By Gino Canella, Ph.D. As media studies scholars, social scientists, and journalists focus on big data, machine learning, and…
Author: Eleftheria Lekakis
Cyberactivism and Gender-Based Violence in Brazil: the case of networked activism led by Sabrina Bittencourt in João de Deus case
December 8th, 2018. João Teixeira de Farias, commonly known as “João de Deus” (“John of God” in Portuguese), the worldwide…
#carnivalofresistance
In January 2017, upon the inauguration of Donald Trump, a petition to the British Parliament reached over 1,8 million signatures, asking…
Re-framing art activism? (New) research approaches to art and politics
by Paula Serafini Art activism has been written about. A lot. Politics and art are a good match, and…
The Radical Potential of Media Publicity: The Case of City Plaza Refugee Squat in Athens
by Alexandra Iliadi* On 22 April 2016, activists from the Solidarity Initiative for Economic and Political Refugees, a coalition of…
“Words and actions”: Donald Trump, Rape Culture, and Hashtag Feminism
Rosemary Clark Donald Trump: I moved on her like a bitch. But I couldn’t get there. And she was married….
The Return of Revolutionary Narratives and the Future of Revolution
by Guobin Yang Recently, the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association was held in Philadelphia. The theme of…
Digital Vigilantism as Critical Reinforcement of Law and Order
by Daniel Trottier A recent development in the area of digital media and social movements is the use of mediated…
Social Movements and Media Technologies: Present Challenges and Future Developments Seminar Series (SoME Seminars)
The Social Movements and Media Technologies: Present Challenges and Future Developments Seminar Series (SoME Seminars) is funded by the Economic…
The Populist Turn of the 2011 Protest Wave
by Paolo Gerbaudo For anybody with some experience in social movements and the radical Left, the movements of 2011 have…
Social Media and the Future of the Labour Movement
by Lina Dencik The use of social media platforms for campaigning and protests in recent years has illustrated some important…
Samosas for Social Change? Food Activism and Media Ecologies
by Eva Giraud The title of this blog is a tribute to local Nottingham collective Veggies Catering Campaign, who –…