COVID-19 in the Time of Climate Change: Memetic Discourses on Social Media
A study that analyzes the discourse on Facebook and Instagram regarding Covid and climate change and their interconnectedness. Among the findings is that individuals who believe that climate change is fake are…
Social Media Law and Ethics
A book refered to as excellent for communication and journalism students, as it cover a good number of important legal topics, such as copyright law, data privacy, revenge porn, defamation, government censorship,…
Organic farming: Does it contribute to contaminant-free produce and ensure food safety?
An interesting article on the misconceptions of the benefits of organic farming on the ecosystem, especially in terms of organic waste management.
ICTs to address information inefficiencies in food supply chains
A study that explores how ICT can help in addressing lack of information among poor small holder farmers, it also discussess possible dangers that ICT can create when context is not taken…
Climate, Chaos and Collective Behaviour : A Rising Fickleness
The book is comprised of 11 chapters with each one presenting a specific case study, where the principles of chaos theory are linked to social science. It focuses on two disciplines, mass…
Social media? It’s serious! Understanding the dark side of social media
A very interesting paper on the drakside of social media, which can be unquantifiable and often unretrievable and nonforgiving in nature. The paper studies the important forces at play, using the social…
The Political Relevance of Food Media and Journalism: Beyond Reviews and Recipes
The book presents the idea that food, journalism, and politics are all interconnected and that food blogs are far from being trivial, regardless of how they may seem on the social media…
Social Media and Crisis Communication
The book addresses a number of very important topics related to communication including but not limited to: communication in crisis management, communication theory, disaster, ethics, mobile media, social media, social network and…
Public Interest and Private Rights In Social Media
The book focuses on the use and impact of social media and where they see it heading as a platform, keeping in mind it was published in 2012. the legal aspects are…
The Role of Social Media Content Format and Platform in Users’ Engagement Behavior
An interesting study on users/ fans engagement behavior were analyzed, with Facebook and Instagram being the field of study, or the source of data. The results are very insightful especially for firms…
