Sturgeon, Wood and Bennett – sexualised, demonised, patronised and animalised.
In a recent interview with Scottish Television’s Debi Edwards, the leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon spoke about the sexism
Read moreThe Sun and Katie Hopkins: printing the unspeakable.
I think everybody recognises Katie Hopkins as a professional controversialist. Her journalism and public persona are, it seems to me,
Read moreIs quality journalism being sacrificed at the Daily Telegraph?
It’s not often that you see journalists openly criticise each other. For sure, there is the well documented ideological antipathy
Read moreElection coverage: how the parties and leaders are faring on television
By Dr Stephen Cushion and Prof Richard Sambrook (Research by Richard Thomas, Allaina Kilby and Marina Morani.) This was originally
Read moreBattle buses and staged events – the 1983 General Election campaign
Learn from the master, chaps. PA David Cameron seems to have been channelling the spirit of Margaret Thatcher in
Read moreThe Information Smog – TEDx Cardiff
Posted by Prof. Richard Sambrook This is the text of a talk given at TEDxCardiff in March 2015 The first
Read moreCelebrity prayers….public figures and politics.
The latest Labour election broadcast, premiered on March 30th, is a direct to audience address by the actor Martin Freeman, who you might
Read moreDot Everyone – how the UK can take the digital lead
Posted by Professor Richard Sambrook If you havn’t yet seen this year’s Dimbleby Lecture by Dame Martha Lane Fox I
Read morePrivate messaging apps could push eyewitness media under the radar
Posted by Damian Radcliffe As newsrooms get to grips with finding and verifying stories shared publicly on social networks, a
Read moreIn the Battle for Number 10, there was only one winner – Jeremy Paxman
Posted by: Steven Buckley There is nothing the public likes more than seeing a politician be verbally torn to pieces
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