Broadcasting and Social Media: time for a fresh start?
The digital environment means social media – whatever our reservations – is a key part of the future for broadcasters. But now is the moment to re-set the relationship
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The Strange Case of Jeremy Corbyn’s Hat
Newsnight, the BBC 2 Current Affairs programme, had a studio discussion about Jeremy Corbyn’s position on Russia – and used a studio graphic which combined a picture of him set against the Kremlin. Cue outrage.
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We’ve been here before – Corbyn and the right wing press
The latest in a long line of attempts to ram home to their readership, and by extension the electorate, Corbyn’s complete unsuitability for high office.
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Meet Wales One World Film Festival Director, David Gillam
An Interview with Wales One World Film Festival Director David Gillam.
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Why do we buy bottled water?
Why we buy bottled water can be explained, at least in part, by the triumph of advertising and marketing.
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Cometh the hour, cometh the Mogg
Jacob Rees Mogg is clearly a politician of drive and determination – but his ambition is more subtle. Partially visible, perhaps and not so obviously naked as Boris Johnson’s, but there none the less.
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The (still) dying art of the political interview
The observation that the one-on–one televisual political interview is, at best, moribund is not a new one.
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Heroes and villains – Journalists on Screen
With the release of Steven Spielberg’s The Post, it’s time to ask: How has screen fiction represented journalism?
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It’s sport that makes the world go round
Sport is utterly central to the conduct of international politics – and always has been.
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Social media meltdown?
Before we completely embrace the idea of a dystopian future where everybody’s entire existence is judged through the prism of social media, it’s time to gain some historical perspective and adopt a cooler approach.
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