Digital Identity and the Romanian Far-Right Politics: The case of George Simion’s 2025 Presidential Campaign

Ioana-Sophia Cîrlan* This blog post is a revision of a text written for the seminar “Digital Identities and Socialities” by Philipp Budka for the MA program “CREOLE – Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes” at the University of Vienna. The power of social media to shape electoral campaigns, amplify outsider candidates, and mobilise new publics has […]

Grasping the Connection Between Instagram and Digital Activism: A Discussion on Sexual Harassment

Lea Georgia Locker, Freyja Coreth and Marie Vodicka* This blog post was created for the seminar “The Materiality and Visuality of Social Media” by Philipp Budka for the MA program “CREOLE – Cultural Differences and Transnational Processes” at the University of Vienna. We can observe that gender-based violence against women is still present in many […]