Eli Pariser
 Eli Pariser at the PopTech 2010 conference in Camden, Maine |
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| Born | December 17, 1980 Lincolnville, Maine |
| Alma mater | Bard College at Simon's Rock |
| Occupation | activist and author |
| Known for | MoveOn.org |
| Spouse | Lindsay Reinhardt |
Eli Pariser (born December 17, 1980) is a political and internet activist, board president of MoveOn.org and co-founder of Avaaz.org.
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[edit] Career
Pariser's rise to prominence as a political activist began when he and college student David H. Pickering launched an online petition calling for a nonmilitary response to the attacks of September 11th. At the time, he was working as a program assistant for the national nonprofit More Than Money. In less than a month, half a million people had signed the petition.
Pariser joined Moveon.org in November 2001, when founders Wes Boyd and Joan Blades invited him to merge his efforts with theirs.[1][2] During the 2004 U.S. presidential campaign, Pariser co-created the Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest and raised over $30 million from small donors to run ads and back Democratic and progressive candidates. Writing for The New York Times Magazine in 2003, journalist George Packer referred to MoveOn as the "mainstream" element of what "may be the fastest-growing protest movement in American history."[1] Pariser was the Executive Director of MoveOn.org (2004 - 2008), and then Board President (2008 to present).
Pariser later became concerned by the development of web personalization. He noticed a pattern of differing responses to search engine queries based on a user's past Internet search history, such that people with a liberal orientation would get one set of responses while conservatives might get an entirely different set of responses, if a person used Google or Facebook or Yahoo to search for a specific phrase or term on the Internet.[3] For example, a liberal typing "BP" might get information about the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, while a conservative typing "BP" might get investment information about the oil company. This led to his development of the concept of a filter bubble which he described in a book in which he argued that there was a danger that people would not get exposed to viewpoints different than their own.[4][3]
[edit] Works
- Eli Pariser, The Filter Bubble: What the Internet Is Hiding from You, Penguin Press (New York, May 2011) ISBN 978-1594203008
[edit] Personal life
Pariser was born on December 17, 1980, the son of Dora Lievow of Camden, Maine and Emanuel Pariser of Waterville, Maine. He grew up in Lincolnville, Maine, and in 2000 he graduated summa cum laude from Bard College at Simon's Rock with a B.A. in law and political science[5] and in 2005 returned to give the commencement speech to the graduates.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Packer, George (2003-03-09). "Smart-Mobbing The War". The New York Times Magazine. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D02E5D61F3CF93AA35750C0A9659C8B63. Retrieved 2008-03-28.
- ^ *Markels, Alex (May/June 2003). "Virtual Peacenik". Mother Jones. http://www.motherjones.com/news/hellraiser/2003/05/ma_379_01.html. Retrieved 2007-05-01.
- ^ a b Bianca Bosker (2011-03-07). "Facebook, Google Giving Us Information Junk Food, Eli Pariser Warns". Huffpost Tech. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/07/eli-pariser-facebook-google-ted_n_832198.html. Retrieved 2011-04-20. "When it comes to content, Google and Facebook are offering us too much candy, and not enough carrots."
- ^ "First Monday: What's on tap this month on TV and in movies and books: The Filter Bubble by Eli Pariser". USA Today. 2011. http://www.usatoday.com/money/companies/management/monday/2011-04-29-first-monday-business-media-in-may_n.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-20. "Pariser explains that feeding us only what is familiar and comfortable to us closes us off to new ideas, subjects and important information."
- ^ "President of MoveOn.org, Eli Pariser ’96 Returns to Campus to Deliver Lecture", Bard College at Simon's Rock news.
- ^ "Eli Pariser's Commencement Address: Simon's Rock College Commencement Address by Eli Pariser, '96 on May 14, 2005", 2005, Simon's Rock College News.
[edit] External links
- The Filter Bubble official website
- Senior Fellow at the Roosevelt Institute
- MoveOn.org
- Eli Pariser on Twitter
- Eli Pariser at TED Conferences
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Eli Pariser at the Internet Movie Database
- Works by or about Eli Pariser in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- How the Internet is being filtered specifically for you, Marketplace on American Public Media, May 12, 2011, interview
- Eli Pariser and the Filter Bubble, Ross Reynolds, KUOW-FM Seattle, May 24, 2011, interview
- Wes Boyd and Eli Pariser Biography, Encyclopedia of World Biography
- Eli Pariser at the Notable Names Database
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