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  Likes this. Like me?

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  Alyssa Vetro Independent

  February 17, 2011

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  Romancing the Connection: The Allure of Democracy Through Social Media

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  May 22, 2012

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  Romancing the Connection: The Allure of Democracy Through Social Media connectivity democracy social media WWW in your pocket Curator's Note We are just over a year removed from the revolutions of the Arab Spring. Our media spent a lot of their time ...
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  Welcome to Connected Viewing

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  Jennifer Holt University of California, Santa Barbara

  May 28, 2012

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  communication with traditional entertainment practices. With social networking sites beginning to figure more ...
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  Profile Pictures, T-Shirts, and Visibility Campaigns

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  Joel Penney Montclair State University

  September 16, 2013

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  a range of constituencies are beginning to realize how this identity-marking power can be utilized for ...
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  What Are We Talking About When We Talk About Black Twitter?

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  M Clark UNC Chapel Hill

  March 24, 2014

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  then, do we begin to talk about that?​ ...
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  "Rape Culture" and the Social Media

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  April Cobos Old Dominion University

  March 31, 2014

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  "Rape Culture" and the Social Media social media sexual assault Circulating pain Curator's Note This is a large portion of the video made by a friend of one of the convicted men in the Steubenville rape case after he received photographs of ...
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  Idiot Media: The Culture of NekNomination Videos

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  Tanya Horeck & Tina Kendall Anglia Ruskin University

  April 02, 2014

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  Idiot Media: The Culture of NekNomination Videos social media Circulating pain affect Curator's Note NekNomination videos – a social media drinking game which involves (mainly) young men drinking potentially lethal combinations of alcohol and then is ...
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  Philan-selfie: Attribution Vs. Contribution

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  Lindsay Bosch Video Data Bank

  December 12, 2014

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  I love the idea of at least papering our digital walls with news of our largess.  ...
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  Cellphone Footage as Witness and Instrument for Vigilante Justice

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  Fatma Matin Khan University of Delhi

  March 04, 2015

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  Cellphone Footage as Witness and Instrument for Vigilante Justice viral videos vigilantism social media sexual harassment justice India Cellphone Witness Week Curator's Note I’ve chosen to focus on two recent cases in India which highlight how cellph ...
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  France's Combat of Extremism Through Social Media

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  Michael Anthony Turcios University of Southern California

  March 23, 2016

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  France's Combat of Extremism Through Social Media social media radicalism ISIS government France Emergent media Emergent countries Campaign Curator's Note Following the January 2015 terror shooting at the satirical French magazine, "Charlie ...

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