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Posts tagged 'Social Media'
The Moments That Shook Us in 2015
January 2, 2016 -
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The Platform looks back at a year of horrors and honours – and the lessons we have learned Let’s not pretend...
2014: An Eventful Year in Tweets and Trends
December 30, 2014 -
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Through laughter and tragedy, a little bird has kept us a part of it all The year is drawing to a close, just...
#IllRideWithYou: Embracing Sydney’s Solidarity
December 18, 2014 -
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The #IllRideWithYou campaign has caused a social media storm reminding the world that Islamophobia is not a thing to be tolerated The...
Brazil’s Re-elections: Chicken Pastries and Beagle Boys
November 13, 2014 -
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Brazil’s presidential election was a battlefield of puerile name-calling and regional division leaving a taste of bitterness...
Top Tweets from the Night of the #IndyRef
September 19, 2014 -
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Of the many campaign battlegrounds, Twitter certainly showed the heat as Scots took to the ballot box It’s...
Gaza and the Stars
August 13, 2014 -
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The celebrity courage and fear of airing views loudly on the interwebs With the death toll at over 2000, celebrities...
Vox Populi Vox Facebook
December 31, 2012 -
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Armchair activists play a crucial role in creating greater moral awareness and compelling a change in attitudes when important...
Israel’s Conflicted Identity
November 29, 2012 -
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As both sides of the conflict calculate the death toll and find themselves reeling from a propaganda war, Israel’s own identity...
Of Activism, Armchair Activism and Cynicism
November 28, 2012 -
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The recent violence in the Gaza Strip excited three distinct groups in a battle far beyond the Middle Eastern frontline It...
Newsweek Inspires Comedic Rage
September 20, 2012 -
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Newsweek's provocative and shoddy article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali caused a Twitter storm - one that encapsulated the best response...