Sophia Sumaray

The Power of the Platform: Democratic Advocacy for the LGBTQ+ Community on TikTok and Mass Media

With 115.6 Million views and counting, the TikTok hashtag, “#DontSayGayBill” continues to receive much online attention weeks after its creation. The hashtag itself is littered with videos that...

The Fall of the Union: The Failure of the UN to Promote Democracy

University of California, San Diego

Ambassadors and diplomats leave while Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov (on screen) addresses with a pre-recorded video message at the 49th session of the UN Human Rights Council at the...