Tag Archives: digital

Dec 8 2012

Glib one line answers to massive complex questions about the state of journalism

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                          It’s that time of year when student journalists send people like me a set of questions as part of their long-essay research. The best ones have actually … Continue reading

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Dec 8 2012

Untangling the Web: What the Internet is Doing to You – Aleks Krotoski at Polis LSE next Tuesday

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How are ‘relevance’ and ‘value’ constructed by Google? How are ‘self-expression’ and ‘relationships’ constructed by Facebook? Aleks Krotoski, academic, journalist, and host of BBC Radio 4′s The Digital Human science series and the Guardian’s Tech Weekly podcast, explores these questions … Continue reading

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Oct 22 2012

Contentious politics, stratified society and the elusive public: myths and reality of Chinese media (guest blog)

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In China there there are vast amounts of people online, the Government has control but social media is changing politics. That’s the consensus view but in this article, LSE’s Bingchun Meng tackles what she sees as some of the misunderstandings … Continue reading

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Oct 18 2012

Top German Broadcaster Gets Integrated

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Last week, I described the new multimedia newsroom of the BBC. But the BBC is not alone in Europe merging TV, radio and online. Bavarian Broadcaster “Bayerischer Rundfunk” is following suit. (This article by Nadja Hahn, EBU Research Fellow)

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