Politics

Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.

Engaged Reading Digest: a changing language, unfluencers and dodging state surveillance Members Public

Some interesting reading on how the internet is changing language, reverse influencer psychology and apps in pretests.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
chat apps

Prorogue β€” or prorogation? Members Public

Applying Google Trends to today's big political news…

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Politics

We'll regret surrendering our ambient privacy Members Public

You don't know what you've got til it's gone. They paved paradise and put up a Facebook lot.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
privacy

Guilt by Twitter association β€” how Labour Left Voice blocked swathes of Twitter Members Public

One Corbynite Twitter account has been blocking great swathes of Twitter - and thus created a manual filter bubble.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

What would happen if journalists got the hell off Facebook? 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_

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook

Right-wing activists are using Twitter's trans policies to silence their critics 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?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
comicsgate

Twitter bans voting misinformation Members Public

Twitter explicitly bans voter suppression tactics on its service.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
X (Twitter)

How the Brexit votes of a Welsh town turned Carole Cadwalladr into an investigative journalist Members Public

An inspiring - and fascinating - talk into how a simple feature put the Observer journalist on the trail of the biggest Facebook scandal.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Facebook