Megan M. Boler
Megan Boler is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Theory & Policy Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and editor of a number of books including
Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times (2008). She is also a poet, writer of fiction, memoir and finishing a children's story. Her research focuses on people's creativity within digital media and is centrally focused on progressive politics, social movements, and social justice issues through the lens of digital political media, uses of Web 2.0 and people's motivations for engaging in web-based political activism and citizenship. She is a passionate speaker who uses a variety of multimedia in her presentations, including powerpoint, video clips and audio.
Reframing the Story: Media Tactics and Interventions, Digital Dissent and Satire
In an age of proliferating media and news sources, who has the power to define reality? Today, the "social web" - epitomized by blogs, viral videos, and YouTube - creates new pathways for truth to emerge and makes possible new tactics for media activism. What is the appeal of
The Daily Show and
The Colbert Report and "fake news"? How is digital media changing social activist practices?
Appearing at these conference event(s):
Parkland Conferences participated in:
Parkland Fall Conference 2008
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