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Tag Archives: Terror
May 13 2011
Today we are all Osama: Jihadists’ reaction to Bin Laden’s death (guest blog)
Leave a commentOne of Al Qaeda’s most potent tools is the Internet. It acts as a communication and recruitment platform for the loose network of ’jihadist’ activists and their supporters around the world. Mina Al-Lami is a research fellow at the LSE … Continue reading
Posted by: May 13, 2011
Tagged with: Jihad, Jihadist, Middle East, Osama Bin Laden, Terror
May 2 2011
Why The Media Is Right To Focus on Osama Bin Laden The Man
Leave a commentA lot of sensible people are telling us not to assume that Al Queda is fatally damaged now that it’s most prominent leader has been killed. They worry that if we focus in on the man, we may ignore the … Continue reading
Posted by: May 2, 2011
Tagged with: Terror
Mar 11 2011
Who Are We Fighting The Information War With?
Leave a commentThis 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
Posted by: March 11, 2011
Tagged with: Democracy, Digital Communications, Freedom of expression, Globalisation, internet, media law, Media Policy, Polis Events, Regulation, Terror
Jul 20 2010
US Militia, Wikileaks and the Tea Party: how alternative new media is destroying traditional ideas objectivity (guest blog)
3 CommentsIf people feel that mainstream media is ignoring alternative politics, then they can now create their own media. But how should traditional journalism respond? Should it change its ideas of impartiality to reflect the real diversity of contemporary politics? This … Continue reading
Posted by: July 20, 2010
Tagged with: American media, Citizen journalism, Democracy, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Journalist ethics, new media, Reporting politics, Summer School, Terror, US politics
Jul 12 2010
Freedom of Expression: A Test of Democracy (Guest blog)
2 CommentsOne of the joys of the LSE and the Polis Summer School in particular, is seeing different political philosophies collide. Katy Kinney from Iowa is active in one of the heartlands of American democracy, a state famous for its special … Continue reading
Posted by: July 12, 2010
Tagged with: Democracy, Freedom of expression, Guest bloggers, Summer School, Terror
Jan 30 2010
Blair at Chilcot: 'The Superbowl of Self-Justification'
2 CommentsTony Blair’s resolute, unchanging, self-affirming appearance at the impotent Chilcot Inquiry reminded us of the Politician’s Virility Dilemma. If they change their minds or admit fault then they are seen as weak. If they stick to their guns they are … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2010
Tagged with: Democracy, Journalist ethics, Middle East, Reporting politics, Terror, US politics, War reporting
Sep 29 2009
The Jihadist style journey from the desert to Moss Bros (guest blog)
Leave a commentTerrorists love the Internet. Al Qeda is one of the Web’s most successful political organisations. So it is important that we pay attention to what the extremists say online. A research fellow working with Polis was watching as an Al … Continue reading
Posted by: September 29, 2009
Tagged with: Middle East, Muslims, Polis Events, public security, Terror
Dec 7 2008
Free media is doomed?: Polis at Ditchley II
Leave a commentSome more thoughts (not all mine, by any means) from this week’s conference on Media and Democracy at Ditchley Park. Free media: exception or rule? It is commonly asserted that we in the industrialised West have had something that approximates … Continue reading
Posted by: December 7, 2008
Tagged with: Freedom of expression, governance and journalism, new media, online news, Terror
Jul 7 2008
7/7: The London Bombings: Media and Miracles amidst the mayhem
Leave a commentIt’s three years since I edited Channel 4 News on the day of the London Bombings. On that day I had just returned from editing a series of programmes with Jon Snow in Africa. The following morning I cycled from … Continue reading
Posted by: July 7, 2008
Tagged with: Channel 4, Terror
Apr 21 2008
The Bin Ladens: meet the family
Leave a commentIt is now one of the most notorious names in recent history, but the Bin Ladens are interesting for more than producing Osama, America’s No 1 Enemy. They also represent the tensions within modern Islam and especially the Saudi version … Continue reading
Posted by: April 21, 2008
Tagged with: International journalism, Middle East, Muslims, Polis Events, Terror
