NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

What can the mass 'check-in' at Standing Rock tell us about online advocacy?

  • Written by Leshu Torchin, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of St Andrews

On Oct. 31, more than a million Facebook users “checked in” at Standing Rock Reservation, on the border between North and South Dakota. Since last March, the Standing Rock Sioux and other tribal communities and activists have been blocking the construction of a crude oil pipeline, which threatens sacred sites and the tribe’s...

Read more: What can the mass 'check-in' at Standing Rock tell us about online advocacy?

More Articles ...

  1. Understanding the genes that make our circadian clocks tick
  2. How Trump's 'Mormon problem' could mean he loses Utah to Evan McMullin
  3. Masculine culture responsible for keeping women out of computer science, engineering
  4. What HBO's Westworld gets wrong (and right) about human nature
  5. Partisan attacks on Clinton Foundation obscure real issues with how it's run
  6. Could Colorado's proposed health care plan be a model for the rest of us?
  7. History points to more dangerous Malheur-style standoffs
  8. Why voters don't seem to forgive Clinton, while Trump gets a free pass
  9. Should oil companies like Exxon be forced to disclose climate change risks?
  10. When 'energy' drinks actually contained radioactive energy
  11. Global climate talks move to Marrakesh: Here's what they need to achieve
  12. Dylann Roof, Michael Slager on trial: Five essential reads on Charleston
  13. Here's why daylight saving time isn't worth the trouble it causes
  14. Maine ballot initiative would let voters rank candidates
  15. Why understanding Native American religion is important for resolving the Dakota Access Pipeline crisis
  16. The Conversation is hiring an education editor
  17. The Conversation is hiring a non-profit and philanthropy editor
  18. Counting 11 million undocumented immigrants is easier than you think
  19. Science deconstructs humor: What makes some things funny?
  20. A 'rigged' vote? Four US presidential elections with contested results
  21. Urban nation: What's at stake for cities in the 2016 elections
  22. How hard is it to rig an election?
  23. Californians backing cigarette tax boost, even though Big Tobacco spending millions
  24. Restoring transparency and fairness to the FBI investigation of Clinton emails
  25. Why the Supreme Court matters for workers
  26. The myth of the disappearing book
  27. How US policy in Honduras set the stage for today's mass migration
  28. Why you shouldn't blame lying on the brain
  29. The ocean is losing its breath – and climate change is making it worse
  30. How to ensure smart cities benefit everyone
  31. Why the current plan to save the endangered vaquita porpoise won't work
  32. What do cheerleader uniforms and smartphones have in common?
  33. Why America urgently needs to improve K-12 civic education
  34. Drug prices: Where do we go after the Election?
  35. A fractured system: where do you go when you suddenly need health care?
  36. Are we streaming into political participation through a personalized, on-demand TV diet?
  37. Why do so many believe Hillary Clinton is inauthentic?
  38. Why aren't environmentalists supporting a carbon tax in Washington state?
  39. In getting 'new' Clinton emails, did the FBI violate the Constitution?
  40. Why we'll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters
  41. How to get the most candy on Halloween (without resorting to extortion)
  42. How women are harmed by calling sexual assault 'locker room talk'
  43. Is the Islamic State finished? Five possible scenarios
  44. Millions more voters legalizing marijuana won't clear up regulatory haze
  45. The World Series of the Apocalypse?
  46. Could razing Hitler’s first home backfire?
  47. How a new generation is changing evangelical Christianity
  48. Why Zika has infected so many people in Puerto Rico
  49. Julian Assange and WikiLeaks are harming diplomacy more than the Clinton campaign
  50. What is the secret to success?