In recent weeks, a number of quite astounding articles have appeared in the British press. These have included among others, a Times column opining the benefit to Britain in the current climate of having a political leader like Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin or Recep Tayyip Erdoğan; referred to as “strongmen”. In the Daily Telegraph, a similarly toned piece contemplated the reinstatement of the death penalty after Brexit. Read the rest of this entry »
Why the mainstream media should stop giving extreme views a platform – Chris Allen
4 08 2018Comments : 2 Comments »
Tags: Chris Allen, The Conversation
Categories : Government and Policy, Journalism, Media
Australia: A modern tragedy, Nine-Fairfax merger a disaster for quality media – Denis Muller
27 07 2018
All deaths are sudden, even if long expected. Appropriately enough, this is the opening sentence of a book called Journalism in a Culture of Grief. And if ever there was a time of grief for journalism in Australia, it is the announcement that Nine Entertainment is taking over Fairfax Media. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Denis Muller, Media Pluralism, The Conversation
Categories : Australia, Media
Cliff Richard judgment a new shift in legal balance between free speech and privacy – Robin Callender-Smith
20 07 2018
The question at the heart of Mr Justice Mann’s High Court judgment in the Sir Cliff Richard v BBC case had been a longstanding legal conundrum: how far do a celebrity’s privacy rights – or indeed anyone’s – extend in respect of the pre-charge stage of a police investigation? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Mann J, Robin Callender-Smith, Sir Cliff Richard, The Conversation
Categories : Freedom of expression, Privacy
In the era of ‘fake news’, Americans would like to change the media model – Marc Fleurbaey
18 07 2018
In a November 2016 article, Nick Couldry and Clemencia Rodriguez (from the International Panel on Social Progress) stated that “media infrastructure is a common good whose governance and design should be much more open to democratic engagement than currently.” Does the population agree with this view? Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Fake News, Marc Fleurbaey, The Conversation
Categories : Internet, Journalism, Social Media
Cambridge Analytica used our secrets for profit, the same data could be used for public good – William David Watkin
8 07 2018
Ever since it was revealed that Cambridge Analytica had taken data from 87m users via a Facebook app that exploited the social media site’s privacy settings, it has been suggested that anything from Donald Trump’s election in the US to the European Union referendum result in the UK could have been the result of the persuasive power of targeted advertisements based on voter preferences. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Cambridge Analytica, The Conversation, William David Watkin
Categories : Data Protection, Government and Policy
Misinformation and biases infect social media, both intentionally and accidentally – Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia and Filippo Menczer
1 07 2018
Social media are among the primary sources of news in the U.S. and across the world. Yet users are exposed to content of questionable accuracy, including conspiracy theories, clickbait, hyperpartisan content, pseudo science and even fabricated “fake news” reports. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Filippo Menczer, Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, The Conversation
Categories : Social Media
‘Upskirting’ and ‘revenge porn’: the need for a comprehensive law – Erika Rackley and Clare McGlynn
17 06 2018
After months of campaigning and meetings, it appears that moves to criminalise “upskirting” – the act of taking secret, sexually intrusive photographs – have stalled. For now. This is disappointing. However, all may not be lost. It is now time for the government to step up – and to eliminate inconsistencies in the treatment of victims of image-based sexual abuse. Read the rest of this entry »
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Tags: Clare McGlynn, Erika Rackley, The Conversation, Upskirting
Categories : Government and Policy, Legal, Privacy
