A new study from the Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power, based at the Policy Institute at King’s College London, analyses UK media coverage of last year’s Brexit campaign. Read the rest of this entry »
New data-driven analysis of how the UK media covered the EU Referendum campaign
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Tags: Brexit, Centre for Study of Media, Communications and Power, Martin Moore, Referendum
Categories : Government and Policy, Media
Here’s why the Murdochs’ bid for control of Sky must be referred to Ofcom – Martin Moore
3 03 2017
Almost seven years on from the Murdoch’s first attempt to take over the remainder of Sky, Rupert, James and Lachlan are trying again. This time they are confident of pulling it off. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Martin Moore, Murdochs, Sky, The Conversation
Categories : Broadcasting, Media
The Risks of Abandoning Leveson – Martin Moore
6 01 2017
How will Theresa May’s government decide whether to implement Leveson after the current consultation closes? It appears to be inclined to dilute or abandon the court costs incentives and Leveson Part Two – otherwise why launch the consultation in the first place? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Consultation, LSE Media Policy Project Blog, Martin Moore
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
The Pilling Review of IPSO: An exercise in futility – Martin Moore
12 10 2016
If the Pilling Review [pdf] was the industry’s attempt to give IPSO some legitimacy then it has backfired.
The review was set up by IPSO, paid for by IPSO, and had terms of reference agreed with IPSO, in order to assess the independence and effectiveness of IPSO. In that sense its purpose was compromised before it had even begun. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: IPSO, Martin Moore, Pilling Review
Categories : Legal, Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
Imagine if Google or Facebook took a line on the EU referendum – Martin Moore
7 06 2016
Imagine if on June 23 this year British citizens looking at google.co.uk found the words #VoteIn towards the bottom of the search page. Perhaps they would ignore it and go about their business, or perhaps it would remind them that they had not yet voted and ought to before it was too late. Whatever their views on the EU referendum, such an expression of partisanship may surprise them. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Elections, Martin Moore, The Conversation
Categories : Legal, Media
New Report: UK Election 2015, Setting the Agenda – Martin Moore and Gordon Ramsay
20 10 2015
The battle to set the agenda during the UK General Election 2015 was fought by all sides through social media and mainstream news outlets. The way that battle played out and the influence of each media source on pulling public attention towards a particular issue is the basis of a new report, “UK Election 2015: Setting the Agenda” [pdf] by Martin Moore and Gordon Ramsay”. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Centre for Study of Media, Communications and Power, Election Unspun, Martin Moore
Categories : Broadcasting, Media
IPSO: New appointments further increase dependence on powerful industry figures – Martin Moore and Gordon Ramsay
4 11 2014
In the last few weeks there have been significant developments in press regulation that have gone entirely unreported, despite the fact that they involve the most senior figures in the news industry, and despite that fact that they increase the dependence of the industry’s new self-regulatory body, IPSO, on the major publishers. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Gordon Ramsay, IPSO, Martin Moore, RFC
Categories : Media Regulation
Can Newspapers Convince the Public IPSO Is Not a ‘Sham’? – Martin Moore
10 09 2014
As IPSO – the press’ response to Leveson – opened for business this week, newspapers may be wondering whether they will be able to convince the public that it is not just a replica of its discredited predecessor, the Press Complaints Commission. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Martin Moore, Media Standards Trust
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media, Media Regulation
The Challenges facing Sir Alan Moses – Martin Moore
11 05 2014
In his short statement accepting his appointment as Chair of IPSO (the ‘Independent Press Standards Organisation‘), Sir Alan Moses uses the word ‘independent’ or ‘independence’ five times. ‘The public and the press are entitled to a successful system of independent regulation‘ he says. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: IPSO, Martin Moore, Sir Alan Moses
Categories : Leveson Inquiry, Media Regulation
Using the rhetoric of press freedom to thwart free speech – Martin Moore
20 12 2013
It rarely takes long, in arguments about free speech, before someone refers to John Milton or John Stuart Mill. Most of us remember one particularly strong defence of free speech made in both Milton’s Areopagatica and Mill’s On Liberty. Any attempt to censor, suppress or constrain free speech, Milton and Mill argue, denies people access to the truth. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Martin Moore, Media Standards Trust
Categories : Media Regulation
