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Social Media
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Five Ways American Policies Make Us Lonely, Anxious, and Antisocial
With mountains of knowledge, why aren't we better at setting up our society in a way that helps us to prosper? Unfortunately, ours is increasingly designed by politicians indebted …
Obama Made Me Lose My Facebook Friends
What's a 6-year continuation of war in the Graveyard of Empires sans Ahmad Shah Massoud, when Leave it to Beaver looking dresses are flying off the shelves and J. …
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Facebook and the Future of Global Governance
Although Facebook is a for-profit organization, its users could transform it into a form of participatory democratic global governance.
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Euro Maidan 2014: The Ruptured Rebellion of Incoherent Revolution
Arriving in the capital city of Ukraine, Kiev in the midst of the 10th week of protesters' revolt against Yanukovich government was a very surreal experience.
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WhatsApp? Readers and Writers in a Post-Truth World
High-speed internet response, millions of Google responses to our searches, a growing number of colorful Apps on our phones and an amazing computer memory capacity may support buying and …
Unintended – and Anti-Social – Consequences of Social Media Use
Social-media profits contribute to anti-social behavior, including tax avoidance, gentrification and big bucks to anti-democratic causes.
Today’s Egypt in a Song: Rima Is Back to Her Old Ways
In Egypt, there is a new catchy tune circulating in social media pages.
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Afghanistan Is Coming Out of the Closet
My coming out launched a hurricane upon my landlocked country of origin.
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The Snow Conspiracy
Preparing for these predictable weather events is going to be expensive.
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Interlopers on Social Media: Feminism, Women of Color and Oppression
As women of color who identify as feminist and who engage online, we are implicated in this conversation.