Chris Peterson

Comment:

Sometimes people ask me my opinions on:

• Social media
• Civic media
• Online censorship
• Digital strategy for higher ed (including MOOCs)
• Burgers

I’m usually available at contact [at] cpeterson [dot] org.

In The Press:

• College Confidential: A Field Guide (Chronicle of Higher Education, April 2013)
• Colleges Assess Cost of Free Online-Only Courses (New York Times, March 2013)
• Social Media Explosion (Congressional Quarterly Researcher, January 2013)
• SandyCrashPads: Couchsurfing To Make The Hurricane’s Aftermath More Manageable ( FastCompany, October 2012).
• Content Blocked: Students Combat Anti-Piracy Bills (The Ithacan, January 2012). See also my related Why We Blacked Out The Blogs on MITAdmissions.org.
• The Medium is the Message: Should a College Call, Text or Tweet?” (New York Times, September 2011)
• Why Did Facebook Block UK Strike Website? (Mother Jones, June 2011)
• Cyber Socializing (Congressional Quarterly Researcher, September 2010)
• Why Facebook is Wrong: Privacy is Still Important (ReadWriteWeb, January 2010)
• A Closer Look at Facebook’s New Privacy Options (June 2009, New York Times)

Audio:

• Radio Berkman 127: Video Killed the Video Star (Debriefing of the 2009 Open Video Conference)
• Radio Berkman Debate: Is Twitter A Revolution? (Debriefing the Twitter Debate)

Video:

• My Ignite talk at the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference on user generated censorship.