James Anderson is a Ph.D student in Mass Communications and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His interests…
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From optimism to delusion: Cyber-technologies, democracy and surveillance
Géraud de Ville is a PhD student at the Open University, Department of Engineering & Innovation. His research focuses on…
In Between Priests and Units: A Manifesto for Education as Labour
Maïa Pal has a PhD in International Relations from the University of Sussex. Her research interests are on the politics…
“I melt the glass with my forehead”
Joanna Callaghan is a filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in Film Production at the University of Sussex. This week, Joanna shares her…
Egypt’s First Hyperlocal Paper: A New Route to Fostering Community Activism and Citizen Engagement
Heba Elsayed is a research fellow at the University of Oxford. Heba’s research interests have centred around media and identity…
Small resistances to Big Data: Protecting – and politicising – personal data trails
Tanya Kant is a doctoral researcher in Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Media, Film and Music at the…
Abandoning Spirituality, or Abandoning Sexuality? Mediation Between Faith and Identity within LGBTQ Activism
Emily Daina Šaras is a Massachusetts Promise Fellow in youth empowerment and social justice, working with disadvantaged teens at a…
The Newspapers, if they did not Remain Silent, rushed to Fabricate Wrongdoings by the protestors
Işınsu Engindeniz is a Masters student of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Sussex. She has recently returned to…
Movement Praxis Prefigures System Change
James Anderson is a Ph.D student in Mass Communications and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His research…
Examining Celebrity Activism and Social Media: Lady Gaga, Fandom and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lucy Bennett is the co-founder of the Fan Studies Network. She graduated with a PhD in online fandom at JOMEC,…
Blogging For (A) Change
Eric Anthony Grollman is a PhD candidate in Sociology at Indiana University. Eric’s research primarily focuses on the health consequences…
FEMEN: The Unveiling of Colonialist Feminism
Marina Fuser is a social scientist and doctoral researcher in Gender & Film Studies at the University of Sussex. Marina is…