In Fall, 2007, James Fishkin’s Center for Deliberative Democracy and Jim Lehrer’s Newshour program brought together 300 American citizens to talk about citizenship and democracy in the 21st century. A documentary, By The People, was broadcast on PBS stations in January, 2008. I was invited to address this assembly. I talked about Smart Mobs in relation to the public sphere — the realm of citizen discourse that undergirds healthy democracy. The video, the first of two parts, was made available by MacNeil/Lehrer Productions.

In Fall, 2007, James Fishkin’s Center for Deliberative Democracy and Jim Lehrer’s Newshour program brought together 300 American citizens to talk about citizenship and democracy in the 21st century. A documentary, By The People, was broadcast on PBS stations in January, 2008. I was invited to address this assembly. I talked about Smart Mobs in [...]