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How the Uzbek Government Targets Exiles Abroad

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article for Al Jazeera English about how the government of Uzbekistan punishes exiles abroad by persecuting their relatives at home. Two weeks ago, Hasan Choriyev, the father of Uzbek activist Bahodir Choriyev, was unlawfully detained: It … Continue reading →

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What does celebrity activism accomplish?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Those concerned I’m not doing anything with my PhD will be pleased to know my works comprise a third of Al Jazeera’s Justin Bieber and Kim Kardashian coverage. My latest, Does Celebrity Activism Matter?, takes on campaigns to raise “awareness” … Continue reading →

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Pussy Riot Are Manic Pixie Dream Dissidents

Posted on August 18, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

In case you don’t have enough Pussy Riot coverage in your life (or coverage of Pussy Riot coverage), I have added to the over-saturation with my latest for Registan: In 2005, film critic Nathan Rabin coined the phrase Manic Pixie Dream … Continue reading →

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Interview on digital activism

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

The Washington University student newspaper did an interview with me about digital activism in light of the Kony 2012 affair. Here are a few excerpts from the article, “Exploring the effects of ‘Slacktivism’”: While Kony 2012 has been deemed one … Continue reading →

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Celebrity activism and Kony2012

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

The website Opinio Juris asked me to write an article about Kony2012 as part of their expert symposium on social activism and international law. So of course I wrote about Justin Bieber: Kony2012 rose and fell on the power of … Continue reading →

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On Slacktivism

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

I have a new article for Al Jazeera English on perceptions of “slacktivism” in the Kony2012 and Trayvon Martin campaigns: Slacktivists are the hipsters of the digital world: everybody recognises them but no one claims to be one. The term … Continue reading →

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Networked Authoritarianism and Social Media in Azerbaijan

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Katy Pearce and I have a new article out in the Journal of Communication called “Networked Authoritarianism and Social Media in Azerbaijan”. We wrote about the reaction to the 2009 “donkey blogger” incident, in which activists Adnan Hajizada and Emin … Continue reading →

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Click-through credibility: Kony2012 and Webvybory2012

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

Like everyone who researches the internet and politics, I’ve been fascinated by the controversy generated by Kony2012. For Al Jazeera, I look at issues of transparency and credibility in online video propaganda, drawing a parallel between Kony2012 and the Russian … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Online Activism

Posted on March 5, 2012 by Sarah Kendzior

In an article for Al Jazeera, I wrote about the closure of a long-running and popular Uzbek web forum, Arbuz, which proved an unlikely breeding ground for political expression: Many have said that we live in an era of journalism … Continue reading →

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