Check out my guest blog post at Cyborgology on the 7 Myths of the Digital Divide. I have heard so often from pundits, colleagues and, well, the Internet, that either digital inequality doesn’t matter or it’s over, so I decided to write this post based on the most common tropes that I hear (p.s. class […]
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The Digital Activism Gap – where social class, social media and social movements collide
By schradie on April 24, 2013 in Academia, Blogging, Digital Activism, Digital Divide, Facebook, Labor, Social Movements, Sociology, Tea Party, The South, Twitter, Unions
The Pew Internet & American Life Project released a report today on social media and politics. It’s no surprise to sociologists that their findings reflect structural inequalities. Perhaps it was a bit of a jolt to digital utopianists, though. Aaron Smith, the author of the Pew report, finds social class divisions with political activity in […]
Justice Stories, Resistance Stories and Just Good Stories: Narrative and Storytelling as Critical Pedagogy
By schradie 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 […]
Iron Law 2.0 – Digital Democracy or Hierarchy?
By schradie on September 11, 2012 in Academia, Digital Activism, Digital Divide, Labor, Social Movements, Sociology, Tea Party, The South
On Wednesday, September 12th at noon, I’ll be speaking in Chapel Hill at UNC’s Carroll Hall’s Freedom Forum Conference Center in a talk sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and Department of Sociology. I’ll be talking about my latest research project: Does digital technology enable social movement organizations to be more democratic? In the […]
