Fake News and Impact
A video featuring a woman pouring bleach on ‘manspreading’ men prompted a misogynist/anti-feminist backlash. It is now reported that this video was manufactured in a ‘troll factory’. How can we understand the role of…
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Reflection: What Can the Check-In at Standing Rock Tell Us About Online Advocacy?
What can the mass ‘check-in’ at Standing Rock tell us about online advocacy? (Originally published 4 November 2016.) On Oct. 31, more than a million Facebook users “checked in” at Standing Rock Reservation, on the…