The premise of this Companion is that recent transformations in the architecture of public
communication and particular attributes of the digital media ecology are conducive to the …

Where Did the Revolution Go? considers the apparent disappearance of the large social
movements that have contributed to democratization. Revived by recent events of the Arab …

Narratives are the wealth of nations: they animate life, sustain culture and cultivate humanity.
They regulate and empower us, bringing both joy and discontent. And they are always …

How right-wing political entrepreneurs around the world use religious offense—both given
and taken—to mobilize supporters and marginalize opponents. In the United States …

While political protest is essentially a visual expression of dissent, both social movement
research and media studies have thus far been hesitant to focus on visual social media data …

With the growing importance of digital and social media, visual images represent an
increasingly attractive medium for far-right political entrepreneurs to mobilize supporters and …

Geopolitical shifts, increasing demands for accountability, and growing competition have
been driving the need for change within transnational nongovernmental organizations …

This article reviews recent research on social media platforms as outlets of street protest
reporting by activists, posing the question of whether such outlets constitute a cultural source …

We present and analyze a database of 1.13 million public Instagram posts during the Black
Lives Matter protests of 2020, which erupted in response to George Floyd's public murder by …

In September 2015, the photographs of a dead boy, Alan Kurdi, washed up on a beach near
the Turkish city of Bodrum, inspired countless reactions of indignation and protest. To …