Posts Tagged ‘ clicktivism ’

Feeling Good About Feeling Bad About Aylan Kurdi

September 22, 2015
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Feeling Good About Feeling Bad About Aylan Kurdi

Rebecca Adelman on the photos of drowned 3-year-old Syrian refugee Aylan Kurdi, questions of ethical spectatorship, and how much of the debate surrounding the images obscures the complexities inherent in any act of looking at casualty photos.
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A Very Uneasy Death: Social Media and Cecil the Lion

August 4, 2015
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A Very Uneasy Death: Social Media and Cecil the Lion

The reactions to Cecil the Lion's murder on social media illustrates how it is not only possible but essential to fight for justice and against exploitation on multiple fronts.
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