China Regulation of the internet in China: An explainer October 7, 2019 0 Image Credit: Free Internet by Thomas Galvez/Flickr; Licence: CC BY 2.0. Written by Lotus Ruan. A Great Firewall blocking voices from the outside. A top-down…
Culture and Society What can a tourism bureau learn from a student protest movement? September 22, 2019 0 Image credit: Pingxi Sky Lantern Festival 2014 in Taiwan by Jirka Matousek/Flickr, license CC BY 2.0 Written by Perl Li Having travelled to Taiwan numerous times, I…
Culture and Society Indigenous media in transformation: Languages and other factors in Taiwan September 21, 2019 0 Image credit: TITV and Alian Radio title on CTV Building 20180101 by Solomon203 /Creative Common, license CC BY-SA 4.0 Written by Chia Sui Crystal Sun What…
China Chinese HE students in the UK: social media, connections and sense of belonging September 11, 2019 0 Image Credit: Manchester University 6 by Francisco Osorio/Flickr, License: CC BY 2.0. Written by Yimei Zhu. The UK has a global reputation for higher education…
Elections The dynamics of social media and the Indian Elections 2019 April 12, 2019 1 Written by Amit Prakash. Everything about the Indian elections is grand: about 900 million electors cast their vote over a month-and-a-half to elect 543 members…
Elections Social media, BJP 2.0 and the 2019 general elections in India April 11, 2019 0 Written by Rashmi Singh. With the 2019 general elections hot on its heels, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has finally been forced to reckon…
Development Modi and the watchmen: India’s national security election April 10, 2019 0 Written by Ian Hall. Barely a couple of months ago, it looked as though Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies were going…
Elections Indian Elections 2019: Social media and fake news April 1, 2019 0 Written by Parama Sinha Palit. India – which with close to 900 million registered voters is the most populous democracy in the world – is…
Burma/Myanmar Facebook, hate speech and civil society in Myanmar March 18, 2019 0 Written by Lisa Brooten. Social media have clearly provided outlets for the voices of those in many countries around the world who are frustrated by…
Cambodia Southeast Asia – drifting towards Digital Authoritarianism? March 15, 2019 0 Written by Jason Abbott. In the West, the principal concern of most digital activists relates to privacy issues surrounding the collection of data by governments…
