Similar to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting in the US? Cool model. Love this idea. The ecosystem of great local public media affiliates in the US sprouted from CPB to a large degree.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 12:47 PM Todd Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, everyone, > > An article I co-wrote with John Gastil of Penn State -- arguing for the > creation of a Corporation for Public Software and its possible applications > for enhancing democracy -- is now out in the new ACM journal *Digital > Government: Research and Practice (DGOV)*: > > Digital Democracy: Episode IV—A New Hope*: How a Corporation for Public > Software Could Transform Digital Engagement for Government and Civil Society > <https://doi.org/10.1145/3342194> > > Preprints of this paper came out in October on arXiv > <https://arxiv.org/abs/1910.08604> and MediArXiv, > <https://mediarxiv.org/2ch7x> and another article > <https://knightcolumbia.org/content/the-case-for-digital-public-infrastructure> > by Ethan Zuckerman with similar ideas on the funding side, although > emphasizing a different set of possible applications, was published last > month by the Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia. > > We are currently working with the Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford to > take some next steps in exploring this idea with policy makers, funders, > and civil society representatives. Let me know if you are interested in and > able to contribute to work in this area in any way, so I can add you to our > list. > > Todd Davies (he/him or they/them > *) * > > email: [email protected] > > web: web.stanford.edu/~davies > > > *January 3 - March 29, 2020:* > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/65+High+Street+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Oxford+OX1+4EL+UK?entry=gmail&source=g> > > Stanford House > > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/65+High+Street+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Oxford+OX1+4EL+UK?entry=gmail&source=g> > > 65 High Street > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/65+High+Street+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Oxford+OX1+4EL+UK?entry=gmail&source=g> > > Oxford OX1 4EL UK > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/65+High+Street+%0D%0A+%0D%0A+Oxford+OX1+4EL+UK?entry=gmail&source=g> > > phone: +44 (0)1865 253105 > > > *after March 29, 2020:* > > Symbolic Systems Program > Stanford University > Stanford, CA, 94305-2150 USA > > phone: +1 650 723 4091 > > office: 460-040C > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you > moderated: https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, > change to digest mode, or change password by emailing > [email protected]. -- G.W. Schulz Journalist gwschulz.pressfolios.com 512-382-5969
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