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Tag Archives: American media
Jul 20 2010
US Militia, Wikileaks and the Tea Party: how alternative new media is destroying traditional ideas objectivity (guest blog)
3 CommentsIf people feel that mainstream media is ignoring alternative politics, then they can now create their own media. But how should traditional journalism respond? Should it change its ideas of impartiality to reflect the real diversity of contemporary politics? This … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2010
Tagged with: American media, Citizen journalism, Democracy, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Journalist ethics, new media, Reporting politics, Summer School, Terror, US politics
Feb 2 2010
Your News Is Our News: How Can Global Journalism Survive?
1 CommentFor a global elite who care about the big international issues such as climate change, economic regulation or conflict and security, modern media is a wondrous but worrying thing. Thanks to great multi-national brands like the BBC, CNN, Al Jazeera … Continue reading
Posted by: February 2, 2010
Tagged with: American media, Democracy, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, International journalism, Media economics, online news, Reporting politics
Jan 26 2010
Global Media Goes Public – But What Value Is That?
Leave a commentTravelling around New York City at the weekend with my two teenage boys was a reminder of just how globalised our culture has become with shops, music and even art looking distinctly familiar to my young Londoners. An all-day seminar … Continue reading
Posted by: January 26, 2010
Tagged with: Africa, American media, China, Democracy, Development, Eastern Europe, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, humanitarian comms, Media economics, Polis research, social media
Oct 31 2009
Journalism Education In A Networked World (Polis in Shanghai)
1 CommentThis is the text of a speech to a gathering of global journalism education leaders at the 80th anniversary conference of Fudan University, Shanghai. JOURNALISM EDUCATION FOR A NETWORKED MEDIA We are at a critical moment in the … Continue reading
Posted by: October 31, 2009
Tagged with: Africa, American media, BBC, China, Citizen journalism, education, Journalism studies, Networked journalism, new media, online news, Polis Events, public service, social media, twitter
Sep 7 2009
State 2.0: lessons for e-politics from networked journalism
2 CommentsInstead of asking what is so wrong with our political communications today, why not ask, ‘what is working?’ And perhaps, even more daring in such a depressed age, ‘what can we expect from a more digital democracy?’ Are there lessons … Continue reading
Posted by: September 7, 2009
Tagged with: American media, Citizen journalism, Democracy, governance and journalism, Media economics, Networked journalism, new media, public service, Reporting politics
Jul 28 2009
The myth of the myth of digital democracy (book review)
11 CommentsOne of the staples of journalism is the straw man: the threat that never existed or the claim that was never really made. With the Internet this straw man is Joe Trippi and the few other people who have insisted … Continue reading
Posted by: July 28, 2009
Tagged with: American media, Blogging, book reviews, Networked journalism, new media, public service, Reporting politics
Mar 21 2009
Journalism in crisis: time for a government bailout
5 CommentsIt is extraordinary that American journalists of all people could argue for a government bail-out, but if George W Bush can nationalise their banks, then why not the newsrooms? In a deeply serious and progressive article in The Nation John Nichol … Continue reading
Posted by: March 21, 2009
Tagged with: American media, newspapers, public service
Mar 6 2009
Networked to Death? Lessons from LA on journalism's survival online
1 CommentThe very thing that promises to transform journalism could be the thing that kills it. I am in the US where newspapers in particular are closing, filing for bankruptcy protection or slashing staff. The recession is speeding up an already … Continue reading
Posted by: March 6, 2009
Tagged with: American media, Media economics, Networked journalism, Polis Events, Reporting politics
Jul 24 2008
Public Power (or, How A Lazy Blogger Exploits His Audience)
1 CommentI am a passionate enthusiast for public participation in the news media. It’s what my book is all about. And what better – and more amusing – example than John Kelly’s attempt to revive his Voxford blog in his home … Continue reading
Posted by: July 24, 2008
Tagged with: American media, Blogging
Jul 21 2008
Hogging the screen: should journalists be centre stage? (guest blog)
Leave a commentA video of Fox News personality Laura Ingraham has been circulating in which she complains, yells, argues and moans about everything from makeup to words on her teleprompter being spelled wrong. It is amusing, but why are so many journalists becoming the stories rather than reporting … Continue reading
Posted by: July 21, 2008
Tagged with: American media, Celebrity, Guest bloggers, tv news
