Political journalism and reporting of the 2015 UK General ElectionPOLIS LSE
Lecture on the context for the journalism around the UK 2015 General Election and some first thoughts on the specifics of the reporting of that election.
Political journalism and reporting of the 2015 UK General ElectionPOLIS LSE
Lecture on the context for the journalism around the UK 2015 General Election and some first thoughts on the specifics of the reporting of that election.
What happens to mainstream political journalism when it becomes more networked? We are often told that something has gone wrong with the reporting of politics in democracies like the UK. But can new forms of journalism supplemented by social media and citizen input help revive its function as the way that we find out about and debate political ideas and policies?
This lecture tries to show how in the UK and US there are now opportunities for better and more democratic journalism around politics. However, the role of public relations or spin and the failure of journalists to be critical and informed enough, means that the public is not getting the democratic benefit. This lecture looks at the case of the Nick Clegg 'Sorry' video and the Mother Jones story about Mitt Romney's secret 47% speech.
An overview of this Not for Profile Helpline for missing people in India. What is the core purpose of existence of this organization is what we have tried to explain. Also we have summarized what is in it for you (as Volunteer).
This is a lecture on how political journalism is changing in the UK (and with some international case studies) as communications become more networked. It shows that people are given more voice to question power but that there are limits on how much this is really changing politics or democracy. It uses the Clegg 'I'm sorry' episode to highlight the role of humour in this new environment.
What happens to mainstream political journalism when it becomes more networked? We are often told that something has gone wrong with the reporting of politics in democracies like the UK. But can new forms of journalism supplemented by social media and citizen input help revive its function as the way that we find out about and debate political ideas and policies?
This lecture tries to show how in the UK and US there are now opportunities for better and more democratic journalism around politics. However, the role of public relations or spin and the failure of journalists to be critical and informed enough, means that the public is not getting the democratic benefit. This lecture looks at the case of the Nick Clegg 'Sorry' video and the Mother Jones story about Mitt Romney's secret 47% speech.
An overview of this Not for Profile Helpline for missing people in India. What is the core purpose of existence of this organization is what we have tried to explain. Also we have summarized what is in it for you (as Volunteer).
This is a lecture on how political journalism is changing in the UK (and with some international case studies) as communications become more networked. It shows that people are given more voice to question power but that there are limits on how much this is really changing politics or democracy. It uses the Clegg 'I'm sorry' episode to highlight the role of humour in this new environment.
Journalism is in a paradigm shift. More than any generation to come before them, today’s young people are participating in the creation and sharing of culture with the immediacy and connectedness that a digitally networked world provides. In many cases, these young adults are actively involved in what we are calling participatory cultures; a participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to one of community involvement.
Media and Information Literacy through the lifecourseSheila Webber
Presentation given at the 2nd European Media and Information Literacy Forum, in Riga, Latvia, on 27 June 2016, by Sheila Webber (Information School, University of Sheffield)
Educational Strategies for the Prevention of Violent ExtremismRenee Hobbs
Professor Renee Hobbs identifies five instructional strategies for addressing the prevention of violent extremism based on the practice of digital and media literacy education.
Lecture to the Government Department's GV311 course on journalism and politics. History of relations between news media and politicians and reflections on the last UK Election. Plus consideration of news media role regarding Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party and its role in the EU referendum.
Disinformation in Southeast Asia and Pro Russian Anti Ukraine NarrativesBenjamin Ang
Case studies of disinformation and misinformation from Southeast Asia including Asian examples of Pro-Russia Anti-Ukraine narratives at the start of the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. Presented at the Conference on Disinformation and Cybersecurity of the War Studies University, Warsaw Poland, in 2022. Refers to the RSIS Framework on Information, Influence and Interference, from the Centre of Excellence for National Security at the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore
The growing mediatization of everyday life has led to the emergence of new forms of social movements and political contestation. While this trend can be examined meaningfully through the lenses of traditional political, journalistic, and activist cultures, there is something about the distinct combination of communicative action and affective labor that carries uniquely transformative implications (Castells 2015). Whereas popular, individualized articulations of affective empowerment, and personal politics have been criticized for their lack of bearing on material realities (Barnard 2016b), alternative forms of expression on social media appear to have much deeper resonance with political and activist cultures, and therefore much greater chances at contributing to social change. Nevertheless, collective identity and collective action, supported through active engagement with networked technologies, are requisite characteristics of new social movements.
