We are all probably sick to the back teeth of Facebook and even deleting your account does little to stop the firm from sharing your data without asking for your consent each time (saying “yes” once obviously means you can never say “no”). We also know that Mark Zuckerberg (you know, the guy who called … Continue reading
If you roll your eyes at the mention of “diversity” then you may well be. Renowned Channel 4 journalist, Jon Snow (no, not the GoT character), does not merely lament the lack of diversity in British newsrooms but believes that this lack of diversity was one of the contributing factors in the Grenfell Tower inferno … Continue reading
It’s an interesting question: By removing a word from our lexicon, can we change the way we perceive things? That’s the premise behind a new campaign called ‘Ban Bossy.’ Created by LeanIn.Org, a non-profit founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, the campaign is intended to encourage girls to lead by removing the negative stigma associated … Continue reading
It’s hard to do anything these days without someone noticing. Between revelations by the now infamous Edward Snowden that the US government is monitoring metadata from a plethora of communication technologies, and evolving social norms that are increasingly accepting of making private information public, it’s becoming clear that our lives are on display. We’re seeing an … Continue reading
The fall semester is in full swing, which means students around the world are hard at work juggling courses, projects and various activities. This week, I had the opportunity to catch up on current happenings at the University of Wisconsin’s department of Life Sciences Communication, or LSC for short. Fall is in full force on the … Continue reading
RESEARCH INSIGHT: Brian J. Bowe, Ph.D candidate celsaaccents: You have worked extrensively on ‘media framing’ of Islam and Muslims in the wake of 9/11. How have perceptions changed as a result of media framing? Is the media partly to blame for ‘Islamaphobia’? Brian J. Bowe: In some ways, it’s hard to separate the media influence … Continue reading
Unsurprisingly, the news that South African sporting hero, Oscar Pistorious (a.k.a. the ‘Blade Runner’) allegedly shot dead his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, broke first on Twitter in the early hours of February 14th. In the tirade of tweets and social media posts that ensued, the details of the incident started to emerge, leading to conflicting … Continue reading
