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Tag Archives: Political Communications
Oct 9 2011
Should charities be allowed ‘political’ advertising on TV?
Leave a commentIs the ban on political broadcast adverts preventing people from doing good? Was Bono’s latest celebrity-filled advertisement, released by his charity, a political act or merely an effort to draw attention to famine in East Africa? Polis intern April Simpson … Continue reading
Posted by: October 9, 2011
Tagged with: advertising, Bono, Charities, George Clooney, guest blog, Guest bloggers, MGO, One, Political Communications, politics
Jun 15 2011
Periodismo, redes y la nueva política interconectada
Leave a commentFor 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
Posted by: June 15, 2011
Tagged with: Democracy, International journalism, Media Policy, Middle East, Networked journalism, new media, online news, Political Communications, Reporting politics, social media
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 18 2011
Wael Ghonim: the accidental revolutionary (Google #bigtentuk debate)
Leave a commentWael Ghonim (Google exec and Egyptian Internet activist) made an interesting point about his role in Egypt’s revolution at Google’s #bigtentuk conference. It was accidental.
Posted by: May 18, 2011
Tagged with: Blogging, Citizen journalism, Democracy, Facebook, Middle East, Political Communications, social media, twitter
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
Apr 11 2011
The Greatest Media Politician Ever?
Leave a commentNo, not Tony. Though he could turn any hostile question to his own advantage. No, not Margaret. Though she mastered the soundbite and dominated her (largely male) interrogators. No, not even the emollient, budget-airline-travelling PR man David Cameron. The best … Continue reading
Posted by: April 11, 2011
Tagged with: Political Communications
Apr 5 2011
‘Social Mobility’ is now nonsense
3 CommentsI wonder if the words ‘social mobility’ should join @johnrentoul ‘s list of banned phrases? I think it has now reached the point George Orwell’s described where ‘political writing becomes bad writing’. Social mobility is now a meaningless phrase, or … Continue reading
Posted by: April 5, 2011
Tagged with: Political Communications, Social Mobility
Apr 1 2011
The Rhythm Of Opposition: Ed Miliband’s Strategy
1 CommentThere is nothing like seeing an animal in its natural habitat to get a sense of it’s real instincts and innate strengths. So it was listening to Ed Miliband in conversation with the Independent’s Steve Richards at a European social … Continue reading
Posted by: April 1, 2011
Tagged with: Ed Miliband, Political Communications
Mar 15 2011
Can Social Media Create a Better Society?
Leave a comment“Can Social Media Create a Better Society?” This was the question I was asked to answer, along with Janan Ganesh (The Economist) and Suzanne Moore (The Guardian) at a StoneClub gathering. These are the notes for my introductory remarks. So, … Continue reading
Posted by: March 15, 2011
Tagged with: Citizen journalism, Democracy, Development, education, Egypt, Freedom of expression, Globalisation, Iran, Libya, Middle East, Networked journalism, new media, Political Communications, social media, Tunisia, wikileaks
Mar 12 2011
Embracing Uncertainty: diplomacy and disruption
1 CommentAuthority hates uncertainty. Big business and government feel safest when life is predictable and stable. Change implies a risk that your grip on power will be weakened. And unexpected change is the worst kind of all. But if uncertainty is … Continue reading
Posted by: March 12, 2011
Tagged with: Democracy, Digital Communications, Freedom of expression, Globalisation, Polis Events, Political Communications, social media, wikileaks
