Tag Archives: Media Policy

Jul 8 2011

A massive moment for media and politics in Britain

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Posted in: Journalism, Media, Politics

The ‘feral beasts’ of the Westminster press corps are quite rightly chasing the political fall-out of the News of the World closure and the continuing phone-hacking scandal. Coulson, Cameron, Brooks, Murdoch - who did what, when and who knew? But the bigger … Continue reading →

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Jun 15 2011

Periodismo, redes y la nueva política interconectada

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Posted in: International, Journalism, Media, Politics

For Spanish readers here is the beginning of an article I wrote on the new networked political journalism for Estudios de Politica Exterior. You can download the article here as a pdf Internet y la telefonía móvil han dotado a … Continue reading →

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Jun 4 2011

PERPETUAL ENGAGEMENT: The Potential And Pitfalls Of Using Social Media For Political Campaigning (A new POLIS paper)

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Posted in: Development, Politics, Research

We live in an age where the citizen feels increasingly sceptical about and disconnected from those people who run our lives. Paradoxically, this is also an era when the communicative power of new media technologies mean that the potential for … Continue reading →

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May 16 2011

Social media and democratic governance: the next decade (Wilton Park paper)

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Posted in: Development, International, Journalism, Politics, Research

These 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 →

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Mar 11 2011

Who Are We Fighting The Information War With?

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Posted in: Journalism, Media, Politics, Research

This is the first of a couple of blogs stimulated by a visit to POLIS/LSE by members of Hillary Clinton’s 21st Century Statecraft team, the digital diplomats from the State Department. Hillary Clinton’s internet advisor Alec Ross gave a compelling … Continue reading →

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Feb 4 2011

Should Hunt take Ofcom's advice and refer the BSkyB bid? (guest blog)

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Posted in: Media, Publications

City University’s journalism school held one of their excellent half-day ‘speed-dating’ conferences on media plurality in the light of the Newscorp/BSkyB merger issue. We had our own session just before Christmas. I couldn’t make it, but my colleague Dr Damian … Continue reading →

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Feb 3 2011

Egypt: A Case for Net Neutrality? (guest blog)

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Posted in: Journalism, Media, Politics, Publications

Amidst 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 →

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Feb 1 2011

What Can Murdoch Offer Hunt To Get His BSkyB Deal? (Guest blog)

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Posted in: Media, Publications, Research

This blog by my colleague Damian Tambini sets out in detail the options for horse-trading between the Minister and Murdoch. But it also explores whether this is an opportunity for a broader settlement that seeks to address the wider problem … Continue reading →

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Jan 28 2011

Governing In The New Media Age: Prime Ministers meet the Web pundits (WEF at Davos)

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Posted in: Development, Journalism, Media, Politics

The only way we are going to forward the transparency agenda is if we can bring together the powerful with the new mediators. We need to put Prime Ministers and leading business folk in the same room as activists like … Continue reading →

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Jan 25 2011

Hunt, Murdoch, Newscorp and BSkyB: A ‘brave’ decision?

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Posted in: Journalism, Media

I don’t often make calls on big controversial decisions because I think my job is to observe and analyse, not gamble. It’s also because I am usually wrong [would you trust the judgement of someone with a West Ham season … Continue reading →

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