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The most uncanny aspect of “Citizen Four,” the Laura Poitras film which won the Academy Award for Best Documentary this..
This Fall, #BlackLivesMatter, a powerful hashtag movement coursed through Twitter in response to the murder of an unarmed Michael Brown..
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In Jacob Sullum’s Reason.com article, “Ebola Panic Control“, it is stated that: “The current policies enacted by New York, New Jersey and..
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It’s no secret that The Viral Media Lab is a fan of social change documentaries. We’ve featured posts on feature..
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“Even half a century ago, Marshall McLuhan, who came closer than most to seeing what was coming, warned, “When things..
Do you or do you know anyone who: Make memes from images found on the internet? Sharing files with friends?..
Jane McGonigal a Game Designer, Inspirational Speaker and New York Times Best Selling Author of Reality is Broken: Why Games Make Us..
My dear friend Kaity Thomson posted a link on her Facebook wall yesterday evening. The article titled, “Occupy Wall Street activists..
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What makes a video go viral? What creates the impulse for shareware across the interwebs? What stimulates the mirror neurons..
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