The purpose of this research is to investigate the status and the evolution of the scientific
studies for the effect of social networks on big data and usage of big data for modeling the …

A tweet by Hollywood actress Alyssa Milano using Tarana Burke's phrase “me too” sparked
a global movement. Despite the media attention# MeToo has garnered, little is known about …

The microvideo platform TikTok has emerged as a popular hub for self-expression and
social activism, particularly for youth, but use of the platform's affective affordances to spread …

Even prior to the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic,“traditional” anthropological fieldwork was
in trouble. For some time now, ethnographers have been questioning fieldwork truisms …

Since the emergence of Web 2.0 and social media, a particularly toxic brand of antifeminism
has become evident across a range of online networks and platforms. Despite multiple …

By foregrounding the ways that human existence is bound together with the lives of other
entities, contemporary cultural theorists have sought to move beyond an anthropocentric …

Palestinians have long been using social media as a tool for activism. Each platform
provides unique socio-technological affordances that shape users' communicative practices …

From sites like Hollaback! and Everyday Sexism, which document instances of street
harassment and misogyny, to social media-organized movements and communities like# …

Studies point to the positive role Twitter can play in social justice campaigns. Using Critical
Discourse Analysis, this paper looks in detail at one such case: a racist call-out in Canada …

Twitter campaigns attacking those who make racist or xenophobic statements are valuable,
raising the public profile of opinions that will not tolerate racism in any form. They also …