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Facebook, we have to talk…

My relationship with Facebook, to use their own terminology, is complicated. Really complicated.

I can remember when I first started using Facebook. It was such a breathe of fresh air, after the clutter and noise and garbage of MySpace. I’d discovered…

EL_News in Civic Media Project22 hrs ago6 min read

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…

EL_News in Civic Media Project22 hrs ago8 min read

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…

EL_News in Civic Media Projectyesterday6 min read

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…

Reece Akhtaryesterday6 min read

Why Your Social Network is Your Greatest Resource.

As a kid my grandfather would often tell me “it’s…

Claire T2 days ago2 min read

My first English medical lesson!

Today something unforgettable happened. at around 7 pm, after i finished my violin course, i walked down the path of my…

EL_News in Civic Media Project3 days ago5 min read

The 2013 Gezi Park Protest and #resistgezi

Dr. Ulas Basar Gezgin (Associate Professor, Turkey)

The Gezi Park Protest in Istanbul was the most massive of its kind in the modern Turkish history. Although it was hailed as a ‘social media revolution’ by techno-centric…