6 Minutes To ReadCourtney T. Wittekind and Hilary Faxon underscore threats posed by a new market for land on Myanmar Facebook.
Tags: agriculture, Facebook, land, social media, Yangon
February 5, 2023
2 Minutes To ReadUpcoming event: Social Research and the Internet in Post-coup Myanmar (December 7, 8:30pm MMT/ 9am EST) “Cyberspace and Freedom of Expression in Post-coup Myanmar” Join Tea Circle and the SecDev Foundation on Tuesday, 7 December […]
Tags: event, internet, myanmar coup, research, social media
December 2, 2021
13 Minutes To ReadSix students from the University of Yangon analyze key themes in the military-controlled and state-owned media since the February 1st coup. On 1st February 2021, the Myanmar military staged a […]
Tags: ethnic armed organisations, media, military coup, Min Aung Hlaing, Myawaddy, social media
March 9, 2021
6 Minutes To ReadLynn Htwe looks at responses to Sitagu Sayadaw’s comments on Pagan’s recognition by UNESCO.
Tags: Bagan, buddhism, Facebook, MaBaTha, nationalism, social media, UNESCO
December 4, 2019
9 Minutes To ReadDaniel Wood reviews how Myanmar Media in Transition unravels legacies of authoritarianism, carving new spaces for dissent.
Tags: authoritarianism, Book Review, censorship, journalism, media, social media
November 4, 2019
5 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling reflects on Facebook in Myanmar.
Tags: ethnic languages, Facebook, hate speech, human rights, social media
January 24, 2019
8 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling presents an argument for how Facebook could potentially (and inadvertently) advance Burmanisation in Myanmar.
Tags: burmanisation, ethnic languages, Facebook, social media
January 23, 2019
6 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling assesses Facebook’s mitigation strategies before critically engaging with the Company’s intentions in Myanmar.
Tags: burmanisation, ethnic languages, Facebook, social media
January 22, 2019
8 Minutes To ReadThomas Dowling considers the impact of Facebook in Myanmar and its potency for Burmanisation.
Tags: burmanisation, censorship, Facebook, hate speech, social media
January 21, 2019
10 Minutes To ReadKo Htwe describes the cross-border use of social media among Shan and Thai communities.
Tags: borders, community, Facebook, shan, social media, technology, Thai-Burma border
January 17, 2019
5 Minutes To ReadMish Khan and Sam Taylor evaluate the utility of AI in detecting hate speech online.
Tags: Facebook, hate speech, social media
November 6, 2018
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.
Tags: buddhism, buddhist nationalism, media, nationalism, Rohingya, social media
June 13, 2018
10 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth probes the relationship between social media and conflict and its evolution over the past year.
Tags: civil society, conflict, Facebook, government, hate speech, Rakhine State, Rohingya, social media, Tatmadaw, Year in Review
May 10, 2018
3 Minutes To ReadKyaw Sint urges Facebook to be more proactive in engaging in Myanmar.
Tags: Facebook, hate speech, journalism, research, social media
April 12, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadAlex Aung Khant on navigating the media.
Tags: media, Rakhine State, social media, technology
September 29, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadFortify Rights responds to debate over graphic video footage disseminated in May.
Tags: ethnic conflict, media, Rohingya, social media
August 7, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadDavid Scott Mathieson explores the pernicious effects of fake news on complex conflicts.
Tags: ethnic conflict, Facebook, media, news, Rohingya, social media
July 24, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadHsu Myat Thazin discusses questions of consumerism, capitalism, and links to a new dependence on social media.
Tags: capitalism, social media, Yangon
November 11, 2016