Image link: http://ow.ly/i/3iNns/original Contagious is a book about what makes something go viral. Why do some things catch..
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What makes a video go viral? What creates the impulse for shareware across the interwebs? What stimulates the mirror neurons..
Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan had a dream: to go to school. She started a blog at the age of 11,..
Share This: How You Will Change the World with Social Media by Deanna Zandt Social Media: It’s not just for..
Despite the zoom consumption of media events in the fantastic land of the Internets, an occasional review once-through gleans some..
Celebrity Energy: #NoFrackingWay: Mark Ruffalo, Yoko Ono and The Anti-Fracking Movement In 2010, the Emmy-awarded documentary Gasland, by activist Josh..
About the Author Shane Koyczan is a 36 year old award winning Canadian poet, author and performer. Co-founder of Spoken..
Although we live in an Internet era of oversharing, sexting, combined with an HBO/Showtime matrix of explicit programming, and a..
This past year, New York-based artist Robin Kahn participated in dOCUMENTA 13 presenting “The Art of Sahrawi Cooking”, a collaboration..
When the power went out last night at the Superbowl in New Orleans, the twitterati went to work lighting the..
(Source: The Atlantic) Despite all the hoo-ha that takes place every year around the Oscars, the Emmys, the Grammys, etc.,..
An Invitation for those in the New School Community and Beyond! I have been invited to teach a living archive..
Emily-Anne Rigal is a change maker who started an incredible online movement: WeStopHate. WESTOPHATE is… dedicated to raising self-esteem..
Omega Institute’s annual Women and Power Conference, held September 21-23 at their campus in Rhinebeck, New York, coincided this..
It’s the one year anniversary of the #OccupyWallStreet movement, and also the one-year anniversary of theviralmedialab.org…! Last year at this..
What common language unites all of humanity? Food. Who knew that environmentalism would meet health and community activism, leaping over..
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It's shocking that there are still climate change deniers in our society. Donald Trump, one of the leading presidential candidates, has actually claimed […]
I had never heard of Ai WeiWei before this post but I find that any artist that sacrifices their own personal security and wellbeing in […]
All of these figures are extremely eloquent and brave for their feminist efforts. The #HeforShe campaign attracted my attention right away because I feel as […]
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Ai WeiWei is just the coolest person. He takes risks and uses objects for a purpose to tell a story. I thought bringing a […]