Why are women in politics less authoritative on Twitter? Because men (and women) are less likely to retweet and follow them
The New Statesman, 5 December 2017 We all know that men in politics tend to shout more loudly than women, but when a big data analysis showed that there wasn’t a single female voice in the top ten most influential British political journalists on Twitter during the recent general election campaign, the general reaction was […]
Dec 05, 2017 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: authority, bias, feminism, genderbias, journalists, leadership, metoo, politicaljournalism, politics, sexism, twitter, ukpolitics, women, yvettecooper | Leave A Comment »
There are lessons for us from Arizona
If people live in a bubble of bias, impartial broadcasters can prick it
Jan 10, 2011 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: arizona, BBC, bias, BSkyB, daily mail, dupnik, fairness doctrine, FCC, fox news, free speech, gabrielle giffords, glenn beck, guardian, impartiality, jared loughner, liberal, mark thompson, matthew freud, obama muslim, right-wing, rupert murdoch, rush limbaugh, tuscon, university of maryland, vitriol | 2 Comments »