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1. You vs. The 2024 Election

Author

Basil, Madelon

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Teenagers -- Political activity, Youth -- Political activity, Anxiety -- Management, Presidential elections (United States) -- Public opinion, Company business management, General interest
Abstract

ONE THING'S FOR SURE: THIS FALL'S PRESIDENTIAL RACE WILL BE INTENSE. HERE'S HOW TO STAY SANE, NO MATTER WHO YOU WANT TO WIN. I will always remember the weeks leading [...]

Published
2024

2. The Prisoner

Author

Barron, Jesse

Subjects
Instagram (Online service) -- Political aspects -- Usage, Israel-Hamas War, 2023, Prime ministers -- Political activity, College students -- Records and correspondence -- Cases, Online services -- Usage -- Political aspects, Indictments, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Terrorism -- Cases, Company legal issue, Cable television/data services, Online services
Abstract

'The police are looking for you,' her father said. Five cruisers had come to Rita Murad's family home. It was a two-story building of unpainted concrete, set on a tightly […]

Published
2024

3. The history of English rioting repeats itself

Author

Turner, Alwyn W.

Subjects
Racism -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Riots -- History -- Political aspects
Abstract

Why does England riot? There are "complex political, social and economic factors" at work, most notably industrial decline and unemployment, exacerbated by irresponsible reporting and the widespread belief that policing […]

Published
2024

4. YouTubers Help to Woo the Bro Vote for Trump

Author

Branch, John

Subjects
Electioneering, Internet videos -- Influence -- Political aspects, Masculinity -- Influence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Political campaigns, Female-male relations -- Influence, Presidential candidates -- Political activity, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

On a sweltering Saturday in the suburbs of Las Vegas, inside a cool casino miles from the Strip, about 100 people lined up to see the Nelk Boys. Most of [...]

Published
2024

5. An assassination attempt rattled the nation. Then came the memes

Author

Hunter, Tatum

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Crimes against -- Portrayals, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Tatum Hunter Alayna Cowan, a college student in Savannah, Ga., learned about the attempted assassination of Donald Trump from a news alert on her phone. She read the accompanying [...]

Published
2024

6. It's time to regulate and break up the tech platforms that threaten our democracy

Author

Pabst, Adrian

Subjects
Artificial intelligence -- Innovations -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Riots -- Political aspects, Democracy -- Political aspects -- United States -- United Kingdom, Algorithms -- Influence, Algorithm, Artificial intelligence
Abstract

The riots that started in Southport and then spread across the country were triggered by fake viral claims published and promoted on tech platforms. As rumours remake reality, social media […]

Published
2024

7. In adversity, Keir Starmer has revealed his superpower: a gift for the common ground

Author

Eaton, George

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Powers and duties -- Public opinion, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Riots -- Political aspects
Abstract

Who speaks for Britain? In an era of volatility, the general election alone was never likely to settle this question. Social media has transformed politics into a permanent battle for […]

Published
2024

8. A rediscovery of who we are

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Powers and duties, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Emigration and immigration -- Political aspects, Riots -- Political aspects
Abstract

Following the horrific murder of three young girls at a dance class in Southport on 29 July, Britain endured its worst sequence of rioting since 2011. But while some of […]

Published
2024

9. No sacred cows: More speech please, not enforced silence

Author

Young, Toby

Subjects
Prime ministers -- Speeches, lectures and essays, Freedom of speech -- Political aspects, Censorship -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Riots -- Political aspects, Censorship issue, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

With depressing predictability, the riots have led to calls for more censorship. Historically, it was the authoritarian right who blamed outbreaks of civil disorder on too much free speech, but [...]

Published
2024

10. In a lonely place: The internet was meant to bring the world together. How did it go so wrong?

Author

Seymour, Richard

Subjects
Capitalism -- Influence -- Forecasts and trends, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Internet -- Economic aspects -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, Internet, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Tech capitalism proclaims to offer connection in a lonely world. According to Nick Bilton, author of Hatching Twitter (2013), the platform's breakthrough came in 2006, when one of its founders, [...]

Published
2021

11. Do Not Panic. It's Just a Moral Panic

Author

Paul, Pamela

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Moral panics -- History -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Not to freak you out, but you may be in the middle of a moral panic. A moral panic is the pervasive belief that some great wickedness is threatening society [...]

