How I learned to love Twitter as an academic
Posted by, Professor Jenny Kitzinger I had meant to just lurk – to observe the weird world of Twitter from
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Twitter is a dangerous place for those in the public eye.
Stephen Fry has been, give or take the odd sabbatical, a prolific and entertaining tweeter for a number of years.
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Ladies and gentlemen we are fast approaching peak Apple. In the last week we’ve seen the Steve Jobs biopic starring Michael Fassbender released,
Read moreReporting the Tianjin Explosion: Thoughts on the Chinese Media’s Performance
Just before midnight on August 12 2015, a series of explosions took place in an industrial area in Tianjin, China.
Read moreFacebook’s Instant Article and the future of news.
Last week, the ubiquitous social media giant Facebook announced that it had launched a mobile app called Instant Articles wherein news stories provided
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 more10 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
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 moreRussell Brand and the Sun – Opening up the Debate
Well, we’ve been here before. On Wednesday, the comedian, author and activist Russell Brand threatened to sue The Sun after the newspaper
Read moreThe Cosby affair and the limits of mainstream journalism
In the awful narrative around the allegations of sexual assault and rape made against iconic American entertainer, Bill Cosby, a major
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