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Showing videos filed under: Deanna Zandt
The F Word: Remembering Why WikiLeaks Matters
December 14, 2010“The question of whether we want a real 'net is really the question of whether we want a real democracy.” That's what Douglas Rushkoff said on Saturday at the Personal Democracy Forum's conference on WikiLeaks. Real democracy comes with messy things we sometimes don't like—and one of those things is getting a boatload of attention.Share This! Changing the World with Social Media
July 1, 2010Social media is changing the way our public discourse is conducted, says Deanna Zandt, GRITtv's very own TechGrrl and now the author of a book about social media, Share This! By changing the way we interact with media (instead of passively consume it), social technologies from Twitter to Facebook are injecting our personal lives and values into the public space and forcing the doors wide open for potential change.David Corn, Social Media, and the New Depression
June 30, 2010What’s in a constitutional interpretation? As Thomas Jefferson once wrote to James Madison, “the principle is that the earth belongs to the living, and not the dead.” Over the centuries, many Supreme Court Justices have either upheld or lost track of this, on one hand interpreting the Constitution towards a more perfect union, on the other passively, calling the “balls and strikes” in accordance with the extant Constitution.Deanna Zandt: Helping Haiti Through Tech
January 14, 2010The devastation that Haiti is facing after Tuesday's earthquake is flooring. and emotionally wrenching for many of us. And lately, when we're hard hit, we take to social networks to work out our pain and find a way to manage it.Reproductive Rights, Wendell Potter, and Trish Kinney
January 14, 2010Wendell Potter worked for CIGNA health insurers for over 15 years, including a position as head of communications. He left that job, in a 180-degree switch, to fight for the rights of all Americans to affordable health care.In a Twitter World, Is Everyone a Journalist? Kim Phillips-Fein, and A History of Pride
June 24, 2009Protests surrounding elections in Moldova and more recently Iran have been singled out for their use of social networking tools, particularly twitter. They're also changing the rules of journalism. John MacArthur of Harper's, media guru Deanna Zandt and others on the twitter revolutions and the future of journalism. Historian Kim Phillips-Fein discusses her new book, Invisible Hands. And a civics lesson in gay pride.TechGrrl Says Tweet Your Vote!
November 4, 2008GRITtv’s tech guru Deanna Zandt on new media strategies for getting out the vote and the technology to make sure those votes are counted.Fear vs. Hope, Tweet Your Vote, and How the Election Could be Stolen
November 3, 2008With the campaign entering its final day, and despite Barack Obama's comfortable lead, the fear factor still looms large. A recent ad titled CRISIS released by a Republican 527 blends fears of another 9/11, the financial crisis, and images of Barack Obama and a van of terrorists. Obama has stayed closer to the reality-based world, releasing an ad that highlights Dick Cheney's endorsement of John McCain.High Tech Voting, the Veteran Mystique, Singer/Songwriter Dan Reed
October 1, 2008Live From Main Street and GRITtv continue our week of special programming. Today, technology, voting machines, and the future of democracy. In November, one quarter of the country will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. This spring in a number of states, electronic voter lists were missing names - in some states affecting thousands of voters.GRITtv Live at Noon: Do Voting Machines Threaten Democracy?
October 1, 2008In November, one quarter of the country will be voting on paperless electronic voting machines. Whether those machines work and how accurately the votes are counted are two very big concerns not only for election integrity activists, but for all voters. This spring in a number of states , electronic voter lists were missing names - in some states affecting thousands of voters.
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