Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
Election Watch 2019 #1: Lies, Leaks and Dead Squirrels Paid Members Public
Connecting up some of the reporting about the use of misinformation and propaganda during the 2019 UK general election.
The dangers of under-estimating complexity Paid Members Public
Research shows that climate skepticism comes from a distinct part of the political spectrum. But is journalism making those same connections?
Engaged Reading Digest: a changing language, unfluencers and dodging state surveillance Paid Members Public
Some interesting reading on how the internet is changing language, reverse influencer psychology and apps in pretests.
Prorogue — or prorogation? Paid Members Public
Applying Google Trends to today's big political news…
We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy Paid Members Public
You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.
Guilt by Twitter association — how Labour Left Voice blocked swathes of Twitter Paid Members Public
One Corbynite Twitter account has been blocking great swathes of Twitter - and thus created a manual filter bubble.
What would happen if journalists got the hell off Facebook? Paid Members Public
Mathew Ingram wrote a typically interesting and provocative post last week, asking if the news industry should just get the hell off of Facebook. Are the benefits we accrue, diminishing though they are, worth the price we, and society as a whole, are paying [https://www.cjr.org/the_new_
Right-wing activists are using Twitter's trans policies to silence their critics Paid Members Public
The next wave of online tactics used by the alt-right are being deployed, right now, in the world of comics. How long before they hit the mainstream?
