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Archive: protests

Maria Garrido’s work featured in new book on cyberactivism

Update Melody Clark on April 24, 2014

TASCHA Research Assistant Professor Maria Garrido has a chapter in a new book, Cyberactivism on the Participatory Web, edited by Martha McCaughey. Maria co-authored the chapter, "Twitter as the People’s Microphone: Emergence of Authorities during Protest Tweeting," with Alexander Halavais of …

TASCHA faculty to present on influential Tweeting & social movements at Change

Update Melody Clark on January 17, 2013

What makes a Tweet influential, particularly during a social movement? Do influential Tweets share common messaging with other Twitter users and social media outlets? TASCHA Research Faculty member Maria Garrido, along with Alexander Halavais of Arizona State University, will present on the …