• Kristof Titeca

A new film about Kony 2012 is a lesson in how not to fight simplification with more simplification.

• Elliot Ross
• Sean Henry Jacobs

Nine conclusions we can draw from the hype machine that was the viral advocacy campaign, Kony 2012. One of them was that ordinary Ugandans saw right through it.

• Karen Attiah

Western media tends to render female children invisible not just by a lack of coverage but also in the language we talk about them.

• Elliot Ross

There is nothing heroic about running a cushy, big-spending non-profit like Invisible Children that works hand-in-glove with the CIA and the US military.

• Elliot Ross

The video, "African Men. Hollywood Stereotypes," made by an American NGO, is part of the "Brand Africa" discourse that's all the rage now.

• Jonathan Duncan

A review of UK media coverage of the viral politics of the misguided #Kony2012 social media campaign.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

A number of comedy videos lampooning Kony 2012 are making the rounds on social media. Some are funny, some are asinine.

• Sean Henry Jacobs

It has come to this. Musicians, especially rappers, had to wade in on the American social media campaign to "Make Kony Famous."

• Elliot Ross

The power to choose on social media who is to be the next target of America’s moral manhunt, all with the benediction of a panel of biddable celebrities.