Politics
Journalism and politics are inescapably inter-twined.
Facebook speeds up assimilation of WhatsApp and Instagram Paid Members Public
Looks like a handy way of fending off the regulators and avoiding a break-up.
Why political posts on Facebook will always be polarizing. Paid Members Public
The very nature of Facebook makes in antithetical to political debate.
What will the next generation of social media-savvy politicians look like? Paid Members Public
An attempt to mock Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for dancing in a video when she was a student opens up the question of how social media will impact the next generation of politicians.
Even in the depths of the social media backlash, there’s reason for hope Paid Members Public
At the end of a session at LCC [http://www.arts.ac.uk/lcc/courses/undergraduate/ba-hons-journalism/] today — I’m doing a small series of workshops on social media in journalism for the 2nd year undergraduates there under the auspices of Russell Merryman [http://www.arts.ac.uk/lcc/people/
It's not just journalism, it's politics too Paid Members Public
Jim Waterson writing for BuzzFeed UK [https://www.buzzfeed.com/jimwaterson/labour-tories-facebook-campaigns]: > Tory and Labour digital strategists have told BuzzFeed News that their ability to reach millions of ordinary voters could be under threat as a result of Zuckerberg’s tweak. Senior staff at both leading parties have raised
Chinese intelligence services using fake social media profiles to gather data Paid Members Public
Reuters [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-security-china/german-intelligence-unmasks-alleged-covert-chinese-social-media-profiles-idUSKBN1E40CA] : > Germany’s intelligence service has published the details of social network profiles which it says are fronts faked by Chinese intelligence to gather personal information about German officials and politicians. I think it’s fair to say that social networks have
Andrew Sullivan on the danger of self-righteousness Paid Members Public
Andrew Sullivan on absolute fire [http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/11/the-danger-of-knowing-youre-on-the-right-side-of-history.html] in his weekly column for New York Magazine: > No party, no cause, no struggle, however worthy, is ever free from evil. No earthly cause is entirely good. And to believe with absolute certainty that you
Social platforms: perfect propaganda delivery tools Paid Members Public
This post by JP Rangaswami resonated with me, because it summed up one of the areas digital seems to have gone wrong [http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2017/10/30/on-platforms-and-sustainability/]: > So is that it? Back to seats and eyeballs, channelled not connected, “audiences” sucking up linear “content”? Back to a
