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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
Jan 19 2012
Is Comment Free? New Polis research report on the moderation of online news
12 CommentsWhy do we moderate websites? If you are Paul Staines who runs the hugely popular Guido Fawkes website then you interfere as little as possible. If you are The Guardian, for example, you have a whole team dedicated to editing comments. As a reader … Continue reading
Posted by: January 19, 2012
Tagged with: Democracy, ethics, Guardian, moderation, Online, Sweden, Trygg
Nov 29 2011
WikiLeaks: News In The Networked Era – the book and the lecture Video and Audio Podcasts
Leave a commentYou can order the book, ‘WikiLeaks: News In The Networked Era’ here (there will be a Kindle version at some point) You can watch a video of the lecture (as well as audio, details of the book etc) by clicking here. You … Continue reading
Posted by: November 29, 2011
Tagged with: charlie beckett, events, wikileaks
Nov 12 2011
WikiLeaks: The Lecture of the book (Nov 30th)
Leave a commentI will be giving a free public lecture based on my forthcoming book about WikiLeaks on Wednesday November 30th at 6.30pm in the LSE’s Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, Aldwych. Full details of the lecture here You can pre-order the book, … Continue reading
Posted by: November 12, 2011
Tagged with: events, Lecture, Polis Events, Shirky, wikileaks
Jun 27 2011
Journalism and power: the importance of the institution
3 CommentsThe journalist John Lloyd has written extensively about the relationship between journalism and power. It’s at the heart of a book I am writing, so I asked John to send me a summary of his views that I had heard … Continue reading
Posted by: June 27, 2011
Tagged with: Institution, John Lloyd, Power, Professionalisation, wikileaks
Jun 25 2011
WikiLeaks As Journalism
1 CommentThis is another small clip from an early draft of a book I am writing about the significance of WikiLeaks. To be published by Polity in the autumn: In this early phase we see how WikiLeaks is constantly evolving away … Continue reading
Posted by: June 25, 2011
Tagged with: Book, Networked journalism, Reporting politics, wikileaks
Jun 13 2011
An angry or informed society? (guest blog) #polis11
Leave a commentThis blog by Mariam Cook reflects on the debate about an Informed Society at our Media and Power Journalism Conference. Embracing the angry society needs people. Lots of us. If our political establishments are locked into restrictive, exclusive modes of … Continue reading
Posted by: June 13, 2011
Tagged with: Citizen journalism, Guest bloggers, media literacy, Networked journalism, new media, online news, Polis Events
Apr 16 2011
The Specialist Amateur: A New Threat to the Professional Journalist (guest-blog)
3 CommentsWhile listening to the International Journalism Festival panel on Democracy After Journalism, moderated by POLIS Director Charlie Beckett I was challenged by a new question about the future of journalism. Through the enlightening debate over journalism’s watchdog function and impassioned … Continue reading
Posted by: April 16, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Citizen journalism, Guest bloggers, Networked journalism
Apr 13 2011
Europe’s double-standards on freedom for Libya (guest-blog)
Leave a commentThe intervention in Libya has been portrayed in Europe as part of Western support for emerging democracies in north Africa and the Middle East. Yet, are there double-standards at work when it comes to dealing with one consequence of political … Continue reading
Posted by: April 13, 2011
Tagged with: Africa, Democracy, Globalisation, Guest bloggers, humanitarian comms, Middle East
Mar 19 2011
Syria’s relaxation of internet controls – has it made any difference? (guest blog)
Leave a commentIn February, as uprisings swept the Middle East, Syria, the ‘enemy of the Internet’, lifted a five-year ban on some select social media websites – among them Facebook, YouTube and Blogspot. What difference has it made? Journalist Amanda Nunn, who … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2011
Tagged with: Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Middle East, Syria
