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Category Archives: Politics
May 7 2012
Non-User President: Will @PutinRussia replace @MedvedevRussia? (guest blog)
Leave a commentOn May 7 Russia got an old-new President and a new Prime Minister. Among the many differences between the members of the so-called “Russian tandem”, there is one that is less visible, but important. It is the approach of Vladimir … Continue reading
Posted by: May 7, 2012
Tagged with: Asmolov, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, guest blogs, Innternet, internet, Putin, Russia
Apr 20 2012
How did Kony2012 Go Viral and Should We Copy It?
Leave a commentIn this short draft extract from a much longer paper I argue that what made #Kony2012 go viral was not the slick content or the Invisible Children brand – it was its focus on networking as an end in itself. … Continue reading
Posted by: April 20, 2012
Tagged with: campaigns, campaings, coverthenight, Development, humanitarian communications, Kony2012, NGO, public sphere
Mar 30 2012
What we’ve learnt from a weird week in politics
Leave a commentWhen Harold Wilson said that thing about long weeks in politics*, I don’t think he had grannies, pasties, jerrycans and Bradford Muslims in mind. This has been a particularly febrile seven days in political communications – what do you think … Continue reading
Posted by: March 30, 2012
Tagged with: Bradford West, by-elections, coalition, Conservatives, Tories, Westminster
Mar 29 2012
Revolutionary citizens become better journalists (new LSE research)
Leave a commentThis report by LSE’s Max Hanska-Ahy on his work with Roxanna Shapour on media and the Arab Spring. We know that ‘ordinary people’ played an important role in reporting the recent protests that cascaded across the Middle East and North … Continue reading
Posted by: March 29, 2012
Tagged with: Arab Spring, LSE, Max Hanska-Ahy, Middle East, politics, Research, social media
Mar 3 2012
The balance of crowds: top-down and bottom-up mobilization strategies in Russian election campaign (guest blog)
4 CommentsPolis Silverstone Scholar Gregory Asmolov reports from Moscow on the anti-Putin protests and discovers how Russians are re-inventing democratic activism. I was seating at “Shokoladnitza” Café, a popular coffee network in Russia, with a cup of latte. Next table to … Continue reading
Posted by: March 3, 2012
Tagged with: activism, campaigning, Democracy, demonstrations, Elections, Gregory Asmolov, Putin, Russia, Silverstone Scholar
Mar 1 2012
Russian Elections: the struggle for power between state and network society
3 CommentsNew media technologies are having a interesting impact in places where we thought political communications had become bogged down. One of them was Russia As Polis Silverstone Scholar Gregory Asmolov explains, both activists and the Russian state are using digital … Continue reading
Posted by: March 1, 2012
Tagged with: asamov, cctv, Democracy, Elections, guest blog, Guest bloggers, monitoring, politics, Russia, Silverstone, surveillance, transparency
Jan 11 2012
Political, constitutional journalism is now very interesting (honestly)
4 CommentsI can’t think of a more interesting period for political, constitutional journalism in the UK than right now. Four issues make this a time of major, fundamental debate.* And the same four stories are a huge challenge to the ability … Continue reading
Posted by: January 11, 2012
Tagged with: cameron, euro, europe, Independence, Labour, Milliband, nationalism, Scotland, Tories
Jan 8 2012
Racist! What rows about language tell us about politics
Leave a commentThis should have been the week when we talked about serious issues like racism in Britain, economic policy and national political choices. But instead the new year has begun with three trivial stories about words. You can blame Twitter, but … Continue reading
Jan 4 2012
Press v Politicians: can tabloids still take on the over-mighty?
Leave a commentImagine a top tabloid newspaper supported a leading ‘non-Westminster’ politician through his difficult divorce. Instead of printing hard-hitting stories about the moral duplicity of this very Christian politician, it publishes soft-focus, upbeat articles about his lovely new wife and their … Continue reading
Posted by: January 4, 2012
Tagged with: bild, germany, John Lloyd, Leveson, politics, tabloids
Dec 12 2011
Tunisia’s Media Spring?: New Research Project
Leave a commentPolis Visiting Research Fellow Fatima el Issawi is just back from her first field investigation in Tunisia, trying to understand how Arab media is coping with the transitional political phase and how Arab journalists are redefining their identity and role. … Continue reading
Posted by: December 12, 2011
Tagged with: arab, Democracy, deveopment, guest blog, Middle East, politics, Revolution, social media, Tunisia
