Does the internet poison politics? It's been argued that the rise of "personalization," the use of algorithms to filter what you see online, and ea...

Siva Vaidhyanathan, chair of the Department of Media Studies at the University of Virginia, welcomes prospective students and faculty.

This lecture covers many of the basics of American copyright and contrasts the legal ideology with the ideology of academia.

Siva Vaidhyanathan

Professor: Siva Vaidhyanathan

Art

Siva has been doing Sivacracy.net for five years. He has now retired the blog so he can focus on other projects.

We do not tolerate people that talk or text in the theater. In fact, before every film, we have several warnings on screen to prevent such happenin...

In his provocative book, The Googlization of Everything, Siva Vaidhyanathan examines both his disenchantment with, and his approval of, changes in ...

Jaya at ski lessons in NH.

Googlization test video

This video was recorded at 7 a.m. on Thursday, August 28, 2008. It shows the runoff and drainage problems behind our house and our neighbors' houses. It's quite a mess. It has destroyed our lawn three times and threatens o...