November winds in Sweden brought me two good news, climate wise. First, I read the news that Jeff Bezos had finally announced the first beneficiaries of his climate fund. Second, I came across a beautiful mural of climate activist Vanessa Nakate, in the streets of Malmö. Since both individuals were …
In the past months, I wrote four blogposts related to new media and development. My blogposts encompassed topics like the Black Lives Matter movement, COVID-19 and censorship, the dehumanizing use of marginalized people on development organizations’ social media and the role of the digital ‘world’ in relation to displaced people …
I live with two climate deniers. They are not old white conservative men. They are two men below the age of 25. It’s always shocking to me when I meet a young person that actively denies climate change. It makes me lose hope on us having a chance of winning …
If you would have to suddenly flee your home, what would you take with you? Probably your smartphone, right? It is almost impossible to imagine our lives without a smartphone by our side. As well for refugees fleeing to Europe, smartphones are often the most important item they carry with …
Does the name Autumn Peltier ring a bell to you? And Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim? Isra Hirsi? What about Greta Thunberg? You’ve probably read or heard the last name, even if you aren’t particularly concerned about climate change. The other ones… I only heard about doing research for this post. If …
When talking about (social) media, we also have to address the topic of censoring. Briefly, censoring or censorship is the suppression of speech, because this speech is harmful. Censoring is also being done by big social media platforms. These platforms, like Facebook and YouTube, have policies regarding what is and …
Keywords: vice-presidential debate, U.S, media manipulation, mudslinging, media, gateway, relevance. The opinions expressed in this blog post are opinions from me, the writer, Ellinor Thor. All my blog posts have in some way covered and discussed trending and current topics/events. This blog post will be no different. Today, I will …
Keywords: Global pandemic, misinformation, media manipulation, participation, fake news, COVID-19, social media, new media. Word count: 2042 This blog post will explore the spread of misinformation and fake news in media in the light of a global pandemic. I will also discuss the trending topic of media manipulation and …
