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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Malinauskas: Social media activism is unproductive without a specific ‘call to action’

Malinauskas: Social media activism is unproductive without a specific ‘call to action’

May 24, 2016

Glamorous photos, cute pets, “dank memes” and updates from friends — those four categories compose about 80 percent of the content I see on Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter and Instagram. Occasionally,...

Vakil: A ‘politically correct’ attitude can foster social intolerance

Vakil: A ‘politically correct’ attitude can foster social intolerance

May 22, 2016

Throughout the course of this school year, there’s been a number of events and issues that have created controversy both within the Northwestern community and on the national scale of college campuses....

Schwalb: Women’s empowerment is not dead

Schwalb: Women’s empowerment is not dead

April 24, 2016

“RIP Feminism,” Piers Morgan tweeted last month after Kim Kardashian posted a nude mirror selfie with her chest strategically blacked out. Morgan had plenty of company in declaring Kardashian’s tactics...

Ho and Rastogi: A closer look at viral internet “activism”

November 17, 2015

Over the past week, hashtags #ConcernedStudent1950 and #InSolidarityWithMizzou have become viral on a variety of social media platforms, tacked on to the end of some variation of the following statement:...

NU-Q researchers look at Middle East social media landscape

October 11, 2015

A survey this year from Northwestern’s Qatar campus found that Middle Eastern countries are seeing more optimism and less online criticism. The researchers looked at media use in Egypt, Lebanon,...

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