Ethan Zuckerman

I study the ways new media shapes people's perceptions of the world.

When you look at the 'New York Times,' you look at other elite media, what you largely get are pictures of very wealthy nations and the nations we've invaded.

Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity.

The U.S. media have done a shameful job of reporting on the Arab world.