Community And Action

DIY Citizenship in the New Northern Ireland: The Case of a Belfast Makerspace

Dr. Pip Shea (Ulster University)

Digital Feminism in Italy: The Se Non Ora Quando Social Movement

Michela Ardizzoni (University of Colorado)

In the fall of 2010, a series of media reports revealed that the then–Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi had allegedly paid…

Karen Klein Case Study

Morgan Jaffe (KAOS-FM Radio at Evergreen State College)

This case study takes a look at the events that surrounded the harassment of bus monitor Karen Klein in Greece, NY in 2012 and its relation to civic media, participatory…

Social Media Use and Political Activism in Turkey: 140journos, the Post of Others, and Vote and Beyond

Bilge Yesil (College of Staten Island, City University of New York)

#Aufschrei — The role of twitter for feminist activism and as platform for alternative publics

Ricarda Drüeke (University of Salzburg, Austria) and Elke Zobl (Contemporary Arts & Cultural Production…

MídiaNINJA and the Rise of Citizen Journalism in Brazil

Stuart Davis (University of Texas-Austin)

Beginning in June 2013, Brazil was struck by a series of explosive, chaotic, and oft-violent protests. Rallying around the slogan “A…

The #YoSoy132 movement in Mexico

Emiliano Trere (Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico)

EPN’s Black Friday: the Emergence of #YoSoy132

Iran, the U.S., and Online Diplomacy

Saranaz Barforoush (University of Maryland)

On the morning of November 4, 1979 a group of Iranian students stormed the gates of the American Embassy in Tehran and took fifty-two of the embassy’s personnel…

The 2013 Protests in Brazil

David Nemer (Indiana University)

In October 30th, 2007 Brazil received one of the most anticipated news in years, the land of soccer was selected to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The announcement was celebrated by the Brazilians as…

Guerrilla Research Tactics: Alternative Research Methods in Urban Enviornments

Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Lindy Osborne, Dr. Ben Kraal,(Queensland University of Technology), Dr. Inger Mewburn (Australian…