POOP JOURNALISMA news item has been making rounds on the interwebz. This article follows boilerplate conventions of journalism: facts are…
ITS COMPLICATED“So, tell me, what is the impact of social media on the refugee crisis? Positive or negative?”
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IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE..?The news came out today. Facebook will spend more than a million dollars to “stamp out” hate speech on the…
THE GREAT SOCIAL MEDIA CAR CRASH?Once upon a time — in a time of great intellectual tribulation — I wrote an MA essay titled “is…
LET’S DANCEI was recently asked to participate in a conference that looks at Communication and Conflict in Syria and Iraq. The call for it said the…
THE TERROR OF THE REALIn the aftermath of September 11, French philosopher Jean Baudrillard quipped that, for the longest time, world events…
WELCOME TO THE “DARK” SIDE!It was probably two encounters that inspired me to finally get off my ass and start writing here.