VOLATILITY, NICHES AND HYBRIDS: THE NEW MEDIA IN ACTION – interview with Paolo Mancini
“What is the revolution? The digitalization!” – claims Professor Paolo Mancini. And, yes: there is no doubt that the role of new media, that…
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MARIO DIANI & ELENA PAVAN: SOCIAL MEDIA AND SOCIAL INNOVATION. A COMPLEX ECOLOGY; ESSAY
In these last years, a growing amount of attention has been paid to the use of digital communication as a tool for increasing participation…
RICHARD HORNIK: THE END OF ATOMIZATION. EFFORTS BY AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES TO CONTROL SOCIAL MEDIA FALL SHORT OF THEIR DESIRED ENDS; ESSAY
The rise of Facebook and other social media outlets has led to spirited debates as to their impact on the ability of political authorities…
AGNIESZKA ROTHERT: CONNECTING WITH COMPLEXITY, ESSAY
We live in an ever-changing world. Everything is shifting, connecting and disconnecting and interconnecting. The world is becoming more and more complex. The most…
AGNIESZKA FILIPIAK, ELIZA KANIA: NEW AND SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCE ON PEOPLE’S EMPOWERMENT
Theorists’ views on the role of new media in stepping towards societal change are significantly divided. Starting from the optimists’ unmarked delight and hopes…
DOROTA PIONTEK: NEW MEDIA OLD THEORIES; COMMENTARY
Prof. Dorota Piontek provides a commentary to this article: For almost 100 years of research, starting with printed newspaper, then cinema, radio and especially…
VERONIKA LAPINA: IMPACT OF ANTI-PROPAGANDA LEGISLATION ON LGBT ACTIVISM IN RUSSIA’S REGIONS
Every now and then we are confronted with various negative information connected with situation of LGBT people in Russia. Although the digital revolution gave…
NAHED ELTANTAWY: WAGING NONVIOLENT ACTIVISM POST JAN25: CASE STUDIES OF EGYPTIAN WOMEN
The Arab Spring revolutions that swept the Middle East in early 2011 established the power of social media in facilitating speedy and far reaching…
JOANNA NOWOSAD: BABYLON ’13 CIENMA OF CIVIL PROTEST
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NATALYA RYABINSKA: UKRAINIAN EUROMAIDAN PROTESTS AND THE NEW MEDIA
In late 2013, eight years after the Orange Revolution Ukraine has again become the site of mass protests, this time against the government’s decision…
A STORY WILL ALWAYS MATTER – interview with Kirsten Johnson
Her film Pray the devil back to hell brought the Liberian Women’s Struggle for Peace to light. A year later the discussion on female…
COUNTERFORCE TOWARD SIMPLIFICATIONS – interview with Paul Hansen
“Documentary photography is among the hardest, and most rewarding professions there is” – claims photojournalist Paul Hansen. Although his labor has been rewarded many…