Technical Notes on Video:

Video length is 2:05:05.

David Thorburn, Director of the MIT Communications Forum, opens the session. He describes upcoming events, then introduces the first forum of the year, and Henry Jenkins, moderator.

At 3:58, Jenkins begins, laying out his own take on the meaning of civic media.

At 21:07, Chris Csikszentmihalyi begins.

At 40:15, Jenkins introduces Beth Noveck.

At 40:34, Noveck begins.

At 1:01:52, Jenkins introduces Ethan Zuckerman.

At 1:02:08, Zuckerman begins.

AT 1:27:09, Jenkins invites audience questions, which include: How to promote socially constructive media; How to keep online discourse civil and nonhysterical; The role of internet-based petitions; How to develop participatory media when some people are not in touch with digital technology; How to use civic media to build a group identity and motivate the group to act.