Aspen Ideas Festival

Coding the Next Chapter of American History

Government is what we do together. How disruptive can digital technology be to actually make it work better?

Speakers: Jennifer Pahlka

Festival: 2012

Audio/Video: Social Media

Cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito recently completed a three year study on the way today's youth use social media to... See more

The founders of Twitter, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, talk global affairs with Walter Isaacson. See more

Global affairs with the founders of Twitter. Evan Williams and Biz Stone speak with Walter Isaacson. See more

Improving the performance of our nation's education system means focusing on policy issues, reorganizing school models... See more

As magazines grow ever thinner, TV networks cut corners, and venerable newspapers lay off hundreds or close completely... See more

Much was made of the then candidate Obama's use of the Internet to fuel his successful campaign for the presidency.... See more

Fact: Social Media

Cell owners between the ages of 18 and 24 exchange an average of 110 messages on a normal day—that works out to more than 3,200 texts per month.

—Pew Internet, Sept. 2011