Media are central to the dynamics of protest and social movements. Contemporary social
movements face a shifting environment composed of new media technologies and platforms …

Many adolescents and young adults spend countless hours a day on social media, where
they can engage with social media influencers and may establish parasocial relationships …

The use of instant messaging platforms such as WhatsApp for civic and political purposes
has been observed and reported to be growing faster than other social media platforms …

This book is an extensive investigation of the complexities, ambiguities and shortcomings of
contemporary digital activism. The author deconstructs the reductionism of the literature on …

The widespread collection and use of data has been the subject of much public and
scholarly interest in recent years. Data justice has emerged as a significant framework for …

The promises of flexible work and instant deliveries promoted through food delivery apps
are one of the latest trends within the “gig economy” and lay at the forefront of smart city …

Between 2009 and 2013 Cymene Howe and Dominic Boyer conducted fieldwork in Mexico's
Isthmus of Tehuantepec to examine the political, social, and ecological dimensions of …

In social media, sharing posts exposes a larger number of users to the preferred content of
their peers. As users select or discard content, they collectively highlight facets of events or …

This article reports the results of a qualitative media framing analysis of news coverage
about# MeToo in four national contexts: the United States, Japan, Australia, and India …

This study examines the global diffusion of Black Lives Matter (BLM) as digitally networked
connective action. Combining social network analysis with qualitative textual analysis, we …