Operation Dixie at the DNC
From the streets of Charlotte, North Carolina, here’s my latest post on Mobilizing Ideas, a social movement studies blog. Here’s a taste of it: “While the Obama sign waving and t-shirt wearing union...
View ArticleIron Law 2.0 – Digital Democracy or Hierarchy?
On Wednesday, September 12th at noon, I’ll be speaking in Chapel Hill at UNC’s Carroll Hall’s Freedom Forum Conference Center in a talk sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication...
View ArticleHow Occupy Influenced the Election – Beyond the Pepper Spraying Cop
Check out my latest post on a case study of how Occupy influenced the elections in California in Mobilizing Ideas, a social movement studies blog, which is part of The Center for the Study of Social...
View ArticleThe Digital Activism Gap – where social class, social media and social...
Where's techno-waldo in this recent demonstration? The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a report today on social media and politics. It’s no surprise to sociologists that their...
View ArticleIs Facebook just another paperboy with bad aim?
“Facebook Is a Bigger Source for Political News than CNN, Fox” headlined a Mashable article last week. Oh, really? This provocative phrase kept showing up on my Twitter feed. The article was one of...
View ArticleParis Spring Book Talks: “The Revolution That Wasn’t: How Digital Activism...
Tuesday, May 21, 14h30-15h15, OECD Forum, moderated by Alessandro Bellantoni, Deputy Head of Division and Head of the Open Government Unit, Governance Directorate Friday, April 19, 15h-17h: Le...
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