Published
2023

12. Social Movement Horizontality in the Internet Age? A Critique of Castells in Light of the Trump Victory

Author

Brym, Robert, Slavina, Anna, Todosijevic, Mina, and Cowan, David

Subjects
Electioneering -- Technology application, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Sociologists -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Political campaigns -- Technology application, Internet -- Influence -- Political aspects, Technology application, Internet, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Sociology and social work
Abstract

TO WHAT DEGREE DO DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA CHALLENGE OR REFLECT VERTICALLY ORGANIZED HIERARCHIES? MANUEL CASTELLS IS one of the most influential and widely cited living sociologists--by our reckoning, using Google [...]

Published
2018

13. Can You Have Too Much of a Good Thing? The Modern Marketplace of Ideas.

Author

Jones, Rachael L.

Subjects
Freedom of the press -- Analysis -- Models, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Freedom of speech -- Analysis -- Models
Abstract

I. INTRODUCTION Imagine it: A bustling marketplace. A labyrinth of booths form winding paths for buyers to view and evaluate the day's wares. As sellers prepare for the gates to [...]

Published
2018

14. In this time of conflict, I recall my late mother's Christian wisdom and kindness

Author

Marr, Andrew

Subjects
United Kingdom -- Political aspects, Mothers and sons, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Never waste a lull. The New Year pause in parliamentary politics gives everyone, even doddery old hacks, a chance to look around afresh. We know that the very idea of [...]

Published
2023

15. A Political Theory of King Elon

Author

Douthat, Ross

Subjects
Computer programmers -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Influence, World politics -- Forecasts and trends, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Populism -- Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Populism in Western politics is not a pre-theorized worldview. It emerged from inchoate grievances rather than existing ideologies, and the theorists have been chasing after it ever since. The chasers [...]

Published
2022

16. India Showed Me Twitter's Perils and Potential

Author

Polgreen, Lydia

Subjects
India -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Twitter Inc. -- Political aspects -- Management -- Influence, Censorship, Freedom of speech, Information services industry -- Political aspects -- Management -- Influence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Information services -- Political aspects -- Management -- Influence, Company business management, Censorship issue, Company investment, Information services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Twitter (Online social network) -- Influence -- Political aspects
Abstract

With the benefit of ample hindsight, it has come to feel inevitable that Twitter would turn into a cesspool of abuse and misinformation and that the powerful -- governments, politicians, [...]

Published
2022

17. Day of Upheaval as Musk Takes the Reins at Twitter

Author

Conger, Kate, Hirsch, Lauren, and Mac, Ryan

Subjects
Twitter Inc. -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Management, Information services industry -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Management, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Information services -- Mergers, acquisitions and divestments -- Management, Company business management, Company acquisition/merger, Company investment, Information services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Twitter (Online social network) -- Influence -- Political aspects
Abstract

The billionaire began as Twitter's new owner by announcing a content moderation council and meeting employees, as some of the social media service's users celebrated. On Elon Musk's first full [...]

Published
2022

18. Fringe Sites Draw Limited But Loyal Fans, Report Says

Author

Hsu, Tiffany

Subjects
Freedom of speech -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Ex-presidents -- Influence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

The appeal of platforms like Parler, Truth Social and Telegram is another symptom of the partisan divide in media, according to the Pew Research Center. Alternative social media platforms like [...]

Published
2022

19. Sacred Commandment False Idol

Author

Edelman, Gilad

Subjects
Smartmatic Corp. -- Cases, U.S. Capitol Insurrection, 2021, Libel and slander -- Cases, Online services -- Laws, regulations and rules, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Electronics industry -- Cases, Ex-presidents -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Elections -- Ethical aspects, Company legal issue, Government regulation, Cable television/data services, Online services, Electronics industry, Computers, Hobbies and crafts, Sociology and social work, Telecommunications Act of 1996
Abstract

Byline: ART BY ZAK TEBBAL BY GILAD EDELMAN SACRED COMMANDMENT FALSE IDOL HERE'S THE TRUE STORY OF SECTION 230 OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT. THIS LAW KEEPS INTERNET COMPANIES FROM [...]

Published
2021

20. In Ukraine, tech platforms abandon the illusion of neutrality

Author

Oremus, Will

Subjects
Russian Invasion of Ukraine, 2022-, High technology industry -- Services -- Political aspects, Online information services -- Political aspects, Online services -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Information services -- Political aspects, Online information service, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Will Oremus Search results should be unbiased. Social media platforms should be neutral. The Internet should be for everyone. Though they've taken beatings over the years, these sorts of [...]

