CATEGORY: Americas

Brazil’s Mídia Ninja covers demonstrations from the inside

Brazil’s Mídia Ninja covers demonstrations from the inside

Holding to their motto of “independent narratives, journalism and action”, a group of young journalists called Mídia Ninja used the recent demonstrations in Brazil’s major cities as a stage for their guerilla approach to journalism, using smartphones and social media platforms to reach their audience. Rafael Spuldar writes

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Mass surveillance or just Big Data?

Mass surveillance or just Big Data?

States, and companies, collecting huge amounts of data on people and populations around the world. Is this a mass surveillance nightmare – the digital Stasi roaming free – or just big data and we should get over it? Kirsty Hughes writes

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