LGBTQ+ communities were among the first to appropriate the Internet to experiment with
their identities and socialize outside of mainstream society. Recently, those platforms have …

This article describes the ways in which existing methods of dataveillance and big data
collection have contributed to the current de-realization of Black bodies. In the present or …

The collective force of ex-US President Donald Trump's tweets/Xs is palpable in American
public culture, political discourse, and academic rhetorical criticism. Adopting a critical and …

Grounded in public sphere and platform theory, this thesis explores networked fat activism
on Tumblr. The platform is often described as an enclave space: it is a welcoming and …

This thesis seeks to identify the ways in which social and political trust have an effect on
digital activism. In doing so, it bridges four strands of research on social trust, political trust …

This dissertation explores the role that hashtags play in maintaining political, social, and
technological inequalities in modern society. It argues that the use of what I call …

In discussing protest, we feel compelled to go back to its roots, for it is the roots of protest that
nurture our understanding of the current state of affairs. Originating in Latin, the verb …

On December 10, 2019, a petition, which included five demands and a call for the Ministry of
Education to commit to ensuring higher learning institutions uphold the laws on sexual …