This is a opinion piece about how internet culture and society interacts. It questions who we, as a society, looks...
I’m pleased to announce a new publication, alongside Rosalynd Southern, titled: ‘By any memes necessary? Small political acts, incidental exposure...
2017 was really terrible, wasn’t it? We all thought that 2016 was bad, then boom, here comes 2017 with a...
I have a terrible secret – one which would send shivers down the spines of any book lover. I write...
This post was originally written for and published on the Meme Studies Research Network website, Jan 22, 2021. Once again,...
The social media platform Reddit recently hit the news in taking down over 2,000 communities after a review of its...
What ethical responsibilities do social media researchers have to report harmful or illegal content?
This post was originally written for and published on the LSE Impact Blog, March 18, 2021. Click here to read...
Love them or loath them, I think anybody who has been on the internet for longer than 5-minutes can sympathise...
This is a supplementary blog for the launch of Cactool, which you can find here at https://cactool.github.io . It goes...
I was interviewed by BBC Radio Kent’s Anna Cookson about some the the latest political memes about Boris Johnson, and...