Whether on the ground, on Twitter, or both, participants in the #Ferguson protests expressed feelings of outrage against major social institutions—namely the criminal justice system and the mainstream media. This paper will examine the role that citizen journo-activists play in the transformation of political and journalistic cultures. As a hybrid, journo-activist space, tweeting #Ferguson quickly emerged as an effective way for interested actors to network and spread their message. Similarly, many networked journalists—increasingly referred to as “j-tweeters” (Hedman 2015)—have taken to Twitter to collect and share information about the events in Ferguson. Using a combination of digital ethnography and content analysis of tweets from #Ferguson, this study examines journalistic and activist uses of Twitter as well as the correspondent implications for changes in field relations and practices. Given the growing convergence of these two fields, as well as their concurrent practices, this case study provides unique insights about the role of digital media in efforts aiming to share information and bolster social change.
Strategic communication and the influence of the media on public opinionPOLIS LSE
this is a lecture given to the NATO defense college in Rome on March 8th 2016 about how changes in journalism are impacting on issues such as the understanding of conflict and the formation of public opinion. It looks at the role of social media, the changes to mainstream media as it becomes more networked and the ways that might be changing flows of public opinion, especially around security and terror issues.
In a May 9, 2024 paper, Juri Opitz from the University of Zurich, along with Shira Wein and Nathan Schneider form Georgetown University, discussed the importance of linguistic expertise in natural language processing (NLP) in an era dominated by large language models (LLMs).
The authors explained that while machine translation (MT) previously relied heavily on linguists, the landscape has shifted. “Linguistics is no longer front and center in the way we build NLP systems,” they said. With the emergence of LLMs, which can generate fluent text without the need for specialized modules to handle grammar or semantic coherence, the need for linguistic expertise in NLP is being questioned.
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हम आग्रह करते हैं कि जो भी सत्ता में आए, वह संविधान का पालन करे, उसकी रक्षा करे और उसे बनाए रखे।" प्रस्ताव में कुल तीन प्रमुख हस्तक्षेप और उनके तंत्र भी प्रस्तुत किए गए। पहला हस्तक्षेप स्वतंत्र मीडिया को प्रोत्साहित करके, वास्तविकता पर आधारित काउंटर नैरेटिव का निर्माण करके और सत्तारूढ़ सरकार द्वारा नियोजित मनोवैज्ञानिक हेरफेर की रणनीति का मुकाबला करके लोगों द्वारा निर्धारित कथा को बनाए रखना और उस पर कार्यकरना था।
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role of women and girls in various terror groupssadiakorobi2
Women have three distinct types of involvement: direct involvement in terrorist acts; enabling of others to commit such acts; and facilitating the disengagement of others from violent or extremist groups.
‘वोटर्स विल मस्ट प्रीवेल’ (मतदाताओं को जीतना होगा) अभियान द्वारा जारी हेल्पलाइन नंबर, 4 जून को सुबह 7 बजे से दोपहर 12 बजे तक मतगणना प्रक्रिया में कहीं भी किसी भी तरह के उल्लंघन की रिपोर्ट करने के लिए खुला रहेगा।
1. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
#FERGUSON STRATEGIC MESSAGING
HOW LOCAL JOURNALISTS AND ACTIVISTS
USED TWITTER AS A COMMUNICATION TOOL
Amber Hinsley, Ph.D.
Hyunmin Lee, Ph.D.
http://blogs.wsj.com/dispatch/2014/08/18/how-ferguson-has-unfolded-on-twitter/
2. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
#Ferguson strategic messaging
Would using Twitter in a time of crisis
alter journalists’ norms and practices
and affect the approach used by activists?
3. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
Local journalists
Job roles
• Objectivity
• Autonomy
• Immediacy
• Analysis
• Watchdogs
Journalists on Twitter
• Share info & breaking news
• Engage in conversations
• Express opinions
4. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
Local activists
Communication tactics
• Informational (facts)
• Symbolic (protests)
• Organizing (face-to-face)
• Litigious (petitions, lawsuits)
• Civil disobedience (trespass, illegal)
• Emotional (appeals, evocative)
• Dialogic (conversations)
6. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
General Twitter practices
No differences
• Original tweets v. retweets
• Use of hashtags
• Favorites & retweets
Frequent hashtags
• #Ferguson
• #MikeBrown
• #STL
• #FergusonSolidarity
• #JusticeforMike
9. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
Takeaways
• Journalists & activists used
message strategies &
frames in ways consistent
with established practices
• Focus on information-
sharing
• Lack of reflection
10. SAINT LOUIS
UNIVERSITY
Further research
• Retweet & favorite patterns of Ferguson tweets
• Journalists & activists: Information-sharing
• Activists: Self-expression
How journalists and activists used Twitter to disseminate information about the events in Ferguson
How their tactics varied in the week following Brown’s death
Shared gatekeeping space
How were they helping to make meaning via Twitter of the events in Ferguson
Local journalists & activists: comparable analysis of people connected to the area
More than half of all journalists use social media – enact their job roles – see utility
Crises
Journalists rely on professional routines
Public relies on news workers to help them make sense of the unfolding unrest
Continuous presence at scene=importance & drama of event
Research on all types of journalists
Breaking with objectivity norm during crisis to express opinion helps validate journalists as truth-tellers in eyes of public
Cover crises in predictable ways: chaos, confrontations, arrests – social order
Reinforce status quo – focus on conflict, not larger issues
Would local journalists act in the same way when the crisis was in their community?
Ferguson activists: unique bc not part of organized group in days after Brown’s death
Activist individuals: Community members, clergy, politicians
No central strategic communication strategy
Social systems created confrontational relationships between minorities and law enforcement
limited opportunities for education, employment and advancement in minority populations across the country
Content analysis of tweets from activists & journalists based on these communication strategies
Did activists rely on these known strategies?
How were they communicated on Twitter?
How did activists & journalists use Twitter as a communication tool?
Did local journalists use some of these same tactics?
Looked at primary message frame in each tweet
Journalists & activists: different vested interests, would frames be different?
Would their shared connection to the area contribute to similar ways of talking about the situation?
Pilot study: 10 local journalists & activists who produced ## tweets in week following Brown’s death
Total tweets: About 4,000
This study: About 700
More likely to use original tweets v RTs
Recognized public’s desire for new information
Similar numbers in use of HTs
Contributing to developing narratives about Ferguson
Consistent use: Certain ones became dominant & set agenda for how story would trend on Twitter
Similar numbers in tweets being favorited/RT’d by others
Averages: two groups’ tweets resonated with other users
Likely helped spread familiarity with particular hashtags
Hashtags: 60% of tweets used them
Looked at first and second HTs
Similar understanding of common Twitter practice
Level playing field: approach to message strategies and framing those messages
Statistically significant differences
Coded for multiple strategies within each tweet
Both groups acting as gatekeepers to provide info
Journalists more likely to do so – rely on professional standards & uphold status quo in crisis
Activists: providing info helps shape Ferguson narrative
Activists desire to influence others=more present use of emotional message tactics
Activists: symbolic & organizing strategies
Aligns with practices of more established advocacy organizations
Both groups: Message tactics closely aligned with expected practices for both
Collapsed original 14 frames into these 5
Statistically significant differences
Activists used Twitter to voice range of opinions & issue calls to action
Challenge current conditions & promote change
Journalists: far less likely to do those things
Conversations & objective reporting
Mostly real-time tweets of events in Ferguson (law & order)
Some coverage of larger issues of inequality
Journalists & activists constructed Twitter messages in expected ways
How they understood they should act
Info sharing: instantaneity (Papacharissi & de Fatima Oliveira)
Live-tweeting events
Incomplete narrative—purely reactionary
No time to process & reflect: Journalists & activists rely on routines of their work to guide comm practices
Used relative safety of roles in crafting messages & framing Ferguson narrative
Which types of tweets from journalists & activists were most likely to get RT’d & favorited?
RTs & favorites=what resonates with the public
RTs & favorites as indicators of media use motivations
Information
Self-expression
Social interaction
Call to action
Most often: informational tweets
Powerful audience motivation to learn more about the turmoil re: Brown’s death
Activists: audience’s desire to learn what activists had to say about the crisis in Ferguson
Audience not as likely to RT or favorite calls to action
Not as likely to RT or favorite emotional appeals – fine line between opinion and emotional statements
Twitter messages from journalists and activists that fit the dominant expectations of each group appear to be more resonant with the public
Some evidence of public’s cognitive difference bet RT/favoriting certain types of message strategies
Activists’ symbolic messages (protest participation) more likely to get favorited than RT’d
Equivalent of support?
Hopefully present this research at conference this summer
