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How Occupy Influenced the Election – Beyond the Pepper Spraying Cop

By on November 19, 2012 in Academia, Labor, Occupy, Social Movements, Sociology, Unions

Check out my latest post on a case study of how Occupy influenced the elections in California in Mobilizing Ideas, a social movement studies blog, which is part of The Center for the Study of Social Movements at the University of Notre Dame, editorial home of the academic journal Mobilization. Here’s the lede: “With all […]

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Justice Stories, Resistance Stories and Just Good Stories: Narrative and Storytelling as Critical Pedagogy

By on November 11, 2012 in Academia, Blogging, Digital Divide, Documentary Filmmaking, Sociology

This Wednesday, I’ll be on a panel at UC Berkeley sponsored by American Cultures and facilitated by Victoria Robinson. As the theme is narrative and social justice, I’ll be talking about everything from social media memes to documentary storytelling. Details from American Cultures: Wednesday, November 14th, 4-6pm, 231 Wheeler Hall Speakers: Regina Mason, Office of the […]

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Do independent and activist bloggers see themselves as journalists in the digital era?

By on October 26, 2012 in Blogging, Digital Activism, Journalism, Social Movements

From the IMC at the WTO to the PPL at the DNC Pundits claim that the Internet has changed everything about this election – from Big Bird/Binder/Bayonet memes to Big Brother Data on your voting habits. But what about how independent and activist bloggers see themselves as journalists in the digital era? One of the […]

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Digital Society in Context – A New Media Research Workshop

By on September 28, 2012 in Academia, Sociology

Rather than whine any more about the dearth of social scientists at UC Berkeley who study digital society, I decided to start a speaker series through the Berkeley Center for New Media (BCNM) to bring them here. In the process, though, of reaching out to promote the talks, I was reminded of the strength of […]

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