Published
2022

21. A Canadian politician's photo of his wife shoveling snow sparked outrage. She says: 'I just wanted to'

Author

Suliman, Adela

Subjects
Politicians -- Family -- Public relations, Snow removal -- Public opinion, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Registered nurses -- Public opinion -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Company public relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Adela Suliman A snowy saga has gripped Canada - and ignited heated debate on social media around the world. A local politician, Jon Reyes from Manitoba, was met with [...]

Published
2022

22. In Character on Social Media

Author

Ng, Brian

Subjects
Characters and characteristics in television programs -- Influence -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Social media is fueling our ''parasocial relationships'' with TV characters. Ted Cruz fighting with Big Bird on Twitter was not on our 2021 Bingo card. Yet the Texas senator's tweet, [...]

Published
2021

23. RECOGNIZING RACISM; OPINION

Author

Nanos, Nik

Subjects
Racism -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Hate speech -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: NIK NANOS Lead Nik Nanos is the chief data scientist at Nanos Research, a global fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington and the official [...]

Published
2021

24. Digital Democracy: The Charge of the Forward Brigade

Author

Kumar, Ridhima

Subjects
Disinformation -- Methods -- Political aspects, Political communication -- Methods, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Electronic democracy -- Methods, Intelligence service, Democracy, Intelligence gathering, Government
Abstract

Byline: Ridhima Kumar The voluble, vicious social media in the time of elections The family group on WhatsApp went into a buzzing frenzy. Thumbs-ups, happy emojis, congratulatory messages. All in [...]

Published
2019

25. Silent censors

Subjects
High technology industry -- Influence -- Political aspects, Censorship -- Forecasts and trends, Freedom of speech -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Censorship issue, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

The arrest of a reporter who held up a poster during a Russian news broadcast criticising the war in Ukraine reminds us how dictatorships operate. One of Vladimir Putin's first [...]

Published
2022

26. Let's focus on news, facts, not conspiracies; OPINION

Author

Stead, Sylvia

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Conspiracy theories -- Political aspects, Presidential elections (United States) -- International aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: SYLVIA STEAD, Staff Lead PUBLIC EDITOR The news of Martin Baron's retirement this week brought a major problem for journalism into greater focus. Mr. Baron, the exceptional executive editor [...]

Published
2021

27. Scrutiny of Big Tech isn't over

Author

Guynn, Jessica

Subjects
Antitrust law -- Interpretation and construction, High technology industry -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political activity, Privacy -- Laws, regulations and rules, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Government regulation, Antitrust issue, Privacy issue, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY Delivering his first remarks on the steps of the Capitol overrun by an angry mob two weeks ago, President Joe Biden called for an end [...]

Published
2021

28. Digital media shapes youth participation in politics: social media are changing how youth involve themselves in politics. Educators also must change how they prepare students to be involved citizens

Author

Kahne, Joseph and Middaugh, Ellen

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Politics -- Social aspects, Teenagers -- Social aspects -- Political activity, Youth -- Social aspects -- Political activity, Education
Abstract

Oct. 11 was A Day of the Girl Child in part due to a group of 12-year-old girls in Maryland who used social media to connect with like-minded women in [...]

Published
2012

29. Advance warning: Too much weight is put on the idea of 'progress'

Author

Elwes, Jay

Subjects
Legislators -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Feminism -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Progressivism (United States politics) -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science
Abstract

One of the guiding instincts on the political left is that society should be 'progressive'. Social attitudes, politics and the economy should all advance together, making society fairer and more [...]

Published
2021

30. In Italy, migration plunged. But coverage of migration soared. Why?

Author

Applebaum, Anne

Subjects
Emigration and immigration -- Forecasts and trends -- Media coverage, Press and politics -- Forecasts and trends, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Cabinet officials -- Powers and duties, Newspaper publishing -- Influence -- Political aspects, Refugees, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Anne Applebaum In June 2018, the newly elected Italian government refused to allow the Aquarius, a ship carrying 600 refugees, to dock in an Italian port. This story was [...]

Published
2019

31. Americans have had it with vulgar, hateful speech - and blame Trump

Author

Rubin, Jennifer

Subjects
Hate speech -- Public opinion -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, President of the United States -- Beliefs, opinions and attitudes -- Public opinion, Americans, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Jennifer Rubin In a substantial and revealing report on Americans' view of political discourse the Pew Research Center finds, 'Large majorities say the tone and nature of political debate [...]

