Welcome to Brand Cardiff
Through the Champions League final, Cardiff is promoting itself as a global brand.
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Public Relations
Sexism in Politics – and beyond
The sexism faced by GE 17 election candidate, Emily Owen is sadly too commonplace in the media and society in general.
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And the winner is…The Oscars and gift bags
The lucky Oscar winners unofficial gift bag is worth a cool £160,000 – brands supply free gifts because it’s instant advertising without contractual obligation.
Read moreJournalism shines a light.
Debates about the ethics and validity of investigative journalism have been very much to the fore recently. Last week’s news
Read moreNo Mars a day in Wales
Last Thursday morning I was invited to contribute to Jason Mohammad’s very popular (and very good) BBC radio Wales programme. The topic
Read moreHappy Birthday Twitter?
Posted by Professor Bob Franklin The Guardian’s front page story on Tuesday 12th April carried a lengthy and disturbing article
Read moreThe Trumpification of the US media: why chasing news values distorts politics
Posted by, Stephen Cushion Outside the US, the prospect of Donald Trump being elected president is typically met with a
Read moreTwitter 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.
Read moreThe Orange and the Black: The Impact of ISIS Propaganda on Western Audiences’.
A guest post by Raghuvir Dass A study in 2001 found that people enjoy narratives that produce intense emotional reactions,
Read moreLabour’s new Communication Director ‘becomes the story’.
When it was announced that Seumus Milne, the Guardian columnist and associate editor, had been appointed as Labour’s executive director
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