Tagged: protests

Announcement: Affective News and Networked Publics: The Rhythms of News Storytelling on #Egypt

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Zizi Papacharissi just published a new article in the Journal of Communication.  Her article, authored with Maria de Fatima Oliveira, is titled Affective News and Networked Publics: The Rhythms of News Storytelling on #Egypt.  (Click on title for a link to the paper.)  The article examined Twitter use during the Arab Spring uprisings between Jan. 2011 and Feb. […]

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Protest code and the anti-SOPA blackout

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Software developers have been playing an increasingly crucial, if unseen, role in anti-SOPA/PIPA protest activities. According to data compiled by Fight for the Future, “super easy to use” WordPress plugins like Simple Stop Sopa (written by Brooke Dukes) may have been employed by as many as 40% of the 115,000+ sites participating in Wednesday’s blackout. […]

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