Published
2019

32. Facebook's 'unpleasant underbelly' policed by thousands of content reviewers worldwide

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Safety and security measures -- Information management, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Information services -- Safety and security measures -- Information management, Content providers -- Practice, Company systems management, Content delivery service, Content provider, Information services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: CBC News Sarah Katz's eyes dart around the Palo Alto, Calif., coffee shop. 'Am I OK to speak here?' she said, not wanting to offend anyone within earshot with [...]

Published
2018

33. Russian Bots Are Spreading False Information After The Florida Shooting

Subjects
Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting, 2018 -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Russian foreign relations -- Political aspects, United States foreign relations -- Political aspects, Online trolling -- Political aspects -- Influence, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=587375771 BYLINE: AARTI SHAHANI HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: Special counsel Robert Mueller's indictment of 13 Russians and three Russian companies detailed some [...]

Published
2018

34. Is Social Media Disconnecting Us From the Big Picture?

Author

Wortham, Jenna

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Internet -- Influence -- Political aspects, Identity politics -- Social aspects, Internet, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Maybe I shouldn't have been surprised that Donald Trump could be elected president, but I was. I live in Brooklyn and work in Manhattan, two of the most liberal places [...]

Published
2016

35. Confronting the new geopolitics of 'net-states'

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Influence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Information services -- Influence -- Laws, regulations and rules, Government regulation, Information services industry, Earth sciences
Abstract

Earlier this year, Facebook topped 2 billion monthly users -- more people than live in the United States, China, Russia and Japan (https://www.census.gov/popclock/print.php?component=counter) combined. According to Alexis Wichowski, an adjunct [...]

Published
2017

36. '#Republic' Author Describes How Social Media Hurts Democracy

Subjects
#Republic: Divided Democracy in the Age of Social Media (Nonfiction work), Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Writers -- Interviews, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=516292286 BYLINE: KELLY MCEVERS HOST: ARI SHAPIRO ARI SHAPIRO: Social media can be an echo chamber. Facebook and Twitter feeds often show us [...]

Published
2017

37. How social media's business model helped the New Zealand massacre go viral

Author

Timberg, Craig, Harwell, Drew, Dwoskin, Elizabeth, and Romm, Tony

Subjects
Mosque Shootings, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2019 -- Casualties -- Records and correspondence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Mass shootings -- Casualties -- Records and correspondence, Streaming media -- Forecasts and trends -- Political aspects, Violence, Massacres, Artificial intelligence, Internet, Silicon, Web sites (World Wide Web), Mosques, Streaming media technology, Market trend/market analysis, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Telecommunications industry
Abstract

Byline: Craig Timberg;Drew Harwell;Elizabeth Dwoskin;Tony Romm The ability of Internet users to spread a video of Friday's slaughter in New Zealand marked a triumph -- however appalling -- of human [...]

Published
2019

38. In tiny Bhutan, known for its pursuit of happiness, democracy brings discontent

Author

Slater, Joanna

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Happiness -- Social aspects -- Political aspects, Political campaigns -- Forecasts and trends, Democracy -- Political aspects -- Forecasts and trends -- Bhutan, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Joanna Slater CHUNJE, Bhutan - It is harvest time in this village in western Bhutan, and residents are reaping an unusual crop: politicians making promises. One politician vowed to [...]

Published
2018

39. Corby n 2.0: Elections are now lost or won on social media--and the Tories have barely logged on

Author

Peston, Robert

Subjects
Party leaders -- Public relations -- Public opinion, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Prime ministers -- Public opinion -- Public relations, Company public relations, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Political science, Conservative Party (United Kingdom) -- Public opinion, Labour Party (United Kingdom) -- Public opinion
Abstract

There is a naive belief at the top of government that because the Tories are only a fart's yard behind Labour in the polls--despite daily manifestations of schism, scandal and [...]

Published
2017

40. How Social Media Inflates Our Perception Of Our Choice Presidential Candidate

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Presidential candidates -- Social aspects -- Public relations -- Public opinion, Company public relations, General interest
Abstract

To listen to this broadcast, click here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=474485591 SIMON: Five people are still running for president. They each make the case they're the strongest candidate to win election in the [...]

Published
2016

41. Facebook admits social media sometimes harms democracy

Author

Phillips, Kristine and Fung, Brian

Subjects
Facebook Inc. -- Safety and security measures -- Public relations -- Influence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Information services -- Safety and security measures -- Public relations -- Influence, Democracy -- Forecasts and trends -- United States, Company public relations, Market trend/market analysis, Information services industry, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kristine Phillips and Brian Fung Facebook said Monday that it fell short in preventing the social media network from being used for foreign meddling in the U.S. presidential election. [...]

