Propaganda
Solving Questions of Digital Literacy Through Comm...
June 23, 2022
The Center for Media Engagement explores how public interest principles can be incorporated in social media to combat mis-information in larger communities. Read More
How Digital Surveillance Deters Protest Participat...
March 9, 2022
This piece provides insights into the ways in which protests are surveilled and outlines two main issues with the practices: (1) general problems with the collection of personal data at…
Three Ways COVID-19 Affected Kenyan Media and Ho...
January 18, 2022
In the case of COVID-19, disinformation can occur when there is an intention to create a different viewpoint from that of vetted healthcare officials and authorities regarding the disease’s status,…
Geolocation Surveillance Roundtable
March 30, 2021
The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Media Engagement and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (S.T.O.P.) hosted a roundtable about mass surveillance in the age of mass protest. We…
Police could Be Scanning Your Social Media From a ...
September 2, 2020
Protests following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, continue to seize national and global attention. Videos of peaceful protestors demanding justice and rioters setting businesses ablaze have provided…