GE2006 was the “internet elections” for the emergence of political bloggers who provided the general public with empirical evidence of opposition parties working the ground and attracting large crowds at…
Last week I had the privilege of being invited to speak on a virtual roundtable on ‘Asian Celebrity and the Pandemic’, organized by The Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network.…
Last week, the good people at Mamamia invited me to speak (among others) on their podcast highlighting the phenomenon of Stage Mums of Social Media. If you wish, the episode…
Last week, I got to chat on live radio with Mike of 98.5 Sonshine FM over two days. If you’re keen, here are the clips: 17 July 2019, on World…
Hi folks! I’m honoured to be keynoting at a conference dedicated to Instagram cultures on 01st June 2018 in London – Studying Instagram Beyond Selfies: Instagram Conference 2018. CfPs close…
Ten years ago, as a teenager in junior college, I often heard my peers exchanging updates of what a group of girls had recently purchased, worn or experienced. They could…
Today, Instagram decided to introduce “Stories“. Admittedly a copy of Snapchat’s Stories, Instagram writes: With Instagram Stories, you don’t have to worry about overposting. Instead, you can share as much…
It’s been an agonising series of weeks after a string of grievous events in various parts of the world. While I have been tracing vernacular responses to global grieving events on Instagram…
