News Thursday, August 1, 2019ALiGN Publications & Media CoverageWe're still enjoying our summer break. However, it doesn't mean nothing's going on at ALiGN :-) We're busy working on various things, our own research and, of course, the next special issue! In the meantime, in the last couple months, several publications from ALiGN folks are published. These include: Dobson, K. (2019). Connecting, Bypassing, and... MoreSaturday, June 1, 2019Mobilizing Emotion, Not Knowledge May 2019 IN THE SPOTLIGHT MERLYNA LIM Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society Mobilizing Emotion, Not Knowledge As Canada prepares for a federal election, Canada Research Chair Professor Merlyna Lim is analyzing how social media users—human and otherwise—are mobilizing emotions rather... MoreThursday, May 2, 2019[Workshop] Public Sector WritingOn 11 April 2019 the ALiGN Media Lab held a "Public Sector Writing" at the School of Journalism and Communication Studies, Carleton University. Organized by Ghadah Alrasheed (Postdoctoral Fellow, ALIGN Media Lab, Carleton University) and Aden Dur-e-Aden (PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto), the workshop was led... MoreThursday, May 2, 2019[Workshop] Pathways to Digital LiteracyOn 3 April 2019, the ALiGN Media Lab held a "Pathways to Digital Literacy"workshop for the middle grade students (7th and 8th) at Abraar Secondary School. Organized by Ghadah Alrasheed (ALiGN postdoctoral fellow), in four 60-minute sessions, participants learned about media literacy and media production. Two media literacy sessions, facilitated... MoreTuesday, March 26, 2019Lim’s “10 DON’Ts in Writing”Merlyna Lim has developed a list of 10 things to be avoided in good writing. Now, we are sharing it with you for your own use in writing or teaching. She said: Don't be Cardi B of writing!", "This thesis is too Kardashian!", "Spidey moment!" Those are among feedback I give students to improve... MoreFriday, March 1, 2019“Braids” and RaidsBy Ghadah Alrasheed A gendered perspective is generally ignored in understanding causes of war. It is equally disregarded in understanding its dynamics and impact. Attempts to figure out war through a gender perspective have largely been inhabited by, among other factors, the myth that war is a gender-neutral phenomenon, affecting all types of... MoreFriday, March 1, 2019Can media framing be a good thing? How the ways we talk about climate change impact public perceptionsBy Scott Mitchell When we talk about ‘media framing’ it’s usually in a negative light. We’re drawing attention to how the news might cover something in a way that takes information out of context, sensationalizes it, or connects it to some kind of larger narrative.1 But could there be an upside to framing? Is it always necessarily... MoreFriday, February 15, 2019Is it me? Or is it You(Tube)?At the end of 2018, popular Canadian YouTube vlogger, Lilly Singh, otherwise known as her YouTube personality, Superwoman, posted a short video to her 14 million subscribers sharing her reasons for leaving the platform that grew her success as a comedian and artist. In her video, she cites a few other YouTubers who have... MoreWednesday, January 16, 2019[Cartoon] Toxic MasculinityIn conversation with Gillette's "We Believe: The Best Men Can... MoreWednesday, January 2, 2019From the Director’s desk: Have a Wonderful 2019!Dear friends and colleagues of ALiGN, On behalf of the Alternative Global Network (ALiGN) Media Lab at Carleton University, I would like to wish you an exciting year of 2019 with hopes for a wonderful new beginning and a memorable past. As we begin the new year, let me recite my not-so-little wishes for all of us. May you find... MoreSunday, December 16, 2018Lim on Big Data from the SouthOn 4 December 2018, Merlyna Lim spoke at the public plenary on "Big Data from the South: -- with Nick Couldry (London School of Economics), Ulises Mejias (SUNY Oswego), and Payal Aurora (Erasmus University Rotterdam). The event was held in advance of the workshop “Big Data from the South: Towards a Research Agenda” which took place at... MoreSaturday, December 1, 2018ALiGN participated in the AgroEcology Field School 2018Last August, ALiGN participated in the AgroEcology Field School and Research Summit 2018, hosted by FLEdGE, Lakehead University, USC Canada, and Just Food. The event took place from August 16th to 18th, with two days of field-visits and a full-day workshop on the future of agroecology in Canada. In the workshop, farmers, researchers, community... MoreFriday, November 