Abstract:
Freedom of speech, a principle that supports autonomy without the fear of retaliation or censorship, gains a lot of attention across the world. Ricky Gervais, a controversial observational comedian, uses social media to fight for this right through self-promotion and encouraging dialogue around contentious subject matters. This paper delves into the strategy behind Gervais’s self-presentation online and his use of Twitter’s affordances. Gervais takes use of the short character Read more [...]