According to the MIT Center for Civic Media website, civic media is "any form of communication that strengthens the social bonds within a community or creates a strong sense of civic engagement among its residents." With funding from the Ford Foundation and other major donors, and with collaborators from around the country and around the world, the Center for Civic Media website has a good deal to offer. Readers may like to peruse the blogs, which are updated regularly and often feature video presentations, lively graphics, and other ways of bringing civilly minded information to life. They may also like to check up on the Center's continually expanding list of Projects and Tools, both of which are designed to help civic organizers reach out to audiences and to each other. For anyone interested in how digital technology can help energize grassroots democracy, the MIT Center for Civic Media site will pay dividends.
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