craigslist endows a chair of new media at UC Berkeley
Hey, we really believe in helping people figure out how media is evolving; any democracy needs good, honest info to survive and succeed.
More info is here but the basics are:UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau said the craigslist donation recognizes the Berkeley Center for New Media as a major research center where scholars and students “explore the powerful effect of new media on culture and think rigorously about how new media will continue to change our lives and perceptions.”
“The Berkeley Center for New Media and craigslist share a fundamental respect for alternative thinking in the public interest,” said its director, UC Berkeley engineering professor Ken Goldberg. “Our mission is to critically analyze and help shape developments in new media by facilitating research with unorthodox ideas, designs, artworks and experiments.”
Support from craigslist, one of the most influential leaders in the world of new media, fits perfectly with the center’s mission, said Goldberg. “Berkeley faculty and students appreciate craigslist’s record of public service and the unique role it plays in urban life and culture for the Bay Area and worldwide,” he said. “We share interests in research areas such as privacy, reputation, trust, access and new ways to encourage socially constructive actions.”
Jim Buckmaster, who’s our CEO, is the guy who made this happen. (I’m merely the glamorous figurehead.)
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