This post was originally written for and published on the Meme Studies Research Network website, Jan 22, 2021. Once again,...
In this post I will explain why people have attempted to use social media for political polling, why the results...
This is a supplementary blog for the launch of Cactool, which you can find here at https://cactool.github.io . It goes...
Ok Ok, you got me, I made a click-bait title that includes both Bill Gates and a timely reference to...
2017 was really terrible, wasn’t it? We all thought that 2016 was bad, then boom, here comes 2017 with a...
What ethical responsibilities do social media researchers have to report harmful or illegal content?
This post was originally written for and published on the LSE Impact Blog, March 18, 2021. Click here to read...
I was interviewed by BBC Radio Kent’s Anna Cookson about some the the latest political memes about Boris Johnson, and...
The social media platform Reddit recently hit the news in taking down over 2,000 communities after a review of its...
Twitter has announced that it is banning paid-for political adverts, just as the UK enters a general election, saying that...
People are easily confused, and here I speak as one who has spent centuries in courtrooms. Apparently, they say, a...