Ethan Zuckerman

Ethan Zuckerman
Zuckerman in 2019
Born (1973-01-04) January 4, 1973 (age 51)
NationalityAmerican
EducationWilliams College (BA)
OccupationMedia scholar
Scientific career
Notable studentsJoy Buolamwini[1]
Websiteethanzuckerman.com

Ethan Zuckerman (born January 4, 1973)[2] is an American media scholar, blogger, and Internet activist. He was the director of the MIT Center for Civic Media, and Associate Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences at MIT[3] until May 2020,[4] and the author of the 2013 book Rewire: Digital Cosmopolitans in the Age of Connection, which won the Zócalo Book Prize.[5] In 2020, he became an associate professor of public policy, communication and information at the University of Massachusetts.[6]

  1. ^ Buolamwini, Joy Adowaa (2017). Gender shades : intersectional phenotypic and demographic evaluation of face datasets and gender classifiers. dspace.mit.edu (MA thesis). MIT. hdl:1721.1/114068. OCLC 1026503582. Free access icon
  2. ^ Boutin, Paul (August 2000). "Visualize World Geeks". Wired. Vol. 8, no. 8. Ethan Zuckerman ... the high-energy 27-year-old ..."
  3. ^ "Ethan Zuckerman Appointed Associate Professor of the Practice in Media Arts and Sciences". MIT Media Lab. July 1, 2016. Archived from the original on October 4, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2016.
  4. ^ "On me, and the Media Lab | … My heart's in Accra". August 21, 2019. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  5. ^ "Ethan Zuckerman Wins Zócalo's Fourth Annual Book Prize". Zócalo Public Square. April 3, 2014.
  6. ^ "Internet Pioneer Ethan Zuckerman Named to Interdisciplinary Faculty Appointment at UMass Amherst". Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst. Retrieved July 30, 2020.