Venue: The UnConventional Gathering Place
Political Science 101
A Crash Course in Civil Discourse on Political Blogs
By Fang-Yu Lin (Brooklyn, New York)

Are the Political Blogs legitimate? Where does it stand in the tradition of civil discourse as a medium? What is the role that the political bloggers play in this suddenly proliferative forums? A study of blogs as a political medium and an appraisal of its traits and uses, this net art installation scans and monitors hundreds of political blogs for keywords and trends in real-time. The “learnings” are presented using textbook style charts and graphs projected through a hacked slide projector in a simulated classroom setting.