Published
2018

42. Will Facebook make lab rats of us all?

Subjects
High technology industry -- Influence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Business, Computers and office automation industries, Business, international
Abstract

It's long been argued that tabloid newspapers unfairly influence the outcome of elections. But what about the even smaller handful of internet companies that rule people's lives these days? On [...]

Published
2014

43. Arab Spring

Author

Wolman, David

Subjects
Arab Spring, 2010-2012, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Government, Resistance to -- Technology application, Technology application, Computers, Hobbies and crafts, Sociology and social work
Abstract

Byline: DAVID WOLMAN Arab Spring To the tech-savvy activists who engineered uprisings across the Arab world, headlines like 'FACEBOOK REVOLUTION' and 'twitter rebellion' were ridiculous. Social networks don't overthrow governmentspeople [...]

Published
2013

44. If fake news wasn't on Facebook, people would find it somewhere else

Author

Ferenstein, Gregory

Subjects
Selective exposure -- Research, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Press and politics -- Research, Information behavior -- Research, Political science research, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Facebook (Online social network) -- Influence -- Political aspects
Abstract

Byline: Gregory Ferenstein In 2009, one of the world's foremost political scientists published a prophetic research study questioning how much influence the media had in elections. In 'Does the Media [...]

Published
2016

45. Daily Report: The Fake News Precedent Outside the United States

Author

Kerstetter, Jim

Subjects
Presidential elections -- Technology application -- Media coverage, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Facebook (Online social network) -- Political aspects -- Usage
Abstract

The United States is a leader in internet technology. But it may well be a laggard when it comes to using internet technology for political mischief. The role that fake [...]

Published
2016

46. How the Internet Makes Evil Stronger; How to Defeat ISIS; Welfare for Weed?; Media Coverage on NFL Domestic Violence Diminishes Men?

Subjects
The Home Depot Inc. -- Crimes against -- Safety and security measures, Building materials industry -- Crimes against -- Safety and security measures, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Antiterrorism measures, Military maneuvers, Computer crimes -- Forecasts and trends, Family violence -- Investigations -- Social aspects, Company legal issue, Market trend/market analysis, Computer crime, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, Islamic State -- Political activity
Abstract

BILL O'REILLY, FOX NEWS HOST: THE O'REILLY FACTOR is on. Tonight: (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The Islamic group today released a propaganda video -- UNIDENTIFIED MALE: A British journalist [...]

Published
2014

47. The hyper-partisan Corbynite websites show how the left can beat the tabloids in the digital age

Author

Jackson, Jasper

Subjects
Press and politics, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Right and left (Political science) -- Forecasts and trends, Prime ministers -- Media coverage -- Public opinion, Newspaper publishing -- Political activity, Market trend/market analysis, Literature/writing, Political science
Abstract

Despite their best efforts during the election campaign, the Sun, Daily Mail, Telegraph and Express failed to convince voters to give Theresa May a majority, let alone the landslide she [...]

Published
2017

48. Is free speech on campus under threat in age of 'empathetic correctness'?

Author

Truong, Kevin

Subjects
Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Freedom of speech -- Laws, regulations and rules -- Political aspects, Sex discrimination -- Cases -- Political aspects, Educational environment -- Political aspects, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Kevin Truong Northwestern University professor Laura Kipnis acknowledged she was being a little irreverent when she wrote an article about student-professor relationships. 'Forgive my slightly mocking tone,' she wrote [...]

Published
2015

49. 'Kony 2012' grabs spotlight, but can it last?

Author

Dorell, Oren

Subjects
Kony 2012 (Motion picture), Internet videos -- Influence -- Political aspects, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Byline: Oren Dorell, USA TODAY The makers of Kony 2012, a film drawing attention to atrocities committed by African warlord Joseph Kony, succeeded in topping the news cycle last week [...]

Published
2012

50. WikiLeaks (with facebook, twitter, & blogs) kills off Tunisian tyranny

Subjects
Online information services -- Influence, Online services -- Influence, Social media -- Influence -- Political aspects, Political corruption -- Investigations, Information services -- Influence, Company legal issue, Online information service, General interest, News, opinion and commentary, WikiLeaks (Online service) -- Influence
Abstract

The whistle-blower website WikiLeaks has facilitated the destruction of Tunisia's tyrannical state with its release of classified information about rampant corruption in the north African government. The 23-year reign of [...]

Published
2011

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