Social Media

Posts about social media platforms, how to use them and techniques for getting the best results.

Cultural jargon is still jargon Members Public

It's easier than ever to connect with fellow journalists. But does that mean it's too easy to get disconnected from our audiences?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
culture wars

Performative power versus persuasive dialogue on social media Members Public

Ezra Klein's latest podcast delves deep into the social complexities of the behaviours lumped under the banner of "cancel culture"

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
Social Media

Sunday Supplement: trees, mental health, Alistair Campbell and more Members Public

Pour yourself a drink, find a quite corner, and enjoy this selection of interesting reading, listening and viewing from around the web.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
mental health

Trump, QAnon and the limits of the “viral” metaphor to describe online communities Members Public

Deplatforming Trump and QAnon won’t kill the movement. But it might just stop it growing as fast.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
online communities

Attack of the clones: all social networks are NOT becoming the same Members Public

Yes, all social networks are developing the same feature set. No, that doesn’t mean they’re all becoming the same. Here’s why.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
social networks

Social & Digital Coffee Break: Google tools, social media stats and free money Members Public

A round up of news you can use in your social media and digital publishing work. Just don't click on the last link, unless you want to despair of men.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
aggregation

Weaning media off its social addiction Members Public

Kicking the social media traffic fix, plus links on the tricks of pseudoscience and the future of media.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
TikTok

Twitter's faceless accelerants Members Public

Social media mobs do what mobs have always done: give the masses the feeling of power.

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
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