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Mar 29 2012
Revolutionary citizens become better journalists (new LSE research)
Leave a commentThis report by LSE’s Max Hanska-Ahy on his work with Roxanna Shapour on media and the Arab Spring. We know that ‘ordinary people’ played an important role in reporting the recent protests that cascaded across the Middle East and North … Continue reading
Posted by: March 29, 2012
Tagged with: Arab Spring, LSE, Max Hanska-Ahy, Middle East, politics, Research, social media
Mar 21 2012
Reporting The World: Polis Journalism Conference 2012: link to video
2 CommentsThanks to everyone who came – thanks to everyone who spoke – thanks to the LSE staff and Polis interns who made it run so smoothly. You can access videos of most of the sessions here. Internal Reports: Polis Intern … Continue reading
Posted by: March 21, 2012
Tagged with: 2012, arab, Conference, events, International, Middle East, Polis, politics, protest, Revolutions, Schedule, social media, Speakers
Mar 9 2012
Why I think the Kony 2012 Campaign Is Wrong
39 CommentsI think the Kony12 campaign is wrong. It is wrong in content, tactics, strategy, ethics and politics. The Invisible Children organisation may well be doing some good work in East Africa, but this media effort is wrong. And it’s not … Continue reading
Posted by: March 9, 2012
Tagged with: Africa, campaigning, Cosmopolitanism, humanitarian comms, Kony, Kony12, social media, StopKony
Mar 8 2012
In Defence of the #Kony12 Campaign (guest blog)
10 CommentsThe Invisible Children Kony campaign has succeeded in one important thing. It has sparked a global debate about the best way to mobilise support for human rights action. With brilliant use of film and online social networks it has created … Continue reading
Posted by: March 8, 2012
Tagged with: Africa, Campaign, humanitarian, Kony, Kony12, social media, StopKony, Uganda
Feb 7 2012
Sky News on Twitter: never wrong for long
7 CommentsSky News has decided to toughen up editorial control of how its journalists use Twitter. In brief, (as their presenters might say), it has told them not to Retweet the work of other organisations’ journalists unless its been … Continue reading
Posted by: February 7, 2012
Tagged with: Networked journalism, sharing, Sky News, social media, twitter
Dec 12 2011
Tunisia’s Media Spring?: New Research Project
Leave a commentPolis Visiting Research Fellow Fatima el Issawi is just back from her first field investigation in Tunisia, trying to understand how Arab media is coping with the transitional political phase and how Arab journalists are redefining their identity and role. … Continue reading
Posted by: December 12, 2011
Tagged with: arab, Democracy, deveopment, guest blog, Middle East, politics, Revolution, social media, Tunisia
Dec 9 2011
Exploring brand research in the social media sphere (guest blog)
Leave a commentIf we were to map our online behaviour we would be presented with an interesting reflection of our offline lives. So it is only natural that companies are starting to leverage vast amounts of easily available end-user-generated content in order … Continue reading
Posted by: December 9, 2011
Tagged with: events, guest blog, Human Digital, marketing, Prize, social media
Dec 7 2011
Social media: good or bad? Wellesley College talk about social media and WikiLeaks
Leave a commentWhat do we mean by good or bad? I think that it’s good to ask moral or political questions about media but we should realise that the answers are rarely simple.*
Posted by: December 7, 2011
Tagged with: Networked journalism, social media, Wellesley, wikileaks
Nov 22 2011
Social Media Reality Check – Monday 28th #marketing
Leave a commentWhat’s the latest in social media marketing? What are the cutting edge practices and methodologies? On Monday November 28th at 6.30pm in Room 104, New Academic Building, Polis will be hosting it’s annual Social Media Reality Check event. It … Continue reading
Posted by: November 22, 2011
Tagged with: events, marketing, social media
Nov 1 2011
In to the grey zone: Arab spring as information revolution? (guest blog)
1 CommentThis article by Polis Intern Terrine Friday is a response to the Polis Media Agenda Talk on media in the Middle East. These are every Tuesday this month. You may have already seen the now-famous photographs from Reuters … Continue reading
Posted by: November 1, 2011
Tagged with: Arab Spring, guest blog, Middle East, social media, twitter
