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North America

The Impact of Social Media on Presidential Campaigns

The 2012 US election has become a revolution in and of itself. Of course, I could be referring to the dramatic changes in campaign finances or the outlandish comments made by candidates such as Todd Aiken.  However, my focus i...
by Kathleen Walpole
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Racial Equality

Hijab For A Week: Non-Muslim Woman Wears Hijab For Social Experiment

How would a non-Muslim woman feel wearing the traditional Muslim veil, also known as the hijab, in public? How would she deal with reactions, comments and doubtful looks? Christelle Collet, originally from Mauritius but living ...
by Catarina Demony
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Human Rights

Israel’s Blind-Eye on Social Media Backfires with Harlem Shake

Over the past two weeks, Israel’s image has been smeared because of the use of social media, both by international activists and by one of its very own soldiers. Joining the viral craze of The Harlem Shake, and the exponentia...
by Yara Al Wazir
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Human Rights

Junior Jihadis: A New Era For Child Soldiers?

We are inundated with stories of children crossing continents to join the battle and to help to establish a caliphate.
by Flo Carson
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Africa

Kony 2014?

Nope, he’s not dead. Almost two years after the release of Jason Russell and Invisible Children’s “KONY 2012” video that made the Ugandan warlord a household name, Joseph Kony has reportedly reentered negotiations with ...
by Braden Harris
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Eurasia

Is The Kremlin Trying To Force The “Russian Zuckerberg” Out Of The Country?

A seemingly endless supply of astonishing dash-cam videos have come out of Russia in the last few years, but this one is still impressive for the driver’s apparent brazenness. A white Mercedes is pulled over on St. Petersburg...
by Daniel Kennedy
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Economy

Empowering Social Equality in the Arab Spring Era: ICTs Role

The demand for social equality, a trigger in the Arabs uprisings, a thirst for justice, equality, and freedom motivated the people to finally demand their rights. It has been over two years since the beginning of the revolution...
by Ahmed Alqarout
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Politics

From Ha’penny to Hashtag: How the Internet and social media can make the UK elections less about donations

2010’s election was known as the “internet election”, with more use of online polling and digital campaigns than ever before. However I think it’s safe to say that internet usage, particularly social media, has become e...
by Katie O'Reilly-Boyles
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Human Rights
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Social Media: The End of the ‘Right to Privacy’?

The ‘right to privacy’ is, according to the liberal tradition of political philosophers such as John Stuart Mill one of the most important rights for man to be treated as a ‘free, autonomous, and valued individual’ and ...
by Joe Corry-Roake
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