Local newspapers are a key part of the ecology of journalism.
- Senior Lecturer, Journalism and Digital Communication, University of Lancashire
John Wyndham’s book The Midwich Cuckoos is set to be adapted for the screen for the third time. The tale of otherworldly children resonates with audiences today as much as it did in 1957.
Even established political parties are using a host of tricks to manipulate the news.
Young people are abandoning Facebook and calls to delete profiles are growing over the alleged exploitation of data for political campaigns.
Facebook’s record raises serious questions about whether it can be trusted with our most intimate images.
Apps inviting anonymous comments play upon our desire to know our social standing, but are an open goal for bullies.
The online abuse of journalists is increasingly leading to self-censorship and websites abandoning the comment function altogether
How much did social media have an impact on the campaigns of Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn?
Comments like ‘little girl needs to keep to herself before daddy breaks her face’ get a free pass in the name of free speech.
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