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Tag Archives: Freedom of expression
May 7 2012
Non-User President: Will @PutinRussia replace @MedvedevRussia? (guest blog)
Leave a commentOn May 7 Russia got an old-new President and a new Prime Minister. Among the many differences between the members of the so-called “Russian tandem”, there is one that is less visible, but important. It is the approach of Vladimir … Continue reading
Posted by: May 7, 2012
Tagged with: Asmolov, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, guest blogs, Innternet, internet, Putin, Russia
Apr 29 2012
New Media’s Mid-Life Crisis (thoughts from four sessions at the Perugia International Journalism Festival #IFJ12
Leave a commentNew media is entering middle age. We’ve all dropped the ‘new’ bit and instead talk about ‘social’ and ‘semantic’ as Web 3.0 becomes reality. Yet while digital communications are triumphing and networked journalism blossoms in this media mid-life, we are … Continue reading
Posted by: April 29, 2012
Tagged with: events, Freedom of expression, internet, Journalism, Kony2012, Leveson, Murdoch, Perugia, Phonehacking
Nov 17 2011
Transparency and Civic Journalism: ‘Will journalism be done by you or for you?’ (guest blog report on Heather Brooke lecture)
Leave a commentWhen profit becomes the core function of a newspaper, the news falls out of touch with the public. We need journalism that resonates with public purpose, says Heather Brooke, author of Your Right to Know, The Silent State, and The … Continue reading
Posted by: November 17, 2011
Tagged with: events, Freedom of expression, Heather Brooke, polis talks
Oct 10 2011
An Amazing Year For Freedom of Expression (guest blog)
Leave a commentIn terms of events that have shaken the world, and particularly those related to freedom of expression and access to information, the last 12 months have been exceptional. I am proud to be a trustee of Article 19 which campaigns … Continue reading
Posted by: October 10, 2011
Tagged with: agnes callamard, article 19, Freedom of expression, guest blog
Oct 7 2011
Media Citizenship – A New Charter For An Informed Society (World Economic Forum)
Leave a commentI was chair of the World Economic Forum’s council on Informed Societies last year. We meet again this month with a new chair, Chan YuenYing. We will be discussing how to find ways to put into practice our Charter For … Continue reading
Posted by: October 7, 2011
Tagged with: Citizen, Democracy, Freedom of expression, Information, Public, Society, World Economic Forum
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
May 18 2011
Privacy: Google's #bigtentuk debate [live blog]
1 CommentA big tent meeting is one that attracts diverse views says (my former boss) Peter Barron of Google at the beginning of their big privacy debate held in a huge margquee in the grounds of posh country hotel outside Watford. Not … Continue reading
Posted by: May 18, 2011
Tagged with: Bigtentuk, Digital Communications, Facebook, Freedom of expression, google, Privacy, Regulation, social media
May 16 2011
Social media and democratic governance: the next decade (Wilton Park paper)
1 CommentThese are the notes for a presentation I gave as part of the Wilton Park conference on ‘media, social media and democratic governance’. This has been an extraordinary period for news and also for the way that news is created … Continue reading
Posted by: May 16, 2011
Tagged with: Africa, Democracy, Development, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, media law, media literacy, Media Policy, Middle East, Polis research, Political Communications
Mar 19 2011
Syria’s relaxation of internet controls – has it made any difference? (guest blog)
Leave a commentIn February, as uprisings swept the Middle East, Syria, the ‘enemy of the Internet’, lifted a five-year ban on some select social media websites – among them Facebook, YouTube and Blogspot. What difference has it made? Journalist Amanda Nunn, who … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2011
Tagged with: Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Middle East, Syria
