The sphere of political activism continues to evolve as emerging media systems take their place in the field. Today, online activists are looking to establish the balance between “disciplined and professional” and “relaxed and experimental”, as explains David Babbs founder of 38 degrees. As the field of political activism has been revolutionized by ever-changing media, […]
The hybridization of older and newer media systems has given rise to new complications in political information cycles. The term “news cycle” used to refer to the period of time between a newspapers latest and next issue (Chadwick, 2017). It was a time for “gathering, writing, editing, compiling, selecting, and presenting new material or new […]
Infomediation is defined by Nikos Smyrnaios as “the set of socio-technical mechanisms such as software, services and infrastructure that provide internet users with all types of information online and connect them with other users” (Smyrnaios, 2018). If we consider a platform like Twitter, we can see the role infomediation plays on this particular social network. […]