topic: social media

Social Media State: Crushing Colombia's "Cacerolazo"
July 10, 2020
As citizens hit the streets banging their pots and pans, the Cacerolazo (“pot/pan” style of popular protest) resounded nationwide with the...
Cacerolazo contra la violencia, la primera gran protesta del año en Colombia | Archivo EFE
column
BEWARE! Statementism and Tweak-o-nomics
July 8, 2020
Black Lives Matter. In statement after statement, corporate giants, tech companies, the world of publishing, arts and entertainment, retail...
blog
#SlavesofFATA and dissent on social media in Pakistan
June 8, 2016
Last month a video surfaced online of Pakistan army officers in the country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) that caused...
podcast
South Africa, Media Careers and the Oscar Pistorius trial
February 29, 2016
Andrew Miller and Gushwell Brooks chat about the career boosting ironies of the Oscar Pistorious trial... The Oscar Pistorious trial was a...
blog
@POTUS stands with Ahmed: Presidential tweets and tokens of power
September 21, 2015
“The next step is to reject the tyranny’s discourse.” John Berger When news broke of a high school freshman in Irving, Texas—a Sudanese-...
Opinion
The Digital Savior Complex
May 29, 2015
Patrick Meier’s book, Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of Humanitarian Response , begins with an impressive seven...
Reviews
Social Media and the Landscapes of Revolution
May 8, 2015
Recently, the world had the distinct pleasure of being able to see a viral video that has surely changed the face of YouTube for...
Reviews
The Human Behind the Avatar
September 13, 2013
Currently, the news is saturated with reports of mounting death tolls as clashes between protestors and the military reach new heights in...
Reviews
Revolutionary, not a Revolution
February 4, 2013
For anyone who hasn't been paying attention for the past ten years, or even the past two, here is where we stand on the decline of "...