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Category Archives: Research
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 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
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
Aug 30 2011
Teenagers and the Internet: new research on the reality of social media and youth
2 CommentsWhat do we really know about how teenagers use social media? What do they think about Facebook and how skilled are they at using it? Researcher Ranjana Das has been talking to a selection of young people and has been … Continue reading
Posted by: August 30, 2011
Tagged with: Das, digital natives, Facebook, guest blog, social media, teenagers
Jun 29 2011
A List of Words: LSE media department research data visualisation
Leave a commentAt one point in my Department’s research away-day a colleague said, ‘this is all just a list of words, isn’t it?’. Well, yes, it was. But as this data visualisation of the notes I took show, they reveal a fascinating … Continue reading
Posted by: June 29, 2011
Tagged with: Department, Research
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 19 2011
WikiLeaks and the threat of the new news
2 CommentsI am rushing to finish a book on the significance of WikiLeaks and the emergence of more networked political journalism. I am not writing this as a wiki-type project but, just for fun, here is a random lump of an … Continue reading
Posted by: June 19, 2011
Tagged with: Networked journalism, Polis research, 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
Jun 11 2011
After WikiLeaks: Lessons For Journalism (guest blog)
1 CommentSome reflections on our After Wikileaks panel discussion at the POLIS Journalism Conference: Media & Power By Svenja Ziegert The “After WikiLeaks” panel discussion at the Polis Journalism Conference was inspiring in many ways. Firstly, because it dealt with questions … Continue reading
Posted by: June 11, 2011
Tagged with: Networked journalism, Polis Events, wikileaks
Jun 8 2011
POLIS Journalism Conference: Reporting The World (March 23rd) #polis12
6 CommentsTHANKS TO EVERYONE WHO CAME – FIND LINKS TO VIDEO HERE Here is the Polis Journalism Conference schedule – we start promptly at 9am but bear in mind it is subject to change! The topics will include debates in the main auditorium looking … Continue reading
Posted by: June 8, 2011
Tagged with: BBC, Freedom of expression, Globalisation, International journalism, Polis Events, public service, wikileaks
