The masked demos: Associational anonymity and democratic practice

RT @seejenspeak: Yik Yak is back & ppl are sharing their hot takes on that fact. so i guess now is as good a time as any to remind people t…

RT @seejenspeak: Yik Yak is back & ppl are sharing their hot takes on that fact. so i guess now is as good a time as any to remind people t…

Yik Yak is back & ppl are sharing their hot takes on that fact. so i guess now is as good a time as any to remind people that Menaka and i have thought deeply about @YikYakApp, accountability, and the value of anonymous platforms in a democratic societ

RT @seejenspeak: it's the @YikYakApp / federalist papers mash-up you didn't know you needed! https://t.co/q1Hgbk9mso

it's the @YikYakApp / federalist papers mash-up you didn't know you needed!

PhD alums Jennifer Forestal (@seejenspeak) and Menaka Philips explore how anonymity on digital platforms has an associational function, which can foster collective action and conversation. https://t.co/XCNwBnAFqW https://t.co/Nnnyf70tdA

RT @seejenspeak: come for the the critique of decades of research on the federalist papers, stay for the discussion of anonymity + democrac…

come for the the critique of decades of research on the federalist papers, stay for the discussion of anonymity + democracy (+ @YikYakApp!)

📢 New article by @seejenspeak and Menaka Philips! "The masked demos: Associational anonymity and democratic practice" https://t.co/poLF566dqE https://t.co/tc70AT43yF

RT @PoliSciatNU: 🚨NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🚨 @PoliSciatNU PhDs Jennifer Forestal (@seejenspeak | @LoyolaChicago) & Menaka Philips, "The masked de…

🚨NEW ARTICLE ALERT 🚨 @PoliSciatNU PhDs Jennifer Forestal (@seejenspeak | @LoyolaChicago) & Menaka Philips, "The masked demos: Associational anonymity and democratic practice" A timely study of collective identity and digital democracy, out now in CPT

it's been 4 years since we hatched this project over wine & whatsapp--which is basically our third co-author/stenographer--& it's the first in a series of papers exploring the relationship between anonymity and democracy. look out for more in the f

menaka & i's new CPT paper is out! in it, we compare the federalist papers to yik yak to argue anonymity can be useful for democratic practices of association, helping to 1) clarify collective interests & 2) negotiate between communities & wide