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Tag Archives: Polis research
Jun 19 2011
WikiLeaks and the threat of the new news
2 CommentsI am rushing to finish a book on the significance of WikiLeaks and the emergence of more networked political journalism. I am not writing this as a wiki-type project but, just for fun, here is a random lump of an … Continue reading
Posted by: June 19, 2011
Tagged with: Networked journalism, Polis research, Reporting politics, wikileaks
Jun 4 2011
PERPETUAL ENGAGEMENT: The Potential And Pitfalls Of Using Social Media For Political Campaigning (A new POLIS paper)
Leave a commentWe 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
Posted by: June 4, 2011
Tagged with: Democracy, governance and journalism, Media Policy, Polis Events, Polis research, Political Communications, Reporting politics, Stella Creasy
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
May 4 2011
Should They Publish the Osama Bin Laden Photos? (Survey)
Leave a commentIt appears Obama has decided not to publish the photos of the dead Osama Bin Laden – do yu think he is right? Please complete our very short, deliberative survey: https://www.survey.bris.ac.uk/lsewebsite/binladenphoto
Posted by: May 4, 2011
Tagged with: Journalist ethics, Polis research
Jan 15 2011
How weak ties can lead to real revolutions (Tunisia and social media)
5 CommentsThe uprising in Tunisia shows us something that POLIS/LSE research has been describing for years: social trends drive media trends and together they have political impact – and the flow is multi-directional – politics or media trends can help shape … Continue reading
Posted by: January 15, 2011
Tagged with: Africa, Democracy, Freedom of expression, Middle East, Polis research, social media, Tunisia, twitter
Nov 19 2010
The co-evolution of families and media (guest blog)
Leave a commentThis report by POLIS intern Alissa Steiner In this age of advancing media technology, global communication and social networking, media have become central features of family entertainment and communication. But as children become increasingly media-literate, often more so than their … Continue reading
Posted by: November 19, 2010
Tagged with: Digital Communications, Guest bloggers, media literacy, Media Policy, new media, Polis research, social media
Nov 17 2010
Family and Media: a new POLIS report
Leave a commentIf you want to understand the future of the media you have to understand how families use it. From TV to radio, from telecoms to social networking, media has become personal and domestic. Whether you are trying to sell News … Continue reading
Posted by: November 17, 2010
Tagged with: family, media literacy, Media Policy, Polis research, social media
Aug 19 2010
New Report On Networked Journalism
Leave a commentWe have launched a new report on on the state of Networked Journalism there – it includes case studies at the BBC, Guardian, Sky, Times, Telegraph, Trinity Mirror, hyperlocal and Mumsnet. The report follows us on the research for my … Continue reading
Posted by: August 19, 2010
Tagged with: Citizen journalism, Media economics, Networked journalism, Polis research
Feb 27 2010
Digital Natives and Media Literacy: New Report
3 CommentsThis is my introduction to a series of papers on the subject of the ‘myth of digital natives’. They were given at a Polis event last autumn, you can read them in full here. They attempt to dispel the idea … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2010
Tagged with: Digital Communications, education, media literacy, new media, Polis Events, Polis research
Jan 26 2010
Global Media Goes Public – But What Value Is That?
Leave a commentTravelling around New York City at the weekend with my two teenage boys was a reminder of just how globalised our culture has become with shops, music and even art looking distinctly familiar to my young Londoners. An all-day seminar … Continue reading
Posted by: January 26, 2010
Tagged with: Africa, American media, China, Democracy, Development, Eastern Europe, Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, humanitarian comms, Media economics, Polis research, social media