30, 2018Punching and Kicking: Leaving Canada’s Toughest NeighbourhoodOn November 30th, 2018, ALiGN Media Lab--in a collaboration with the Faculty of Public Affairs, School of Journalism and Communication, and Véhicule Press--proudly co-hosted a launch for ALiGN researcher Kathy Dobson’s latest book Punching and Kicking: Leaving Canada’s Toughest Neighbourhood. The book shares Dobson’s experience of growing... MoreThursday, November 22, 2018[Publication] Disciplining Dissent: Freedom, Control, and Digital Activism in Southeast AsiaProfessor Merlyna Lim has just published a piece titled "Disciplining Dissent: Freedom, Control, and Digital Activism in Southeast Asia" [PDF]. Urbanized parts of Southeast Asia have been places with the most vibrant digital activism for the past two decades. And, yet, the region has been marginalized from "global accounts” of the role of... MoreMonday, November 5, 2018Rajani at Mediating Change conferenceALiGN researcher Nasreen Rajani presented a paper titled “Silencing violence 2.0: Examining online activism by marginalized groups in ending violence against women in Canada” at the Mediating Change Conference, held on 1-2 November 2018 at University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, USA. The conference was an interdisciplinary media and... MoreThursday, November 1, 2018[Publication] Dis/Connection: The Co-Evolution of Sociocultural and Material Infrastructures of the InternetMerlyna Lim just gets another publication out. Titled "Dis/Connection: The Co-Evolution of Sociocultural and Material Infrastructures of the Internet in Indonesia", her latest article is part of the special issue #105 of Indonesia (published by Cornell University's Southeast Asia Program) on "Infrastructures". About this article: From warnet to... MoreThursday, September 13, 201840th Anniversary: Making Communication MatterThe Communication and Media Studies Program is celebrating this month its 40th anniversary to mark a major milestone in the history of Carleton University’s School of Journalism and Communication. What began as a small program with few students within the School of Journalism and Mass Communication has grown into a top-ranking program known... MoreWednesday, September 12, 2018Warning! You’re entering a sick zoneScott Mitchell, ALiGN researcher and PhD candidate of Carleton's Communication and Media Studies program, just published an article titled “Warning! You’re entering a sick zone”: The construction of risk and privacy implications of disease tracking apps" in Online Information Review. Congratulations Scott! Below is the abstract. Purpose... MoreSaturday, September 1, 2018Challenging Technological UtopianismA special issue on "Challenging Technological Utopianism" in the Canadian Journal of Communication, Volume 43 No. 3, is just published. This issue is edited by ALiGN Media Lab Director Merlyna Lim, and with contributions from: Bivens & Hogue; Dobson & Knezevic; Mitchell & Lim; Knezevic, Pasho, & Dobson. All of these contributors... MoreSunday, August 26, 2018Lim delivers a keynote at he 11th biennial conference of the International Society for Media, Religion, and CultureMerlyna Lim delivered a keynote speech titled "Rhythms and Algorithms: Collective Actions in the Social Media Age" at the 11th biennial conference of the International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture (ISMRC), held in Boulder, Colorado, in August 8-11, 2018. The conference was hosted by the Center for Media, Religion and Culture and... MoreWednesday, August 1, 2018A Balanced Debate... MoreWednesday, July 25, 2018Lim delivers keynote/plenary talks in Southeast AsiaProfessor Merlyna Lim spent much of her month of May 2018 in Southeast Asia, delivering keynote/plenary/public lectures, attending research meetings, and conducting field research. Lim began the Southeast Asian tour in an island of Lombok in Indonesia, where she delivered a keynote speech titled “Sociological Research in a Fast Changing... MoreWednesday, July 25, 2018Roots, Routes, and RoutersThe summer 2018 issue of the Journalism & Communication Monographs series is dedicated to Merlyna Lim’s work on media and social movements. In a monograph titled Roots, Routes, and Routers: Communications and Media of Contemporary Social Movements, Lim offers an interdisciplinary analysis of the complexity of communications and media as they... MoreTuesday, May 1, 2018Lim delivers plenary talks at Purdue and UMichMerlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society, delivered a keynote