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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The 2018 Italian election campaign viewed from Twitter
We have followed 1,579 candidates and tracked their Twitter conversations for two weeks now. Also, we collected...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The Italian electoral campaign and the issue of immigration: a Twitter analysis in the aftermath of the Macerata attack
Interestingly enough, the presence of hashtags such as #itaexit and #noEU suggests a clear link – in the ‘national...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaDemocracy needs us: less social media and more social interaction
Facebook controls and filters our information in ways that can be detrimental for democracy. We must start...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Can the battle against Big Tobacco be won?
The tobacco industry’s relentless behavior, including a massive 'astroturf' campaign, led French MEP Françoise...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe crowds and the individual: why we should rethink how we debate complex issues on social media
This is not an attempt to relitigate this episode, but to critically reflect on the underlying dynamics of social...
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Published in: HomeTeam Syntegrity 2017: edging towards a more liveable world
Is it really enough to ‘like’, ‘follow’, and ‘retweet’ each other’s posts and updates? Or do we need something more...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaOpen letter on fake news and elections in Latin America
In the context of growing international debates about the so called “fake news”, the undersigned organizations would...
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Published in: HomeFake news didn’t start with Donald Trump
Remarkably, there is no positive correlation between democracy and public confidence in the media, which is often...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Milo Yiannopoulos, product of the crisis of post-modern politics
A troll who might as well be the new prototype of the 21st-century politician, what Milo does to us is what we have...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaTrading away our Privacy; the WTO Ministerial in Buenos Aires
If countries from the Global South want to prepare for data wars, they should start thinking about how to reduce the...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia#Tech4Worse: The problem with digital labour initiatives for the Middle East
Contrary to their marketing, digital labor schemes don’t work in spite of predicaments like the occupation or the...
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Published in: digitaLibertiesWho’s to blame? The internet on the defendant's bench
Seeking to unravel what is behind a change in public sentiment towards the internet, this series begins with...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKIn defence of Damien Green
How could a defender of human rights on so many occasions turn so quickly into being an inquisitor?
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Published in: HomeFrom Fake to Fact – and then?
Do all of us need to move outside our ‘comfort zones’ and self-imposed ‘echo chambers’, both to come up with better...
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Published in: HomeBeyond fact-checking: the media, populism and post-truth politics
Why do people want to believe what they do? They want meaningful lives. Why do it this way? A report-back from the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaHow communication technology became a tool of repression: the case of the UAE
With the help of international ‘cyber security dealers’, the internet has been transformed into a central component...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Facts will not save (the youth) from Fake. Citizenship will
How can we reconquer the capital city, symbolically – both in real and virtual terms – to capture the imagination of...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Italian free radio: giving a voice to the people
“We have about 15,000 supporters who give a fixed share each year. And that is something special. We are not just a...
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Published in: HomeNothing new about fake news
Media diversity must mean more than more of the same. The media sphere needs to be a public space where debates...
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Published in: HomeWikimedia 2030: a fair wind for free knowledge
As of October 2, this year, there is a Strategic Direction formulated for the Wikimedia Movement.