On the midnight of 5th June 2011, Indian police violently cracked down on a peaceful group of protesters who had convened together against corruption and untaxed money stashed away in foreign tax havens (referred to as “black money” in India). On the 7th of June, Anonymous announced “Operation India” on […]
Daily Archives: November 23, 2011
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This week I am working on a model to map out civic actions in China. I borrowed models on social movements in the field of political science and added one dimension, the level of centralization of the media involved in the civic actions, to understand various types of civic actions […]
During the past two months, I examined the use of the term “media ecology” by different scholars and reviewed some works on Chinese Internet. One school of study on the media ecology defines it in broader way, and focuses on its fundamental influence on the society as a whole, the impact on […]
One of the central projects that I have been involved with during the fall semester examines the role of media and technology in immigrants’ rights movements. I have been able to conduct several interviews with student organizers and community members, which have been very insightful into media strategies. The three […]