talk at the Politicians and Social Media in the Global South seminar held on 14 April 2018 in Ann Arbor, MI. Organized by the ICTD (Information and Communication Technologies and Human Development) group at the University of Michigan’s School of... MoreWednesday, April 25, 2018Lim’s interview with De Standaard: “The underlying problem is not fake news, but fake democracy”In their April 7th edition, De Standaard, a Flemish daily newspaper in Belgium, publishes an article titled In Azië heet perscensuur ‘strijd tegen fake news’ (meaning In Asia, press censorship is disguised as 'the battle against fake news) which includes a special interview with ALiGN director Merlyna Lim. The article itself is in Dutch (a... MoreSunday, April 1, 2018Stick and Stones, Click and PhonesALiGN Media Lab Director and Founder, Merlyna Lim, just publishes "Sticks and Stones, Clicks and Phones: Contextualizing the Role of Digital Media in the Politics of Transformation" [PDF]. This piece is a chapter of edited volume titled Digital Media and the Politics of Transformation in the Arab World and Asia (Springer, 2018) edited... MoreThursday, March 29, 2018Data Mining & Infographics for Advocacy workshopOn Saturday, 24 March 2018, ALiGN Media Lab hosted its first community workshop at Bronson Centre, Ottawa with Dr. Anna Feigenbaum as the presenter/facilitator. In this "Data Mining & Infographics for Advocacy" workshop, participants learned about basic techniques and tools to utilize and visualize data for social justice. The workshop... MoreFriday, December 1, 2017Lim is awarded SSHRC Insight GrantMerlyna Lim is just awarded Insight Grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council for her research project“Cyber-urban Space, Social Media, and Contemporary Social Movements in Southeast Asia”. Please find below an excerpt on this news from the Carleton University's Faculty of Public Affairs announcement: From the call for... MoreTuesday, November 28, 2017Meet Prof. Merlyna Lim: Carleton Professor and ArtistIn November 2017, Lucy Juneau from Carleton Newsroom interviewed Professor Merlyna Lim, ALiGN Director/Founder who is, apparently, also an artist. Below is the interview, which was published in the Carleton Intranet... MoreTuesday, October 31, 2017Merlyna Lim’s Interview with the Jackson’s ArtIn July 2017, Merlyna Lim, won the International Urban Sketching Competition held by the Jackson's Art. As a winner, Merlyna was interviewed by Lisa Takahashi from the Jackson’s Art in October 2017. Here, she was interviewed not as a scholar, researcher, or professor, but as an artist. Below is an opening paragraph from the interview.... MoreTuesday, October 10, 2017The Poverty Report: “It’s not something I really wanted to tell people”What happens if you suddenly become disabled and unable to work and earn a living? That’s what recently happened to 19-year-old ‘Jess’ after he was seriously injured in a cycling accident. With a concussion and broken collar bone, Jess, who was formerly healthy and fit, was suddenly forced to do something he never expected... MoreMonday, September 25, 2017Metronews: New media lab realigns activism at CarletonOur newly launched lab has gotten a media coverage. In today's MetroNews... MoreSaturday, September 23, 2017ALiGN Media Lab Official LaunchThe ALiGN Media Lab was officially launched on September 18th, 2017 at the Richcraft Hall, Carleton University in Ottawa. We had a great turn out at the launch with around 50 people attended the event. Thanks for showing up and celebrating our historical moment, ALiGN friends! We were grateful for your support! Let's align... MoreSunday, September 17, 2017Beyond fake news: social media and market-driven political campaigns The Conversation just published a short essay entitled "Beyond fake news: social media and market-driven political campaigns" written by Merlyna Lim. This essay is a summary of a much longer and comprehensive article, titled "Freedom to Hate: social media, algorithmic enclaves, and the rise of tribal nationalism in Indonesia," published... MoreSunday, September 10, 2017Podcast: Social media, politics and the ‘freedom to hate’ALiGN Media Lab founder and director Merlyna Lim was interviewed by Dr. Jemma Purdey from Talking Indonesia in a podcast on social media, politics and the ‘freedom to hate’. Please click the link below to listen. Excerpt from Talking Indonesia website: The Jakarta gubernatorial election, held earlier this year, was perhaps the most divisive... 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