In-depth reporting on the world of social media
World Service,·467 episodes
Iranians are adapting in order to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge
06 Sep 2014,·17 mins
A maid filmed taking food sparks #LadyChiles backlash in Mexico
30 Aug 2014,·17 mins
The online response to the beheading of James Foley
23 Aug 2014,·17 mins
#Indyref: the online voice of the Scottish Referendum
16 Aug 2014,·17 mins
Twitter turnaround in the Turkish elections?
09 Aug 2014,·17 mins
08 Aug 2014,·49 mins
Why are Vietnamese human rights activists having their Facebook accounts suspended?
02 Aug 2014,·17 mins
Why are some women turning against feminism?
26 Jul 2014,·17 mins
How global sympathies in the Israel-Palestine conflict are expressed on Twitter
19 Jul 2014,·17 mins
How a student started a trend calling for better disabled access to public transport
12 Jul 2014,·17 mins
How a global hashtag brings fasting Muslims together
05 Jul 2014,·17 mins
Fans with #blackface trigger racism debate at the World Cup
28 Jun 2014,·17 mins
How Iraqi insurgents use social media to amplify their message and gain global support
21 Jun 2014,·17 mins
Why 'Kenya's Kim Kardashian' prompted a worldwide debate on skin bleaching
14 Jun 2014,·17 mins
Egyptian proposals to monitor social media cause a backlash online.
07 Jun 2014,·17 mins
After mass murder in California, a look at the misogyny of ‘pick-up artist’ haters
31 May 2014,·17 mins
Meet the 19-yr-old who inadvertently grabbed the "Prime Minister of India" Twitter handle
24 May 2014,·17 mins
How one politician's refusal to sing La Marseillaise went viral on social media.
17 May 2014,·17 mins
How the divisive video Look Up soared to over 30 million hits in two weeks
10 May 2014,·17 mins
Reclaiming the banana, shoplifting on social media, and Kenya’s twar with South Africa
03 May 2014,·17 mins
How a wee on a Hong Kong street made a splash on Weibo
26 Apr 2014,·17 mins
When FouseyTube hit two million, it’s creator celebrated by jumping out of a plane
19 Apr 2014,·17 mins
How is social media impacting on India’s biggest ever election?
12 Apr 2014,·17 mins
11 Apr 2014,·49 mins
The controversial #SaveKessab trend. And, why is the internet obsessed with goats?
05 Apr 2014,·17 mins
Saudi Arabia’s nose bumping answer to the globally trending video ‘First Kiss’
29 Mar 2014,·17 mins
'If you copy and paste, you’ll be found out with haste' - a truism for the digital era?
22 Mar 2014,·17 mins
But will segregation do anything to curb sexual violence in Delhi?
15 Mar 2014,·17 mins
The social media standoff between Russia and Ukraine, and an anonymous messaging app
08 Mar 2014,·17 mins
“Flesh eating” prophecy causes false panic on social media in the Philippines
01 Mar 2014,·17 mins
