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Social Media & Society Conference 2017

Social Media & Society Conference 2017

Posted on 18 August 2017 by WISERD

The 28-30th July marked the 8th annual Social Media & Society Conference. The conference is organised by the Social Media Lab at Ryerson University in Toronto and this year it returned […]

WISERD Civil Society: Social Media Research Series – How do trade unions use Twitter?

WISERD Civil Society: Social Media Research Series – How do trade unions use Twitter?

Posted on 23 March 2017 by WISERD

As part of the WISERD Cardiff lunchtime seminar series, Dr Wil Chivers recently reported early findings from his research into trade unions on Twitter. Back in September I introduced the […]

Just how much of a problem is cyberbullying in Wales?

Just how much of a problem is cyberbullying in Wales?

Posted on 13 January 2017 by WISERD

Young peoples’ social media usage on the rise Amongst young people social media has been consistently growing in popularity over the past ten years. EU Kids Online’s research on young […]

WISERD Civil Society: Social Media Research Series

WISERD Civil Society: Social Media Research Series

Posted on 19 September 2016 by WISERD

Introduction to the Social Media Research Series Welcome to a new blog series here at WISERD, dedicated to exploring some of the key issues with using social media for social […]

Social media as connective action: how young people learnt about the EU referendum campaigns

Social media as connective action: how young people learnt about the EU referendum campaigns

Posted on 7 July 2016 by WISERD

Bennett and Segerburg write about connective action, personalised content sharing across media networks, which is different from but can be combined with the more traditional collective action or the formation […]

Getting Millennials to the Ballot Box: The Potential of Social Media?

Getting Millennials to the Ballot Box: The Potential of Social Media?

Posted on 21 March 2016 by WISERD

In last week’s blog we showed how important Millennials are to the Remain campaign: they make up one in three ‘Remainers’, and also make up the largest chunk of ‘Committed […]

A ‘Mature Debate’ on Communications Surveillance?

Posted on 17 November 2015 by Home of Innovation Blog

On the 4th November, Home Secretary Theresa May unveiled the government’s proposals for updating the UK’s legislative framework for communications surveillance. The arrival in parliament of the Investigatory Powers Bill […]