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Tag Archives: Blogging
Aug 7 2012
Why blog?
4 CommentsBlogging has been around for decades now. In some ways it has been superceded by ‘micro-blogging’ such as Twitter or social networks such as Facebook. Those allow you to do similar things: express yourself, connect to others, put things on … Continue reading
Posted by: August 7, 2012
Tagged with: Blogging, Blogs, Communication, Dissemination, Facebook, Impact, LSE, social networks, twitter
May 18 2011
Wael Ghonim: the accidental revolutionary (Google #bigtentuk debate)
Leave a commentWael Ghonim (Google exec and Egyptian Internet activist) made an interesting point about his role in Egypt’s revolution at Google’s #bigtentuk conference. It was accidental.
Posted by: May 18, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Citizen journalism, Democracy, Facebook, Middle East, Political Communications, social media, twitter
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
Mar 31 2011
Blogs are dead, long live blogging
2 CommentsThe classic idea of the blog may have passed, but blogging is alive and well. However, it is in a kind of creative crisis, with the market appearing to assume a longer tail with a steeper curve. I write this … Continue reading
Posted by: March 31, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Guido Fawkes, Orwell Prize, Paul Waugh
Mar 25 2011
Why Is HuffPo Coming Here?
2 CommentsIs the launch of a UK Huffington Post a serious venture, or is this just a half-hearted attempt to turn AOL’s latest acquisition into a global franchise? On the face of it there isn’t much going for the idea. The … Continue reading
Posted by: March 25, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Globalisation, Media economics, Networked journalism, Reporting politics
Feb 9 2011
“Forward” Thinking: Will Straw and the future of online political journalism (Guest blog)
1 CommentAOL’s $315 million acquisition of The Huffington Post this week has infused new life into debates about the viability of such news and blogging websites as profit-producing investments. Could a HuffPost work in the UK? POLIS intern Beth Lowell reports on … Continue reading
Posted by: February 9, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Guest bloggers, online news, Polis Events, Political Communications, Reporting politics, Straw
Feb 3 2011
Egypt: A Case for Net Neutrality? (guest blog)
Leave a commentAmidst the coverage of Egypt’s Internet shutdown, a question frequently raised during last term’s POLIS Media Dialogues series seems increasingly relevant: how can Information & Communications Technology companies (ICTs) uphold their commitment to protect customers’ freedom of expression when this right conflicts … Continue reading
Posted by: February 3, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Democracy, Digital Communications, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Media economics, Media Policy, Net Neutrality
Oct 12 2010
Conspicuous Eclecticism or Mexican Waving? Citizen As Publisher
2 CommentsHere are two key media analysis rules: 1. Never generalise from your own media behaviour 2. All the best work is done in conference coffee breaks or late at night over a glass of red wine (or two) In this … Continue reading
Posted by: October 12, 2010
Tagged with: Blogging, Citizen journalism, media literacy, Media Policy, Networked journalism, social media, twitter
Jul 21 2010
The Ambiguity of Blogging: Beneficial and Believable? (guest blog)
3 CommentsThe Ambiguity of Blogging by Polis Summer School Student, Nadine Makarem An international celebrity “Tweeted” in May 2009: “Laying in bed this morning contemplating how amazing it would be if somehow Oscar Wilde and Mae West could twitter from the … Continue reading
Posted by: July 21, 2010
Tagged with: Blogging, Guest bloggers, Summer School
Jul 10 2010
The Economist: networking a global niche
Leave a commentThe biggest threat to The Economist’s current relative prosperity will be when they get wifi on Jumbos. Some carriers are hoping to do so within two years. Economist readers fly a lot and use the down-time between airplane movies and meals … Continue reading
Posted by: July 10, 2010
Tagged with: Blogging, Eastern Europe, Media economics
