Down the rabbithole… some passing thoughts on Russia, the Deep State and Julian Assange’s tweets
Earlier this week the US astrophysicist Neil de Grasse Tyson posted the following tweet: 2 + 2 = 4 #1984
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Commentary, debate and opinion about the UK Media industry
Prosthetic Memory, Migration and the Kosovo Albanian Diaspora
Dr Dafina Paca summarises her recent research talk, where diaspora theorisation has acknowledged the importance of narrative, memory and myth within the discourses of diaspora population.
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The Decay of Truth?
It was Oscar Wilde who once wrote that ‘life imitates art far more than art imitates life’. He claimed that ‘Lying, the telling of beautiful untrue things, is the proper aim of Art.’
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Trebles all round! The Success of Private Eye
It’s a fair bet that champagne corks were popping all week at Gnome House, the abode of Emmanuel Strobes, the (fictional) proprietor of the satirical magazine Private Eye.
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How should Britain’s broadcasters tackle Fake News?
2016 was the year that news seemed to collapse into Hunter S Thompson’s dystopian vision of television as a “cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs”.
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Brand Beckham Bust?
If nothing else the David Beckham email scandal has provided some welcome respite from the seemingly perpetual news agenda of Trump and Brexit.
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Trump and the art of Tweeting
Another day, another tweet, another incident. This time Donald Trump, the prolific and seemingly indiscriminate tweeter who just happens to be leader of the free world has damaged diplomatic relations with Australia.
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Stop Press: The Future of Newspapers
In a turbulent era of fake news, Donald Trump, and Brexit, the need for accurate reporting and informed comment and analysis is all too clear.
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The Future of Journalism – final call for papers
The Future of Journalism conference invites contributions from those interested in the study, practice, regulation or reform of journalism.
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Religion and Belief in the News – training and resourcing journalists
Former School tutor, Angela Graham describes how a staff-room conversation inspired the first ever session on Religious Literacy in a Welsh school of journalism.
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