Salzburg Global Seminar

Government Becomes Inefficient

You start to notice that your government has made partnerships with big corporations. Each decision that is made only benefits the wealthy and burdens the poor. The parliament has been in session for weeks. Debate after debate, there are no conclusive statements.

Vine is a Joke

You wouldn’t think Vine means it when it says “Iron Curtain.” It is too ridiculous to become true — but it’s happening. There are a…

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The faces of the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change 2017

The backstory to the Humans of Extremism: How did we choose our stories?

How we made the Hitchhikers Guide to Populism

A process documentation

SYRIA

A report released by the Syrian Center for Policy Research found that 11.5 percent of Syria’s population has been wounded or killed since 2011; 1.88 million have have been injured. A continuous war between Al Assad (the Syrian regime), the opposition (such as the rebels or Al Qaida Organization), and ISIS has…

Humans of Extremism: The Academic Story

Understanding the framework of extremism in the media

Extremism is not a new challenge for democracies and human societies. As a concept, it has been a contested issue…