To help activists call new volunteers to action, we present Botivist: a platform that uses
Twitter bots to find potential volunteers and request contributions. By leveraging different …

There is little doubt about whether social networks play a role in modern protests. This
agreement has triggered an entire research avenue, in which social structure and content …

In recent years HCI and CSCW work has increasingly begun to address complex social
problems and issues of social justice worldwide. Such activist-leaning work is not without …

This paper introduces the theoretical lens of the everyday to intersect and extend the
emerging bodies of research on contestational design and infrastructures of civic …

Every day millions of people use social media platforms by generating a very large amount
of opinion-rich data, which can be exploited to extract valuable information about human …

Despite the divisive nature of abortion within the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland,
where access to safe, legal abortion is severely restricted, effecting legislative reform …

Social media usage during the recent uprisings in Arab countries has gained increasing
attention in human–computer interaction research. This study adds to these insights by …

In this paper we present insights from an empirical analysis of data from an emergent social
movement primarily located on a Facebook page to contribute understanding of the conduct …

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the transition of workflows across sectors to digital
platforms. In education settings, stakeholders previously reluctant to integrate computing …

Over the last decade, social media services had an enormous impact on modern culture.
They are nowadays widely established in everyday life, but also during natural and …