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Media History: Radio Towers Jun 16, 2023 Research

Between 1930 and 1943 over 400 public radio receiver installations were erected by Japan’s national broadcaster in public parks around Japan. They

Looking for a park May 13, 2023 Research

Updated 19 Aug 2023 ↴ Yesterday, I spent a couple of interesting and productive hours at the Kyoto Institute, on the trail of a missing park, in

"World Press Freedom Index 2023" May 3, 2023 News

Every year Reporters Without Borders (RSF) compiles and publishes a “World Press Freedom Index” which attempts to measure and map the degree of

Democracy 2024 Jan 6, 2023 News

This year is a big year for politics around the world, with a significant portion of the world’s population voting in elections. In ‘size of

Newspaper Sales in Japan Dec 20, 2022 Research

During the early years of the twenty-first century the Japanese newspaper publishing industry seemed to be putting up successful resistance to

Some XKCDs Jul 3, 2022 Reading

If you’re not a regular user of xkcd, now is the time to start! So here are some amusing, insightful, and hopefully relevant, comics from the very

"The Chaos" Feb 21, 2022 Writing & Poetry Gerard Nolst Trenité , 1922 Written by Dutch poet Gerard Nolst Trenité (1870-1946), struggling with the ridiculousness of English spelling and

Left and right in TV news images in Japan and the UK Dec 31, 2021 Research

The configuration of reporter (R), camera operator (C) and interviewee (I). The configuration shown on the right illustrates how the camera blocks

Global Insights - Who Decides? Misinformation and Election Interference Oct 29, 2020 Research

In October 2020 I took part in the Balsillie School of International Affairs ‘Global Insights’ symposium series, a session on ‘fake news’, elections

"Peter Geoghegan: 'Democracy for Sale'" Oct 6, 2020 Reading

This book covers the relationships between the worrying changes we have seen in politics in certain countries around the world and the behind the

"Michael Sandel: 'The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit'" Sep 6, 2020 News

This article, taken from the Guardian newspaper, is a review of Michael Sandel’s new book and an interview with the author. I haven’t read it yet

McNair: Fake news, journalism and democracy Jul 26, 2020 News & Reading

Below is a complete chapter from Brian McNair’s 2018 book ‘Fake News’; I have reproduced the whole thing here primarily because it deserves as large

UN's Guterres Mandela Day Speech Jul 19, 2020 News

UN Secretary-General António Guterres gave the Mandela Day speech this year, his focus was inequality. The most obvious often seems to be economic;

UN's David Kaye on challenges to the press Jul 14, 2020 News

David Kaye has been UN ‘Special Rapporteur’ on freedom of expression since 2014 (UN Biog). On 13 Jul 2020 he held his final press briefing and