Media Standards Trust

Siobhan Daly and Jude Howell's report examines the role of civil society in tackling growing concerns about the democratic deficit. It concludes with a series of questions about new and emerging aspec...

Source: Carnegie UK Trust, Carnegie UK Trust

Jun-06

Keywords: democracy, citizenship, religion, social enterprise

Greg Power's report launching Carnegie's Democracy & Civil Society programme and follows from the Power Inquiry. Seeks to find tangible ways in which to engage people in democracy. Argues that discuss...

Source: Carnegie UK Trust, Carnegie UK Trust

2006

Keywords: democracy, citizenship, trust, politics

Stephen Coleman's report on civic engagement in young people argues against the prevailing orthodoxy. Coleman suggests young people are engaged but not through traditional structures. They want to par...

Source: Carnegie UK Trust, Carnegie UK Trust

2006

Keywords: citizenship, democracy, Internet, technology, trust, politics

Douglas Rushkoff's 70 page think piece about the political opportunities presented by new technology. Rushkoff wants to demonstrate 'how a growing willingness [of the public] to engage with the underl...

Source: Demos, Demos

2003

Keywords: democracy, politics, online, communication

Topline summary of extensive academic research project carried out in 1997-1998. 2 years quantitative analysis of news output (86,987 items in 3,550 UK media), coupled with lengthy discourse analysis....

Source: ESRC, Economic and Social Research Council

1999

Keywords: democracy, media monitoring, public information

Snapshot of the current state of political blogging in the UK (early 2004). Focuses on 8 'types' of political blog (the MPs blog, the candidates blog etc.). Most said the purpose of blogging was to pr...

Source: Hansard, Hansard Society

Jul-04

Keywords: blogs, Internet, online news, democracy, politics,

Five essays assessing the impact of the web on the 2005 UK election. Contributions include: Stephen Coleman on the need to use the internet for dialogue, not broadcast; Lusoll and Ward on who was onli...

Source: Hansard, Hansard Society

Jul-05

Keywords: Internet, government spin, PR, democracy, blogs, technology

Overview of research being conducted by the LSE's Media Department. Includes research into five thematic areas: democracy, globalisation, literacies, ethics, and policy. For each area the academics ar...

Source: LSE, LSE

Jun-05

Keywords: democracy, globalisation, internet, media literacy, ethics,

5,000 face to face interviews conducted across Europe in September 2006, exploring the European blogging experience. Finds that about 60% of Europeans (70 million people) have heard about blogs, and a...

Source: Ipsos-MORI, Ipsos MORI

Nov-06

Keywords: blogs, Internet, democracy, politics, trust, UGC

Drawing on the findings from five discussion groups plus a review of decades of survey data, the MORI report shows that in this greater climate of distrust — driven by increased awareness of spin and ...

Source: Ipsos-MORI, Ipsos MORI

Nov-05

Keywords: Government spin, democracy, politics, trust

Richard Grant's research report on the democratisation of diplomacy, the nature of the problems as a result, and the implications for government foreign ministries

Source: Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford Internet Institute

Nov-04

Keywords: democracy, Internet, government

Eli Noam's paper is part of a larger study at Columbia University of media concentration. Noam focuses on internet market concentration. Study suggests internet may move from entrepreneurial and liber...

Source: Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford Internet Institute

Aug-03

Keywords: Internet, access, competition, market dominance, democracy

Preliminary results of a new study into how the internet might reconfigure access to scientific information. Examines three possible models of development: reinforcement, democratisation and winner-ta...

Source: Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford Internet Institute

Mar-06

Keywords: globalisation, science, Internet, access, democracy