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Prime Minister of “Sexy”
Johanna Quinney is an MSc Student in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE. She previously served as the Spokesperson and Press Secretary for Canada’s Ministers’ of National Defence and...
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A Golden Carnival in the Golden Era?
This article is by LSE MSc student Zhiyi Li Earlier this month, the UK had the first state visit by a Chinese President in ten years. Xi Jinping or “Big Daddy Xi”met UK royals and politicians,...
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London, we need to talk about sexual harassment
Monica Ibrahim, originally from Egypt, questions her previous assumptions that living in ‘the west’ would mean enjoying a hassle-free environment of gender equality. Having worked in the field of...
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Public Service Broadcasting in the Modern Age
This article is by LSE MSc student Jae Aron. She previously worked as a political consultant for Democratic campaigns in Washington, DC. Follow her on Twitter @Jae_Aron Public broadcasting is on red...
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Making News for the New World
This is a transcript of a speech given by Lionel Barber, Editor of the Financial Times for the Polis Public Lecture on Thursday 12 November at LSE Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, good...
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How digital spaces can disrupt the media landscape
Henna Zamurd-Butt is a Politics and Communications masters candidate at LSE, and an editor at digital journalism platform, Media Diversified. She was formerly a news editor at user-generated press...
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Tonight We Mourn
By LSE Student Joelle Eid @joelleeid On my first day in London, at my LSE student hall in east London, I met Clémence. The second she knew I was Lebanese, her face lit up with excitement and she...
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Is Twitter useful at University?
Jessica Di Paolo, a recent graduate in Media and Communications at LSE, explores the advantages and disadvantages of using social media in lectures and conferences. US psychologist Sherry Turkle claims...
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Media for Social Change
By LSE MSc student Noémie Battini Earlier this month, Anthony Giddens, former director of the LSE, gave a talk on how technologies are mediating every aspects of our lives in a revolutionary, and...
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French journalists have won back their gatekeeping function
Ndeye Diobaye, a French national with Senegalese and Malian origins, is an MSc candidate in Politics and Communications at LSE. Ndeye graduated from Sciences Po Paris and worked for French publications...
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11 Feb: Reporting and responsibilities on the front line
Migrants, terror and the media: reporting and responsibilities on the front line Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE Thursday 11th February 6.30pm-8pm REGISTER FOR TICKETS (c) Guardian Join Polis and the London...
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‘Africa’ in the media: between starving children and smiling children
By LSE MSc student Daniel Mebarek-Daza Stories and images of hunger, conflict and underdevelopment have for long functioned as metonyms of Africa: a continent of vast ethnic, linguistic and...
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Research focus: European Media Discourses of Africa
Eva Polonska-Kimunguyi is a Visiting Fellow at LSE doing research into European (international) broadcasting and its coverage of African affairs. Looking at four international broadcasters: BBC World...
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LISTEN: #PolisTalks 2015
Each Autumn Polis invites media practitioners to discuss the latest trends as part of our yearly Media Agenda Talk series. Listen below to recordings of these sessions, and you can also find out more...
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27 Feb: David Aaronvitch at the LSE Literary Festival
Date: Saturday 27 February 2016 Time: 11am-12noon Venue: Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building Speaker: David Aaronovitch Chair: Charlie Beckett David Aaronovitch will be talking to Charlie Beckett...
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2015: a year of crisis journalism that is reshaping news
News seems to be bifurcating, like so much of the Internet. When we look at the digital infrastructure we have search dominated by Google with Facebook sprawled across social. Much further down the...
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Beware the ‘false consciousness’ theory: newspapers won’t decide this referendum
Campaigners should not overestimate the influence of traditional newspapers, says Charlie Beckett: their sales are in decline and they face competition from more politically neutral and humorous news...
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Who to follow on Twitter in 2016
Lauren Suk is a MSc Media and Communications Student at LSE and Social Media Intern for Polis. (@sukkirie) With 2016 just getting underway, Polis Social Media intern Lauren Suk gives us her top tips of...
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Are email newsletters the future for digital journalism?
A new report by Polis/ Journalistfonden fellow Charlotte Fagerlund asks whether overlooking the ‘old’ technology of email is a missed opportunity for news organisations looking for ways to build their...
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From Cairo to Calais: a trip to the refugee camp at the dark heart of Europe
Monica Ibrahim is an MSc student at LSE with a focus on media, gender and development. She has worked previously as a communications specialist for several civil society entities in Egypt. She has also...
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