Critical thoughts on digital activism, social engagement and development.
Author: <span>Alice Plate</span>

Author: Alice Plate

TikTok: a fad or crucial tool for digital activism?

Dear readers, in June 2020, one blurry and unsophisticated TikTok video by a 51-year-old #TikTokGrandma (Laupp, 2020; Magid 2020), derailed Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma, when it went viral and mobilised people to falsely register for the stadium event, leaving a majority of the event’s seats empty. In the …

How I recorded the most cringeworthy video of my life

Dear readers, earlier this week I found myself awkwardly perched at the foot of my bed, on the floor, bent close to a PowerPoint to charge my tiring mobile phone so I could record myself making strange hand signals in time to the music in what was to become my …