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Category Archives: Research
Mar 14 2013
Newsmaking in the Twittersphere – some new international data on how journalism flows through the microblog network (guest blog) #twitter
Leave a commentMarco Toledo Bastos is a man with a lot of data on Twitter and how it is used as a stream for accessing news from mainstream journalism brands in a variety of countries. He is a visiting research research fellow at … Continue reading
Posted by: March 14, 2013
Tagged with: europe, germany, guest blog, Journalism, microblog, News, social media, spain, twitter, UK
Mar 5 2013
What Good Is Twitter? (for public service journalism?) New Polis Report
Leave a commentHow can journalists working in public service newsrooms use social media to improve the quality of their work? Polis has a new report out by EBU Fellow Nadja Hahn that asks, What Use Is Twitter? This research paper is a … Continue reading
Posted by: March 5, 2013
Tagged with: EBU, Journalism, News, Online, Public Service Broadcasting, Public Service Media, Reports, skills, social media, twitter
Feb 27 2013
New research: how can social media help journalists connect to black and minority communities? (guest post)
1 CommentThe UK has never been more diverse than today, with all the positives and problems that go with having lots of different cultures and communities. But is that range of interests reflected in mainstream media? Is it possible that social … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2013
Tagged with: BME, communities, ethnic minority, handbook, immigration, Jews, Journalistfonden, Muslims, networks, race, Roma, skills, social media, Sweden
Oct 30 2012
New Paper: Connecting To The World, Communicating For Change: Media and agency in the new networked public sphere
1 CommentI have written a report for the International Broadcasting Trust on how the new media environment is impacting on the way we communicate for change. It is particularly aimed at international NGOs. You can access that here. You can find … Continue reading
Posted by: October 30, 2012
Tagged with: BBC, Cosmopolitanism, humanitarian communications, IBT, International, Kony2012, NGOs, public sphere, The Guardian
Oct 13 2012
Ten (at least) Ways That Putting Social Media At The Heart of The Newsroom Improves Public Service Service Journalism
1 CommentNadja Hahn is a business correspondent for ORF, Austrian Radio and an EBU Research Fellow here at Polis. She is researching the public service value of social media. This is her take on a visit to the new BBC integrated … Continue reading
Posted by: October 13, 2012
Tagged with: BBC, EBU Fellowship, Nadja Hahn, Networked journalism, newsroom, public service, social media, UGC
Oct 11 2012
Connecting to the World: launch of report on online campaigning and the new media environment
Leave a commentThe internet presents huge opportunities but also huge challenges for campaigners dealing with global issues. On November 7th, we’ll be launching a new research report written by me for the International Broadcasting Trust that looks at how UK NGOs campaign … Continue reading
Posted by: October 11, 2012
Tagged with: advocacy, aid, BBC, campaigning, Citizen journalism, Development, Guardian, humanitarian communications, Kony2012, public sphere, Reports, Syria
Sep 24 2012
Help! What is the value of social media to public service journalism?
2 CommentsAdded value for society is generally speaking what public service journalism aims for. But what’s the public value of a tweet? How should public service journalists use Twitter and the rest of social media to produce public value? How do we … Continue reading
Posted by: September 24, 2012
Tagged with: broadcasting, europe, International, PSB, public service, Research, social media, twitter
Sep 18 2012
“Imagining The Internet: communication, innovation and governance” by Robin Mansell (book review)
1 CommentJust before the beginning of the 21st century when I was working in a state of the art TV newsroom I remember having to ask to use the Internet. There were only a few terminals so we had to take … Continue reading
Posted by: September 18, 2012
Tagged with: Book Review, Future, internet, Robin Mansell, THeory
Aug 9 2012
All Talk? Egypt’s complex media revolution (guest blog)
Leave a commentPolis Research Fellow, Fatima el Issawi reports on her latest field trip, to Egypt, as part of our project looking at Arab media in transition. In Cairo, the heart of the Arab world, the media scene is frenetically buzzing. Local … Continue reading
Posted by: August 9, 2012
Tagged with: arab, Egypt, Middle East, Research
Jun 29 2012
Does being networked change journalism? (guest blog)
Leave a commentI have been preaching the gospel of networked journalism for years. I think that public participation and interaction are now a routine part of all kinds of news media and it’s also become a regular fixture in our teaching about … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2012
Tagged with: centring, Citizen journalism, collaboration, Guest bloggers, guest blogs, Networked journalism, Political Communications
