Social Media Versus the Government
In Mexico City we hear from some influential people on Mexican social media
28 Mar 2015,49 mins
BBC Trending in Mexico: 6 months after the Ayotzinapa 43
An audience in Mexico City debates whether recent protests add up to a ‘Mexican Spring’
28 Mar 2015,17 mins
Space invasive comedy and Iraq’s ‘Angel of Death’
Who is the man Iraqi’s are calling the Angel of Death, Abu Azrael?
21 Mar 2015,17 mins
Saudi Arabia’s Whistleblower
Who has apparently beeh leaking secrets about the Saudi royal family?
14 Mar 2015,17 mins
Parodies of Islamic State
Is it ok to laugh at Islamic State?
07 Mar 2015,17 mins
“From today I want to live and be known as a boy”: the trending videos of transgender children
Stories of transgender children; Ukrainian and Russians students reach out on Youtube
28 Feb 2015,17 mins
Sexuality and sexual harassment in China and Turkey
Sexual harassment and sexuality, debates on social media in China and Turkey this week.
21 Feb 2015,17 mins
The Chapel Hill shootings hashtag; and moral policing Valentine’s Day in India.
Why was #ChapelHillShooting so quick to label the murder a hate crime?
14 Feb 2015,17 mins
Disability as Inspiration: Positive or Patronising?
Does the use of disability as inspiration over simplify and patronise?
07 Feb 2015,17 mins
Mystery donor’s largesse to French gamers
The mystery donor ‘rewarding’ French gamers, and named and shamed by Ecuador’s President
31 Jan 2015,17 mins
#Freespeechstories: Arrested for a Tweet
Kenyan blogger arrested for causing public anxiety, and wedding crashers' stories
24 Jan 2015,17 mins
Exposing racists and getting them fired, the vigilantes policing the internet
From policing to trolling. Can online vigilantes go too far?
17 Jan 2015,17 mins
Facing the Taliban: Videos call out religious extremism in Pakistan
Showing ‘face’ from China to Pakistan in the video challenges trending this week
10 Jan 2015,17 mins
Social Media: Not What, but Where you Say it
A look into where discussions are taking place on social networks
03 Jan 2015,17 mins
There are 23 Amazing Reasons This Radio Programme Will Change Your Life
The wave of digital upstarts that are transforming journalism
27 Dec 2014,17 mins
Recycled Shoe Photo and Russian Zen
An image shared in Pakistan, and coping with economic woes.
20 Dec 2014,17 mins
Irish Water Protests and Egyptian Spiderman
Spiderman in Cairo, Irish water protests, and the natural hair video
13 Dec 2014,17 mins
Yamecanse in Mexico and Serial Podcast Detectives
Outcry over 43 missing students, and unpicking a murder case
06 Dec 2014,17 mins
YouTube Star LeFloid and a Filipina Rescue
German celebrity vlogger, and a Filipina maid in Saudi Arabia
29 Nov 2014,17 mins
Ebola songs and Ragging in India
Africa’s own song to highlight Ebola and a fight for Justice in India
22 Nov 2014,17 mins
Silenced Online in Libya and the Russian 'Rotten West' Meme
The Libyan activists targeted online and killed. And the 'Rotten West' meme in Russia.
15 Nov 2014,17 mins
Killing spree in Brazil, and ‘we are not Madrasi’
How to impose a curfew before committing murder; and the north-south divide in India
08 Nov 2014,17 mins
Clowns Strike Fear in France
How online prank videos sparked a clown craze; Myths of a female Kurdish fighter
01 Nov 2014,17 mins
Using the F-word to Promote Feminism
How young girls swearing have sent a new feminist campaign viral
25 Oct 2014,17 mins
Nigerians discuss: bird, witch or victim?
How Nigerians “saw” a bird fly into an electrical wire and turn into a woman.
18 Oct 2014,17 mins
Off grid conversations on Ebola in Sierra Leone
How Sierra Leoneans are discussing Ebola on private chat apps.
11 Oct 2014,17 mins
#PantsDown in Kenya, and the ‘Evil Tongue’ Online
Pastors caught with their pants down trend in Kenya
04 Oct 2014,17 mins
The Fat Debate
The rise and controversy of the ‘Fat Acceptance Movement’ online
27 Sep 2014,17 mins
Passengers Rise up Against Pakistan’s ‘VIP Culture’
How social media turned on VIPs in Pakistan after politicians arrived late for a flight
20 Sep 2014,17 mins
Spider Dog
The story behind YouTube sensation Spider Dog
13 Sep 2014,17 mins

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