industry donors.

Feb 25, 2010 / Ari Melber

Sparking a Media Revolution Sparking a Media Revolution

Authors of The Death and Life of American Journalism propose the government grant subsidies to ensure that democracy and a thriving press survive.

Feb 5, 2010 / Press Room

Surveillance Can’t Make Us Secure Surveillance Can’t Make Us Secure

The goal of government surveillance is to create a deliberate backdoor into secure systems. The appeal to a hacker is obvious.

Jan 29, 2010 / Feature / Julian Sanchez

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Joseph Stiglitz's Freefall, Mark Weiss's The Whole Island and Robert Darnton's The Case for Books.

Jan 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

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