If you’re like me, you’ve been watching the events in the US with a fair amount of anxiety. I want to know how this could happen – and who could let it happen, or even worse, encourage it. What is the role of social media and mobile technology in this? And what responsibility do extremists…
Posts Categorized: Citizenship
Research Agenda for 2021: Part One (Civics and Citizenship)
So for 2021, now that I am starting to find myself more comfortable at UTS, I think that it’s time to really start applying myself with some dedication to my research agenda. This is going to be complicated by the increased amount of teaching that I am required to do, but I think that I…
Franken-citizens, Washington and Domestic Terrorism
As with many other people, I’ve been watching the events unfolding in Washington with a mixture of anxiety and concern. While the situation remains confused, I thought it would be worthwhile noting some initial thoughts and observations about what took place, and also making some suggestions as to what that means for civic educators like…
The Public Sphere, Twitter, and Trump
One of the most interesting moments (and there have been a great many) over the last couple of weeks to arise out of the mess in the US has been the action by Twitter, and then other social media companies, to ban actors like the President from their sites. Predictably, such actions aroused the ire…
Some thoughts on The New Despotism by John Keane
This will be a series of blog posts that I am writing to assist me in the work of developing my understanding of civics and citizenship education. Basically, I want to engage in a critical analysis, as it pertains to my interest in civics and citizenship education, of some of the key scholars in a…
Social media, social movements and scraping (part two)
I’ve been doing some more work on social media scraping and data analysis. In particular, I’ve been thinking about what kind of measures we can put into place in order to examine the kind of learning that is taking place across the social media platforms. This also needs to be assessed based on the kind…
Social media, social movements and scraping (part one)
This is another post that will likely be part of a series. I’m really enjoying using my blog for this part of the research process, as a tool to unpack my thoughts and consider the direction of my research. So, as I’ve mentioned elsewhere (I think), I’m interested in exploring social media as site of…
Some reflections on Banal Nationalism by Michael Billig (1995)
Billig, M. (1995). Banal Nationalism. Springer. Introduction societies that maintain armies – belief that some things are more valuable than life itself. What is valued – changes in times. Sometimes, these causes, after time has passed, seem trivial. This reflects a shifting balance of priorities. Great causes today – different. So is the scale of…
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