Social Media, Collective Action and the Yellow Jacket Protests
France is currently experiencing a wave of protests after people organized on social media to demand the elimination of a new fuel tax.
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2018 Davos Talks Receive Mixed Reporting
The 2018 Davos summit had some unusual moments–fitting for an unusual global situation.
The World News You Missed This Week – May 1st, 2017
See what you missed this week: From France and India, to Turkey and Venezuela.
The Week in Multimedia – April 24, 2017
The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and Vox round out our top picks for this week. The New York Times- Cassini Moves Inside Saturn’s Rings When it comes to science and data, multimedia can vastly improve a piece, and less is
Russia is Recruiting People to Become Unwitting Twitter Bots. But is it Working?
In March, the Russian embassy in the United Kingdom rolled out a new, interactive “online diplomacy” program in an apparent attempt to promote a more favorable image of the country in the West. The program, described by the embassy as the “Russian Diplomatic Online Club”
The World News You Missed This Week – February 2nd, 2017
6 dead in Quebec mosque shooting CANADA – Tragedy erupted in Quebec City Sunday as a lone gunman opened fire during an evening prayer service at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Center, killing 6 people and wounding 19 others. French-Canadian student Alexandre Bissonette has been charged with
The World News You Missed This Week – January 26th 2017
Gambia secures first peaceful transition since 1965 The Fall of Africa’s Loneliest Despot Yahya Jammeh, Gambia’s autocratic leader for the past 20 years, finally stepped down as president on Saturday, escaping on his private jet into exile in Equatorial Guinea – a country conveniently not