Useful reads on Kony 2012
Two important reads on Invisible Children and the #Kony2012 campaign: Gilad Lotan of SocialFlow has been crunching the data on the spread of Kony2012 on… Read More »Useful reads on Kony 2012
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Unpacking Kony 2012
Traduzido para o Português por Natália Mazotte e Bruno Serman This Monday, March 5th, the advocacy organization Invisible Children released a 30 minute video titled… Read More »Unpacking Kony 2012
Just how crazy is Joseph Kony?
The ongoing war in northern Uganda is one of the worst conflicts one rarely hears about. Jan Egeland, the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, describes… Read More »Just how crazy is Joseph Kony?
Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy
Social media doesn’t work the way we think it should. That’s the conclusion many people have come to in the wake of revelations about Cambridge… Read More »Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy
Honor every death: Paying attention to terror in Baga, Nigeria as well as Paris
This has been an ugly week. On Wednesday, two Islamic extremists assassinated 12 people in the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. The next day,… Read More »Honor every death: Paying attention to terror in Baga, Nigeria as well as Paris
New Media, New Civics? My Bellwether lecture at the Oxford Internet Institute
The Oxford Internet Institue was kind enough to invite me to give the inaugural lecture in their Bellwether Series. The OII’s director, Professor Helen Margetts,… Read More »New Media, New Civics? My Bellwether lecture at the Oxford Internet Institute