Press freedom and Public freedom
In an incident which happened in August this year, but which only came light this Wednesday after revelations in the Independent,
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Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement, a year on: Reflections on News Media and Democracy
In an era when we are surrounded by digital and spectacular images in the news, how many of us are
Read moreThe Orange and the Black: The Impact of ISIS Propaganda on Western Audiences’.
A guest post by Raghuvir Dass A study in 2001 found that people enjoy narratives that produce intense emotional reactions,
Read moreFinding a job in journalism
Any student contemplating a vocational course to become a journalist is bound to ask “will I get a job?” It
Read moreLabour’s new Communication Director ‘becomes the story’.
When it was announced that Seumus Milne, the Guardian columnist and associate editor, had been appointed as Labour’s executive director
Read moreCharlotte Church – Kicking Against the Pricks
I’ve written elsewhere about the effortlessness with which the BBC’s Question Time programme seems to habitually generate controversy. Regular guests, such as
Read moreThe Next Snowden Casualty: U.S. no ‘Safe Harbour’ for EU Data
On Tuesday October 6th, the European Court of Justice decided that data transfer by European-based internet companies to the USA
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