Media Coverage

On Digital Politics and Online Activism:

CNN, How #MeToo could move from social campaign to social change,” November 9, 2017

The Daily Beast, Will #MeToo Become a Movement?” October 16, 2017

The New Yorker, Can #ShoutYourAbortion Turn Hashtag Activism Into a Movement?” November 10, 2015

Buzzfeed Tech News, #Talkpay topped Twitter – But how many people tweeted their salaries?” May 4, 2015

BBC World Service Newshour,Hashtag Activism”and #JeSuisCharlie, January 13, 2015.

Agence France-Presse, Celebrities in ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ to fight disease,” August 20, 2014.

Oakland Tribune, Police response questioned in protest that frustrated commuters, merchants,” November 25, 2014.

Washington Post, Hashtag activists battle online anti-Muslim speech, but does it work?” November 14, 2014.

San Jose Mercury News, Report: Social networking sites play more prominent role in politics,” April 25, 2013.

On Blog Post: Open Letter to Mark Zuckerburg: Is Facebook a Human Right?

Le Monde,L’internet, un progrès?”, September 27, 2013.

TIME, “Three Reasons Zuckerberg’s ‘Internet For All’ Crusade Rings Hollow,” August 27, 2013.

On “The Trend of Class, Race and Ethnicity in Social Media Inequality: Who Still Can’t Afford to Blog?” Information, Communication and Society. 15/4, April, 2012.

United Press International, “Blacks blog more than whites, Hispanics,” April 5, 2012.

KCBS Bay Area Radio News Interview, April 5, 2012.

Science 2.0.com, “Black People Blog More Than Whites, Hispanics,” April 5, 2012.

Black Enterprise. “Blacks Blog More Than Whites. But Why?” April 5, 2012.

NBC Universal Television Interview, April 4, 2012.

Google News, “Blacks more likely to Blog Than Whites,” April 4, 2012.

BET.com. “Commentary: Why Are Blacks Blogging More?”  April 4, 2012.

San Francisco Business Times, “Blacks blog more than whites, says U.C. Berkeley,” April 4, 2012.

On  “The Digital Production Gap: the Digital Divide and Web 2.0 Collide,” Poetics. 39/2, April, 2011.

Salon.com. David Sirota. “Is the Internet for Elites?”August 1, 2011.

Times of India, “Rich People Dominate Social Media, Internet” June 9, 2011.

Science Daily, Science News. “Digital Democracy? Study Finds Elite Viewpoints Dominate Online Content.” June 8, 2011.

Silicon Valley Watcher. “The New Media Digital Divide. Study Finds Elites Continue To Dominate.” June 7, 2011.

KCBS Radio Segment, June 7, 2011.

United Press International, “Study: Internet Use Not ‘Democratic’,” June 9, 2011.

The Next Web, “UC Berkeley Study Shows Affluence Dominates the Social Web,” June  10, 2011.

Memeburn, “The Social Web Increasingly Not the ‘People’s Web’,” June, 2011.