If you roll your eyes at the mention of “diversity” then you may well be. Renowned Channel 4 journalist, Jon Snow (no, not the GoT character), does not merely lament the lack of diversity in British newsrooms but believes that this lack of diversity was one of the contributing factors in the Grenfell Tower inferno … Continue reading
It’s an interesting question: By removing a word from our lexicon, can we change the way we perceive things? That’s the premise behind a new campaign called ‘Ban Bossy.’ Created by LeanIn.Org, a non-profit founded by Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, the campaign is intended to encourage girls to lead by removing the negative stigma associated … Continue reading
It’s hard to do anything these days without someone noticing. Between revelations by the now infamous Edward Snowden that the US government is monitoring metadata from a plethora of communication technologies, and evolving social norms that are increasingly accepting of making private information public, it’s becoming clear that our lives are on display. We’re seeing an … Continue reading
The fall semester is in full swing, which means students around the world are hard at work juggling courses, projects and various activities. This week, I had the opportunity to catch up on current happenings at the University of Wisconsin’s department of Life Sciences Communication, or LSC for short. Fall is in full force on the … Continue reading
RESEARCH INSIGHT: Brian J. Bowe, Ph.D candidate celsaaccents: You have worked extrensively on ‘media framing’ of Islam and Muslims in the wake of 9/11. How have perceptions changed as a result of media framing? Is the media partly to blame for ‘Islamaphobia’? Brian J. Bowe: In some ways, it’s hard to separate the media influence … Continue reading
Unsurprisingly, the news that South African sporting hero, Oscar Pistorious (a.k.a. the ‘Blade Runner’) allegedly shot dead his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, broke first on Twitter in the early hours of February 14th. In the tirade of tweets and social media posts that ensued, the details of the incident started to emerge, leading to conflicting … Continue reading
Thought leadership is often viewed as a corporate communications tour de force. It combines essential components of a successful communications strategy by using storytelling and relationship building to establish strategic positioning and brand awareness. But as we find ourselves spending more and more time sifting through the online chatter, the management of information dissemination is … Continue reading
E-book, tablet, smartphone? Nov 23rd 2011, 16:56 by The Economist online RUMOURED new products from Amazon and Facebook, America’s controversial anti-piracy law and Apple’s unexpected threat to HP’s market share. A twelve-minute podcast. Continue reading
by Steven Baxter, 21 October, 2011 “It’s good to show the reality of war, but there’s something unsettling about our delight in graphic pictures of the dead dictator. The blood-soaked face of a still-warm corpse is the enduring image of the past 24 hours. That the face belonged to a vile tyrant is perhaps one … Continue reading
For those of you studying journalism and for those of us who are concerned by corruption in government, media and business, the phone-hacking scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s News of the World is a story you really ought to know about. If you missed it, then The Guardian’s wallchart is a useful visual which maps out … Continue reading
