Gossip & the Human Brain
The Visual Impact of Gossip explains that gossip has evolutionary underpinnings and was important in “helping you to predict who is friend and who is foe,” according to Lisa Feldman Barrett, Ph.D., who...
View ArticleLet’s Be #PositivelySocial on August 14
The World Wide Web just celebrated its 21st birthday a few days ago (August 7th, to be exact), and it’s changed our lives in immeasurable, positive ways. But as those of us who spend a lot of time...
View ArticleFormula 1 Blog Shows how Motor Sports Fans Can Come Together to Share Their...
Billing itself “the online Journal of F1 opinion,” Formula1blog brings together Formula 1 fans from around the globe to share their passion about the sport in an intelligent, mature and civil way....
View ArticleDell’s Tech Page One
CiviliNation founder Andrea Weckerle is featured in Dell’s Tech Page One article Spamming 101: How to deal with trolls, which discusses how to recognize and deal with online trolls.
View ArticleWAMU’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show
CiviliNation founder Andrea Weckerle and her book Civility In The Digital Age are mentioned on Washington D.C. WAMU’s The Kojo Nnamdi Show‘s Computer Guys and Gal as conflict management...
View ArticleTroll Avenue
In Civility in the Digital Age: How Companies and People Can Triumph over Haters, Trolls, Bullies and Other Jerks, trolls are described as “attention-seekers whose sole goal is to wreak havoc online...
View ArticleOnline Hatred Risks Silencing Others
It’s disheartening to realize that some people believe that online speech which isn’t legally actionable is automatically socially benign. In other words, if it’s not illegal, so their thinking goes,...
View ArticleKindr: An App that Aims to Promote Kindness
This guest post by CiviliNation advisor Sue Scheff features a Q&A with Kindr founder Matt Ivester. It’s a fascinating read, cross-posted from Sue’s personal blog, that talks about how Ivester’s...
View ArticleSnark Free Day 2013 – Lessons Learned & Hopes for the Future
This guest post by Jennifer L. Evans, Houston Affiliate of the PRConsultants Group and a member of the 2013 Snark Free Day Committee, talks about the spark behind PRCG’s Snark Free Day concept and what...
View ArticleNew Comment Tool Concept Aims to Encourage More Civility Online
This is a guest post by Raed El-Younsi, a social entrepreneur and peacemaking advocate based in Barcelona, Spain. Raed submitted the winning entry to CiviliNation’s Create.It campaign contest and won a...
View ArticleChoose Civility, Freeborn County, MN
CiviliNation founder Andrea Weckerle presented a half-day workshop at Choose Civility, the Power of Words – Freeborn County, MN, an initiative of the Albert Lea Public Library. Sessions included...
View ArticleA New Poll Finds that Harassment is Widespread Online… Here’s What You Can Do!
A shocking 25% of American adults have been bullied, harassed or threatened online, or know someone who has, according to a new poll of 1,007 Americans over the age of 18 conducted in May 2014. A joint...
View ArticleSchool Administrator
CiviliNation founder Andrea Weckerle’s article Why Districtwide Focus on Cybercivility Benefits Us All is featured in the December 2014 issue of School Administrator. School Administrator is...
View ArticleWCPN 90.3 ideastream
Listen to Northeast Ohio Public Radio WCPN 90.3 ideastream‘s show Internet Incivility featuring CiviliNation founder Andrea Weckerle among its guests. Download the mp3 here.
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