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Sunday, October 13, 2019
By Scott Mitchell Can polls accurately predict future outcomes of elections? Or are they meaningless numbers often disconnected from reality? The latter sentiment is often tied to conversations around the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The story goes that polls were showing Hillary Clinton as a near-certain victor, and so Donald Trump winning... More
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
By Ghadah Alrasheed Credit: AFP In the first federal leaders’ debate, three party leaders talked through some of the issues that matter most to Canadians including the economy, health care, and environment. But when the debate shifted to the UNRWA, it seemed strange that an organization unlikely familiar to many Canadians took centre. In... More
Sunday, September 17, 2017
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... More
Friday, June 30, 2017
Merlyna Lim just published a new article titled “Freedom to Hate: Social media, Algorithmic Enclaves, and the Rise of Tribal Nationalism in Indonesia” (Critical Asian Studies journal) Abstract: Empirically grounded in the 2017 Jakarta Gubernatorial Election (Pilkada DKI) case, this article discusses the relationship of social media and... More
Friday, January 20, 2017
Merlyna Lim published "Sweeping the Unclean: Social Media and the Bersih Electoral Reform Movement in Malaysia" in Global Media Journal, 2016: 14:27. This article is based on her multi-year research following the making and development of the Bersih electoral reform movement in Malaysia, especially in Kuala Lumpur. The research is part of her... More
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