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How Sharing Your Success Is Perceived as Bragging
We tend to overestimate the extent that others will share in our joy and underestimate the negative reactions this can provoke.
“The Internet Is My Lifeline”: Hip-Hop Artist Jasiri X on the FCC’s Net Neutrality Vote
The political artist from Pittsburgh speaks about the importance of the internet.
How the Sydney Siege Was Reported by the Public and News Professionals
Social media both speeds up the coverage of a story such as this and risks magnifying inaccuracies.
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Twelve Hashtags That Changed the Conversation in 2014
If awareness is useful, then so are hashtags - as long as public interest remains to fuel them.
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This Time, “Free Speech” Cannot Prevail
Although free speech is an important human right, decades of knowledge about the cycle of domestic violence and warning signs of potentially lethal behavior should indeed prompt the Court …
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Revolution Versus the Counterrevolution in the Age of Social Media
Revolutionary organizations probably exist almost everywhere in some form throughout the world. The problem is that they tend to be small, or small relative to other political parties.
The “Urbee” 3D-Printed Car: Coast to Coast on 10 Gallons?
With the advancement of 3D printing in sight, an environmentally sustainable revolution in design and manufacturing is poised to take center stage.
Social Media and Marissa Alexander: Freedom Mobilization and Victim-Blaming
Social media has been used as an incredible tool for mobilization on behalf of Marissa Alexander.
#VoteLGBT: Campaign For LGBT Political Representation in Brazil
The initiative publicizes Brazilian Legislative candidates in favor of LGBT civil rights.
Henry A. Giroux | ISIS and the Spectacle of Terrorism: Resisting Mainstream Workstations of Fear
The spectacle of neoliberal terrorism, violence and misery has become one of the major organizing principles of everyday life.