The MacArthur Foundation Spotlight on Digital Media and Learning recently highlighted the topic of Civic Engagement. Editor Lance Bennett introduced the topic on Dec. 4: “What may be most important for politicians, educators, and young people, themselves, is to learn how to use digital media technologies to build civic and political communities that enable young […]

The Pew Internet and American Life Project and the Exploratorium, a San Francisco-based science museum formed a partnership last year to find out how Americans get science news and information with support from the National Science Foundation. The report from a national survey was released on November 20, 2006. Findings were that fully 87% of […]