Author: Sara García Santamaría, Assistant Professor in Journalism Studies, Universitat de València

Imagine coming across a TikTok post calling you to protest for better public schools. You scan a QR code to get more information, and find yourself in a private chat where the instructions are not about education or political organising, but about looting. This was the picture that emerged in Barcelona on October 24. Around […]

The recent wave of protests in Europe have left us with two striking, viral spectacles of violence and joy. As Limoges’ historic town hall went up in flames, the Orchestre du Nouveau Monde was playing classical music in Paris’ central Place de la République (until the musicians were teargassed by police, that is). Fire at […]