The Journal of Civic Media — Issue 1
The Presence and Potential for Public Engagement in the Smart City
The Journal of Civic Media is a semiannual journal published through the Engagement Lab at Emerson College in December and May. It is edited by the graduate students of the CMAP cohort (Civic Media: Art and Practice) graduate studies program.
Promoting participatory research methods, it gives voice to diverse communities of scholars, practitioners, students and the general public in order to harness civic engagement and rethink the complex and ever-changing landscape of the field of civic media in the digital era, to ultimately facilitate the democratization process worldwide.
Featured in this Issue
FOREWARD
by Eric Gordon, Founder & Director of the Engagement Lab at Emerson College
INTRODUCTORY LETTER
by Lauren Stott, Founding Editor & 2018 Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Civic Media
MEANINGFUL TRANSPARENCY: STRATEGIES FOR ACCESSIBLE ALGORITHMS IN THE SMART CITY
by Jessica Weaver and Chris Bousquet
EQUITABLE CITIES INSTEAD OF SMART CITIES: RACE AND RACISM WITHIN THE RACE FOR SMART CITIES
by Jenny Ungbha Korn
CAN WE BE SMART (CITY)? LEARNINGS FROM A CITIZEN-LED POP-UP ENGAGEMENT EXHIBIT
by Amy Zhou and Howard Tam
SIMPLE QUADRANT GRAPHS: A STEP TOWARD CITIZEN-FOCUSED DESIGN TOOLS TO INFORM SMART CITY DATA POLICY
by Neil Perry
Masthead
Current Issue Editor
LAUREN STOTT
Associate Editors
LEANDRA NIELSEN
VASSILIKI RAPTI
Layout and Cover Design
COURTNEY LORD
Design & Marketing Assistant
ALEX WINZENREAD
Cover Artist
ELISA HAMILTON
Web Editorial Assistant
MELISSA TENG
Faculty Advisor
ERIC GORDON
Advisory Board
CATHERINE D’IGNAZIO
ADAM GAMWELL
LINA MARIA GIRALDO
PAUL MIHAILIDIS
GABRIEL MUGAR
Supported By
THE SCHOOL OF THE ARTS AT EMERSON COLLEGE