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FiftyNifty

This is a grassroots challenge to get friends to participate in democracy by making calls to congresspeople in all 50 states. Live phone ca…

in Viral Communications
Britney Johnson · Andrew Lippman +4 more
#communications #data #government +2 more
Project Research

The Electome: Measuring responsiveness in the 2016 election

The Electome: Where AI meets political journalismThe Electome project is a machine-driven mapping and analysis of public sphere content and…

in Social Machines
Deb Roy · Russell Stevens +8 more
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #data +6 more
Article Research

LinkedOut: Codesigning societal reentry with returning citizens

Rubez Chong writes about the Center for Civic Media’s work with the City of Boston’s Office of Returning Citizens.

via Medium · Jan. 30, 2019
in Civic Media
#government #social change
Project Research

FindingPlaces

What is FindingPlaces?In reaction to the sudden arrival of tens of thousands of refugees in the city of Hamburg (DE) in 2015, the Lord Mayo…

in City Science
Kent Larson · Ariel Noyman
#human-computer interaction #architecture #government +1 more
Publication Research

Effects of environmental stressors on daily governance

Effects of environmental stressors on daily governance, Nick Obradovich, Dustin Tingley, Iyad Rahwan Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Aug 2018, 201803765; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1803765115

Academic Paper, Aug. 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #government #public health +1 more
Article Research

Unexpected effects of climate change: worse food safety, more car wrecks

On excessively hot days, there are more likely to be fatal car accidents and food safety problems, and police officers and government food …

via CNN · Aug. 13, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#government #public health #climate change
Article Research

Global Warming? Tell it to the Judge

First, climate change was blamed for coastal flooding and wildfires. The links seemed intuitive and the effects observable. But more r…

via U.S. News & World Report · Aug. 13, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#government #public health #climate change
Post Research

Exploring the effects of environmental stressors on daily governance

If we are unable to adapt to climate change, it may amplify the marginal gap between citizen need and government assistance.

Aug. 14, 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#environment #government #health +2 more
Publication Research

Validating Bayesian truth serum in large-scale online human experiments

Frank, M. R., Cebrian, M., Pickard, G., & Rahwan, I. (2017). Validating Bayesian truth serum in large-scale online human experiments. PloS one, 12(5), e0177385.

Article, May 2017
in Scalable Cooperation
#government #social media #social science
Article Research

What countries' constitutions reveal about how societies evolve

Timing can be everything when it comes to successfully expanding constitutional rights. Now, a study looking at how constitutions around th…

via Nature | News · Nov. 16, 2017
in Scalable Cooperation
#government #machine learning
Post Research

The FiftyNifty challenge

FiftyNifty.org takes the hassle out of calling your lawmakers.

Feb. 15, 2017
in Viral Communications
#communications #data #government +2 more
Article Research

Electome Q&A: How Twitter explains the 2016 election

Q&A: How Twitter explains the 2016 election

via MIT News · Sept. 26, 2016
in Social Machines
#data #government #social media

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