Twitter Toxicity: The Dangers of Mixing the Presidency with Social Media
For the average citizen, Twitter is an excellent place to fire off irreverent thoughts; Trump is not the average…
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Facing Our Favourites: What “Tintin” Can Teach Us About Social…
Despite being a symbol of international nostalgia, the earliest editions of the "Tintin" comics present pervasive…
How Twitter became the ‘Parliament of the Arabs’
Twitter has emerged as the main platform for activists and dissidents in the Middle East to discuss and criticize.…
Sharing, Caring, and Praying For Sudan in the Twitter Age
Although Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter provided a global audience for the people of Sudan, this did not…
Social Media Censorship on the Rise in the U.S. and Beyond
Following Facebook's announcement that it would crack down on "dangerous" users and content, the debate surrounding…
The Planet Goes to University
Among those interviewed by the MIR, there was an overwhelming sense of urgency; a fear of what the future,…
Twiplomacy: Psychological Warfare in a Modern Battlefield
FDR had radio, JFK had television, but Trump? Trump has Twitter.
#WhyIDidntReport: Hashtags as Action and Inaction
#WhyIDidntReport perfectly highlights this frustrating inaction plaguing hashtag movements: a hashtag exposing the…
Part Two of Facebook’s Crisis of Identity: Cambridge Analytica
In March, journalists from UK newspapers The Guardian and The Observer released an in-depth news story about an…
I Am a Product, and So Are You
I am a product, even though I wasn’t aware.
Every day, we use social media by spending countless hours…