Author: Jada Csonka

Jada is a former Staff Writer, Associate Editor, and Managing Editor for LPR. She graduated from UofL in May 2020 with her BA in Political Science, and will graduate in December 2021 with her MA in Digital Politics. Jada is interested in LGBTQ+ issues, public policy, and the impact of social media.
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From Our Phones to the Polls: How TikTok is Cultivating a New Era of Political Engagement

Before COVID-19, the end of summer would have signified packed back-to-school gatherings and campuses across the country bustling with their usual crowd. Now, students are tuned into their lectures behind their webcams, replacing classrooms and lecture halls with their own dorms and apartments. In exchange for face-to-face study groups, Hangout and Facetime have replaced visits to Starbucks and the library. With social distancing guidelines, the … Continue reading From Our Phones to the Polls: How TikTok is Cultivating a New Era of Political Engagement

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#JeSuisCharlie: The Legacy of the Twitter Movement, 5 Years Later

On the morning of January 7, 2015, the editorial meeting of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo was well underway in Paris when two masked gunmen armed with AK-47s forced their way into the publication’s offices and opened fire, leaving twelve dead. This would signify the beginning of a three-day siege of terrorist attacks on the French capital, one of the worst security crises in the nation’s … Continue reading #JeSuisCharlie: The Legacy of the Twitter Movement, 5 Years Later

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