In this third and final blog post about the ‘Digital Saviour Complex’, I will further elaborate on and discuss the media and social media reporting about 13-year old “Anna” (not her real name), that I have previously written about on this blog. I will discuss the case in further detail, …
As I have teased in my previous blog post, I will critically examine a highly publicised (and later, much criticised) series of news reports and media content around the case of Anna* – a 13-year old girl of African origin who disappeared for 9 months in Sweden. The case will …
Much thanks to new Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), including high-speed internet, smart phones and a variety of social media platforms, the development challenges in faraway lands, social justice issues at home and the distant suffering of others is merely a hashtag away or a scroll through your social media …
