#BringBackOurGirls: Hashtags alone will not safeguard women’s lives and rights

Tegan Zimmerman, Mount Saint Vincent University and Adebola Esther Osegboun, Federal University, Oye Ekiti It has been a little over a decade since 270 female students were kidnapped from a school in Chibok, Nigeria by the extremist armed group Boko Haram. While, many of the girls escaped, were rescued or were released in exchanges, many […]

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Casual, distant, aesthetically limited: 5 ways smartphone photography is changing how we see the world

T.J. Thomson, RMIT University and Shehab Uddin, Pathshala South Asian Media Institute Smartphones are a staple of modern life and are changing how we see the world and show it to others. Almost 90% of Aussies own one, and we spend an average of 5.6 hours using them each day. Smartphones are also responsible for […]

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Can social media be used as a source of evidence in Kenya’s election petitions?

Claire Adionyi, Strathmore University The conduct of Kenya’s elections has repeatedly come under close scrutiny in the courts. Petitions were lodged challenging the outcome of presidential races in 2013 and 2017, as well as in the most recent poll. In addition to these, other elective seats invite dozens of petitions. An issue that has come […]

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