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Recently two members of the SMRT boler team attended a talk hosted at Munk School of Global Affairs titled “Harassmap: Social Mapping Sexual Harassment and Violence in Egypt.” The presenter, Rebecca T. Chiao, is Co-Founder and Director of HarassMap. Combining community activism with mobile and internet technology, Harassmap is a volunteer initiative that strives toContinue reading “SMRT Boler Team Attends HarassMap Talk”

Recently two members of the SMRT boler team attended a talk hosted at Munk School of Global Affairs titled “Harassmap: Social Mapping Sexual Harassment and Violence in Egypt.” The presenter, Rebecca T. Chiao, is Co-Founder and Director of HarassMap. Combining community activism with mobile and internet technology, Harassmap is a volunteer initiative that strives toContinue reading “SMRT Boler team attends HarassMap conference”

T’is the season for gift giving, yet the folks engaged in Occupy Christmas strive to promote a different message. As the Occupy movement continues to grow, it has taken many shapes and forms since the original Occupy Wallstreet protests. From Occupy  Walmart to Occupy Sandy to OccupySMS, Occupy Christmas is another movement under the occupy umbrella thatContinue reading “Holiday Celebration Tips from Occupy Christmas”

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”