November 2: Speaking at Hansard Society/University of Manchester Debate on Social Media and Campaigning

This roundtable, organised as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science and taking place during Parliament Week (Oct 31 – Nov 6) brings together academics, politicians, activists, news producers and journalists to debate how social media are being used to promote protest and political change.

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Call: Journal of Communication Special Issue on Social Media and the “Arab Spring”

Phil Howard and Malcolm Parks are putting together a special issue of the Journal of Communication on communication technologies and political resistance in the Middle East and North Africa. The email from Malcolm Parks and the full call are below.

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