How propaganda from the Russian Revolution brought about today’s ‘troll factories’
Under the ‘iPad president’ Medvedev, the internet brought a new dimension to Russian propaganda. The Kremlin not only controlled the...
International media policy
Without social media, many Zimbabweans could have died in the Mugabe crisis
The week’s political crisis in Zimbabwe, pitting Zimbabwe’s 94-year old President Robert Mugabe against his military, who has been in...
How memes are being used to fight back against social media censorship in Russia
Strict registration laws mean that freedom of speech is limited for Russians with a popular social media account. This has...
Democracy, protest and public sphere in Russia after the 2011–2012 anti-government protests: digital media at stake
The 2011–2012 Russian protest mobilisations were largely enabled by the rise of social networks. Social and technological advancements paired to...
Prof. Daya Thussu on the future role of Asia in digital media
"China has the largest number of internet users, closely followed by India. India therefore has the second largest Facebook community...
L-Makhzan al-’Akbari: Resistance, Remembrance and Remediation in Morocco
Morocco was prompted by the sense of making and witnessing history that began as the backdrop to the mass uprisings...
People Don’t Want Politics, They Want ‘Covfefe’
Recent viral hit from the US President Donald Trump generated a landslide of Twitter parody: memes, hashtags, witty one-liners of...
The Leaked Facebook Content Guidelines Show One Thing: No Policy Can Ever Completely Monitor User Behaviour
The Guardian has recently revealed some of the policy guidelines followed by Facebook content moderators. They often seem arbitrary and...
(Mis)Representing Terrorism in Global Media
In May, Dr Daya Thussu was a keynote at the international conference ‘Journalism in a world of terrorism’ organized by...
Dr Daya Thussu interviewed at the the XVIII International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development
In April, Dr Daya Thussu was an invited speaker at the XVIII International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development at...
