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Nov 21 2012

Chinese media soft power – the debate at LSE

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I spent an hour  last Sunday in the London studios of CCTV, the Chinese state global broadcaster. I as there to be part of a panel debate chaired from their studio in Beijing about the crisis in the BBC. The … Continue reading

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Nov 7 2012

Some media-related questions after Obama’s victory

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Some media-related questions after Obama’s victory. (Some of these are stupid, some rhetorical, and the list will grow) Please feel free to suggest more via @CharlieBeckett or in the comments. 1. Why do political journalists still treat campaigns like theatre … Continue reading

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Jul 20 2012

Polis LSE Media Agenda Talks 2012: You’re Invited

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Every year we hear from about a dozen leading media practitioners as part of our annual autumn Media Agenda Talks lecture series. This year we feature top journalists, pollsters, analysts, and marketeers. Here are some highlights for this season’s talks … Continue reading

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Jul 6 2012

Business and media in the age of uncertainty

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These are the notes of a speech I gave to an IT business conference about how even commercial companies should pay attention to what I call media ethics. If you learn the new moral economy of networked communications, I argue, … Continue reading

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Jun 11 2012

Cosmopolitanism, New Media and Protests: LSE symposium

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‘Cosmopolitanism, New Media and Protests‘ is the theme of our 5th annual PhD Symposium at the LSE Media and Communications Department. PhD students from around the world will be presenting a series of papers at a special symposium this Friday. LSE … Continue reading

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