#TakeAKnee Reveals Anxiety About Nationalism
Once again Sundays have become a space of political debate. The act of kneeling has become valiant or offensive depending on whom you speak to. However, this particularly Christian pose […]
Category Archives: social memories
Slacktivism, no more: “Sanctifying” Digital Humanitarianism in a Hypermediated Refugee Crisis
In the global media coverage of the present refugee crisis in Europe, digital activism has yet again received a bad name. All too familiar charges of slacktivism or armchair activism […]
The Digital as Salvation: A Digital Poetry after the Sewol Ferry Disaster
“Oh, my God…” You mumble to yourself. Several rescue ships are floating around a big ferry capsized, but you see no actual activities. The ship, which has been sinking slowly over […]
The power of the as-if space: memes, mourning, and Ryan Gosling
PEGIDA and the Ice-lamization of the West
All of Germany froze over during the cold spell on Christmas 2014. The winter with its “evil, evil snow” had conquered the land, so it goes in countless tweets that […]
The Banality of Life as an ISIS Wife: Examining the Motivations for Joining the Islamic State
It was a normal weekday in a Denver suburb when three teenage girls headed off to school only to be intercepted hours later at an airport in Germany. The teenagers […]
The Sewol Ferry Disaster, New Formations of the Social, and Digital Media (Part 2)
In my prior blog post, I covered two of six themes interwoven with the issue of religion and digital media in terms of the Sewol Ferry Disaster: 1) hyper-connectivity in and […]
The Sewol Ferry Disaster, New Formations of the Social, and Digital Media (1)
“Woe to the researchers writing with delight in the face of catastrophe, saying “it’s time!”, to those who want to be an author.” -Quoted from a Korean Facebook user in […]
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