Archive for September, 2008



I participated in a stimulating conference yesterday, marking the 25th Anniversary of the Thomson Reuters Fellowship at the University of Oxford. It was attended primarily by journalists, but it drove home the need for social science research to place more focus on the role of the Internet in shaping the quality of journalism. For decades, [...]

The nomination of Sarah Palin for the Republican Presidential ticket created a flurry of activity over the Internet. Introduced to the American public only one week ago, there are already 5,360 YouTube videos of her (NetPulse 5 September 2008). According to Netpulse, ‘searches for Governor Palin were almost four times as popular as Obama searches, [...]