[AUDIO] Rasiej on Redefining Citizenship

Our Andrew Rasiej was on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon to discuss redefining what "public" means in the digital age, what new media means for the future of authoritarianism, and the gap between the U.S. government circa 2009 and our post-agrarian society. Give it a listen.

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