Essay: Kris Kringles and yuletide jingles – unboxing the wonders of Christmas lingo
In an article first published on The Conversation, Australian language experts KATE BURRIDGE and HOWARD MANNS look at some of the odder Christmas-related words and phrases…
Women bear brunt of online abuse as world goes digital in pandemic
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Women bear the brunt of digital abuse – threatened with rape and exploited for porn – as the coronavirus pandemic drives ever more people online, media experts said on Wednesday. Through salacious claims and viral memes, Brazilian journalist Patricia Campos Mello said she has repeatedly faced attack online for reporting on […]
Revealing
It’s obvious in our current social media world that we have a problem with trolls. But if trolls knew a little bit more, perhaps they wouldn’t be trolls. PICTURE: Camilio Jimenez/Unsplash For a start, many employers these days check out your social media feeds before employing people. Are you employable? ‘That’s OK, I do my trolling […]
Women leaders driven offline and out of work by social media abuse
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Pervasive abuse of women on social media is driving female leaders off the internet and, in some cases, out of a job, a conference heard on Thursday. Two years after the global #MeToo movement began with women finding strength in numbers by sharing stories of sexual harassment, virulent online abuse of […]