10 things we learned about Social Media in the Middle East in 2014
Ever since the start of the Arab Spring in 2011, there has been considerable interest in the role that social
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The extraordinary resignation of its chief political editor, Peter Oborne, from the Daily Telegraph last week gave us cause to think about
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Posted by: Nick Mosdell On Friday, Cardiff School of Journalism Media and Cultural Studies welcomes recently released al-Jazeera journalist Peter
Read moreJohn Cantlie and Islamic State Propaganda
On February 9th Islamic State propagandists uploaded the latest video to feature captured British journalist John Cantlie. Titled ‘From Inside Halab (Aleppo)’ an
Read moreMapping the evolution of local news
Posted by: Sara Moseley In every part of public service in Wales the winds of change are blowing. More than ever,
Read moreQuestion Time for a change?
Last night’s episode of BBC1’s long running political panel show, Question Time was a comparatively sedate affair. Coming as it
Read moreOpen your eyes to open source
There’s been a lot of talk about open software recently – and the thing most people may have heard it
Read moreThe Sun and Page 3 – Now you don’t see them, now you do.
There were newspapers articles, there were radio debates, there were thousands of tweets, there was (understandable) joyful triumphalism from those
Read moreThe Advent of Surveillance Realism
Posted by Dr Lina Dencik Does the post-Snowden debate reveal the extent to which we can no longer imagine a society
Read moreThe Sunday Times and Quality Journalism
2014 was evidently a traumatic year for many journalists who worked for the Sun and the News of the World during the
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