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Press commentary on TikTok and climate social activism

Pleased to provide commentary in this morning’s edition of the […]

Press commentary on TikTok and climate social activism

Social movements

Multimedia Resources for Learning about Migrant Workers in Singapore (in the time of COVID-19)

Male migrant workers who work in the construction industry in […]

Multimedia Resources for Learning about Migrant Workers in Singapore (in the time of COVID-19)

Internet culture

Public shaming, Peer surveillance, and the Profitability of internet drama.

From Internet Virality to Social Justice In April 2017, a […]

Public shaming, Peer surveillance, and the Profitability of internet drama.

Internet culture

Singaporeans react to Donald Trump.

At the confluence of three events in the past 20 hours, discourse on Presidential Candidate Donald Trump was trending on Singaporean social media: 1) Trump claimed that Singapore is among the Asian […]

Singaporeans react to Donald Trump.

Internet culture

#thoughtsandprayers, Grief hype-jacking, and Saturation fatigue

It’s been an agonising series of weeks after a string […]

#thoughtsandprayers, Grief hype-jacking, and Saturation fatigue

Internet culture

Instagram reacts to the Brussels attacks.

A quick thematic capture of the emergent vernacular responses to the attacks in Brussels on Instagram, via the #Brussels and #Bruxelles hashtags, at 8 hours post-attacks. Screengrabs captured on March […]

Instagram reacts to the Brussels attacks.

Internet culture

The First Hour Post-#JakartaBlasts on Instagram.

On 14 January 2016 at 1155hrs (GMT+8), the first of […]

The First Hour Post-#JakartaBlasts on Instagram.

Internet culture

Quick thoughts on #SanBernardino on Instagram.

Wish I could track #SanBernardino on Instagram today, but am […]

Quick thoughts on #SanBernardino on Instagram.

Internet culture

Stereotypes, Allies, and Microaggression.

When the Paris attacks took place last week, I spent the early hours after the attack archiving the ways in which Instagram was guiding/leading me to (mis)read information. There, I alluded […]

Stereotypes, Allies, and Microaggression.

Internet culture

#PorteOuverte, Instagram algorithms, and Emergent tropes.

I got up this morning, did my routine check of […]

#PorteOuverte, Instagram algorithms, and Emergent tropes.

Internet culture

One month of Snowden on Twitter.

One month ago today, former CIA/NSA/DIA intelligence officer and whistleblower, Edward Snowden Tweeted for the first time. This caused a mass frenzy. (see CNN, The Guardian, LA Times, Time, and UpWorthy) His verified […]

One month of Snowden on Twitter.

Internet culture

Behind the scenes: On surviving four days of viral hate.

On 23 March 2015, I published this post cataloging very […]

Behind the scenes: On surviving four days of viral hate.

Heritage

Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the spectacle of death: The first twelve hours on social media

27Mar15 edit: My thoughts on the viral hate here. 24Mar15 0345hrs […]

Mr Lee Kuan Yew and the spectacle of death: The first twelve hours on social media

Social movements

The politics of Press lexicon: Chapel Hill Shooting

On 10 February 2015, husband and wife 23-year-old Deah Shaddy […]

The politics of Press lexicon: Chapel Hill Shooting

Internet culture

#JeSuisAhmed speaks back to #JeSuisCharlie on Instagram

As a response to my earlier tracking of the #CharlieHedbo […]

#JeSuisAhmed speaks back to #JeSuisCharlie on Instagram

Internet culture

Memetic Tropes on #CharlieHedbo on Instagram

I manually archive the artwork and memes published on the #CharlieHedbo hashtag on Instagram over three hours (8 January 15, 1700-2000hrs, GMT+8) and code the memetic tropes of populism. While […]

Memetic Tropes on #CharlieHedbo on Instagram

Social movements