You’ve heard of activism, right? Making banners (where did I leave my paints again?), marching in the street (in the sun, in the cold, in the rain… urgh), and signing petitions (yawn!), and all those time-consuming things people in the sixties and seventies did… boring! These days, there’s a much …
The following lines will explore how algorithms affect how police views and deals with, black communities. Are AI and mathematical algorithms being used by police departments in an ethical way that promotes equality, or are they being misused and are eventually rooting racism? The discussion will be in light of …
“As I cast to sea my web, in the hope of catching fish in my net, I cast words across the web, catching people’s thoughts through the inter-net. Raising awareness about Indigenous issues by using social media. We Shall Idle No More, Or Listen to lies spread by pop culture …
With the dramatic increase in social media shares, demonstrations around the world and attention in international media, I suppose no one has missed the Black Lives Matter movement. The movement grew immensely during the first half of 2020 after the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, two Americans killed …
With the speeding pace of globalization and the echoing fourth industrial revolution, the “Global Village,” as described by media theorist Marshall McLuhan, seems to have become the “Global Room”. Now, one would hope that this virtual shrinking of the world through the medium of the internet would reflect how …
