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 »
Clegg still has time to make a gracious exit
Cable could take over in 2014 without seeming too disloyal
Sep 20, 2012 | Categories: Politics | Tags: apology, autotune, facebook, lib dems, liberal democrats, lords reform, nhs, nick clegg, sorry, tuition fees, twitter, vince cable, youtube | Leave A Comment »
If they give it away, it’s probably too expensive
We need to understand the price of free
May 28, 2012 | Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: ad blocker, big data, citizen journalism, data, facebook, free banking, Google, journalism, oversharing, privacy, quality journalism, twitter | Leave A Comment »
China has little to fear from Ai Weiwei
The Chinese are far more content than the Egyptians. Yet still the state remains paranoid
Apr 11, 2011 | Categories: Politics | Tags: adam michnik, ai weiwei, arab spring, beijing, bird's nest stadium, cheng jianping, china, chris dercon, detained, dissident, Egypt, egyptians, gao ge, he zhi, hillary clinton, human rights, human rights watch, olympics, shanghai, sichuan earthquake, state department report, sunflower seeds, tate modern, torture, twitter, zhang shijun | Leave A Comment »