You can make the case that slacktivism is important because it makes people feel affiliated to a movement and be part of it, and talk about it.

Twitter is my main tool for ensuring news balance.

When I was growing up in the U.S. in the 1970s, 35-40% of an average nightly newscast focused on international stories.

It's fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well.

If we need simple narratives so people can amplify and spread them, are we forced to engage only with the simplest of problems?

The Internet challenges traditional ways of distributing and processing information and so encourages new standards and behavior.

People who know me well have learned to insist that I commit to obligations by opening my laptop and putting them onto the appropriate calendar or list - a verbal agreement and a promise to remember won't work.