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Will veiled threats from the EU tackle the disinformation problem or can UK...
The EC high level group on ‘fake news’ has done what it was asked to do: it has set out a problem definition and mapped out some policy principles and broad recommendations. This article by LSE Truth,...
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Cambridge Analytica: a symptom of a deeper malaise in the persuasion industry
Is the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica a one-off event or does it represent a much wider problem across the ‘promotional’ industries such as public relations, marketing and campaigning? Lee Edwards,...
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Fake news comes late to Ireland, but the country is still unprepared
This article is by LSE MSc student Jack Marks Ireland has largely been spared the “Fake News” epidemic that wreaks havoc in its counterparts to its East and West. The upcoming Abortion referendum has...
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Why today’s Facebook hearings won’t – and shouldn’t – change much (yet)
If committees were a good way to change the world then they’d have more power. They don’t. So don’t be surprised if the appearance of Mark Zuckerberg in front of two important Congressional committees...
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Imagine your audience: new research on thinking about user identity
Knowing your audience is vital for newsrooms whatever their business model. With limited resources and massive competition, it can be useful to know how to shape your journalism to engage with the...
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Is 2018 when the relationship between publishers and platforms changes forever?
This is the longer version of an article that first appeared in Inpublishing Magazine, by Professor Charlie Beckett @CharlieBeckett Is 2018 the year when the publisher/platform relationship is turned...
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The Bristol Cable- a model for sustainable local journalism?
The Bristol Cable has been cited by many as an example of a ‘best practice’ independent local news organisation. MSc student and Silverstone Scholar Anthony Graham-Dillon spoke to Cable reporter Matty...
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Dear journalists, we want to be more honest with you. For starters, don’t...
Simon O’Connell, Executive Director of Mercy Corps makes the case for a new relationship between NGOs and the media, one which starts by acknowledging the complexity of their work. Yumbe is about as...
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Ctrl alt dlt: a chronicle of the nervous breakdown of liberal media politics...
Tom Baldwin has been on a rollercoaster ride of media and democracy in the UK (and USA) for the last few febrile, fetid and fantastic decades. As someone who has worked for left and right wing...
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The rise of constructive journalism: a sign that social scientists should...
By Dimitrinka Atanasova If you have been following developments in journalistic practice, you will have heard about constructive journalism. Constructive journalism, also referred to as solutions...
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How a smartphone changed my mum’s life (guest blog)
This article is by Polis Summer School student You Xija In 2009, smart phones became popular in China and my mum got her first Samsung. However, I was confused when my dad hesitated to give that little...
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Is it time for news publishers to build their own platforms?
This article is by Mattias Erkkilä, a managing editor at Svenska Yle, part of Finland’s public service broadcaster Yle, who will be a visiting research fellow at Polis, LSE this October. The media...
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The New Media Ethics: Journalism has never been respectable, but journalists...
This article by journalist George Pitcher is the first of a series looking at journalism and ethics. A big problem with calling out journalism for a decline in its ethical standards is that it can...
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The New Media Ethics: What the virtuous journalist (or politician) can learn...
In the second of his series on the ethics of journalism, George Pitcher traces the philosophical roots of human character and argues that new technologies mean we have lost a capacity for journalists...
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The New Media Ethics: Are the tech tycoons any different from the old press...
In his third blog on the ethics of journalism, George Pitcher compares the personal morality of the media leaders of the past and present. Read his previous posts here and here. Do media owners or...
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The New Media Ethics: Why it’s morally more hazardous to own social media...
In the second part of his examination of media ownership, George Pitcher concludes that social-media operators can’t operate in a moral vacuum In last week’s blog, I traced a continuum of meanness...
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Media and Communications in Action Talks 2018
Each Autumn Polis invites media practitioners to discuss the latest trends as part of our Media and Communications in Action series. The talks take place Tuesdays 5-6pm in the Hong Kong Theatre,...
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What makes a community? The overlooked emancipation of the province in Poland...
Ahead of upcoming local elections in Poland, LSE Visiting fellow Helena Chmielewska-Szlajfer looks at the change in provincial culture since 1989 and what it might meant for the current right-wing...
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The New Media Ethics: Lessons from how the BBC failed to consider the...
In his latest blog on the ethics of journalism, George Pitcher considers how the philosophical school of consequentialism can save media groups time and money Sir Cliff Richard When the pop-star Sir...
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The New Media Ethics: How journalists can apply the Sunshine Test to do the...
In this week’s blog on the new ethics of journalism, George Pitcher discusses what personal qualities make for a good journalist – and concludes that it’s not about being “nice” What constitutes bad...
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