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Hello and Season’s Greetings to all our readers! It’s Averie of the 2012-13 research team here, with an update on some really cool stuff we’ve been finding as we scour the internet for content relevant to our research. As Dr. Boler heads out to sunny California over the holidays, we’ve been searching for some contactsContinue reading “A peek at some of our net scavenging!”

Hello world! This blog is now being dedicated to the work of Dr. Megan Boler’s 2012-2013 research team. You can find out more about us here. Speaking broadly, we’re studying in social media, social movements, and where online and offline networking intersect. Our current three-year SSHRC funded research project investigates uses of social media inContinue reading “Hello from the 2012-13 Research Team! and a look at #OccupyWalmart on #BlackFriday”

Megan Boler, “Occupy Women: Will Feminism’s Fourth Wave Be a Swell or a Ripple?” (truth-out.org Wednesday, 16 May 2012) perm link: http://truth-out.org/news/item/9188-occupy-women-will-fourth-wave-feminism-be-a-wave-or-a-ripple Forthcoming: Matt Ratto and Megan Boler, eds, DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media,  MIT Press (fall 2013) Megan Boler and Selena Nemorin, “Truthiness and War: New Media Landscapes of 21st Century Propaganda,” OxfordContinue reading “recent and forthcoming pubs”

January started with media frenzy in the wake of Occupy ‘media spectacle.’  The public interest in social media practices and digital activism is exciting. After a decade of researching “digital dissent” and the power of “micro-blogging” practices it is amazing to see my passion about digital activism so alive. In January, media focus was ofContinue reading “early 2012 media glut; & forthcoming pubs below…”

some of the upcoming public talks i will be giving: January 31, 2012 Bridging the Gender Gap in the News: Public Talk & Panel Discussion Panelists: Shari Graydon, Informed Opinions; Megan Boler, Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education; Kathy English, Public Editor, Toronto Star; Esme Fuller-Thompson, Professor, Sandra Rotman Chair in Social Work FebruaryContinue reading “…upcoming talks and panels”

it’s been a busy month around the globe…here are, first, the professional updates from Toronto and NYC on dr. boler’s recent  live TV news appearances  (from NASDAQ hdqtrs in Times Square and the ABC studios in NYC, where I was for MobilityShifts conference)–fortunately enough, the conference corresponded with a lively week in October in LibertyContinue reading “change in the global october air!”

Upcoming Talks: “Children, youth and media”. Panel Discussion with Bronwen Low, Krys Verrall, and Sara Grimes, and Megan Boler, Center for Media and Culture in Education, OISE/UT.   Friday September 30, 4 to 6 pm Mobility Shifts Conference, New School University, New York, October 15, 2011 Boler in the Media: Megan Boler Media displays social mediaContinue reading “What’s New and Upcoming!”

Tuesday, May 17, as follow up to lectures by Andy Bichlbaum from The Yes Men for York U. Summer Institute on Digital Activism, I am presenting a public lecture tomorrow: The Summer Institute in Film: Megan Boler – Networking Dissent May 17, 2011, 2pm-4pm Megan Boler presents a talk on  “Networking Dissent: Digital Publics TakingContinue reading ““Networking Dissent: Digital Publics Taking the Streets” Public Lecture York U. May 17”

My 2011 six-month research leave thus far most rewarding! In January spent time at UC Santa Barbara working with colleague Chela Sandoval on a book project, Legacies of History of Consciousness (HOC). Gave a talk at UCSB on “Truth Effects and Digital Dissent” at Ctr for Information and Technology (CITS) [watch here] Then to LA,Continue reading “On the Research Road again!”

Sessions and Plenaries from the DIY Citizenship Conference: Critical Making and Social Media, Nov 11-14 are now available online: Nov 11 Opening Event: Henry Jenkins and Corynne McSherry, “Supporting the DIY Citizen” http://epresence.kmdi.utoronto.ca/1/watch/859.aspx DIY Citizenship Conference: Sessions held in CCF (all plenaries, and one panel during each concurrent session) Nov 12: http://hosting.epresence.tv/MUNK/1/watch/198.aspx Nov 13: http://hosting.epresence.tv/MUNK/1/watch/200.aspxContinue reading “DIY Citizenship Conference Web Archives!”