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📸 Red Alert on Democracy — a new photo exhibition on protest, media & memory in #Israel after #Oct7.

🎙️ Talk by #PaulFrosh to mark the launch.

📅 17 Nov 2025 | 6–7.30pm | Atrium Gallery, LSE: www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-co...

#ArtAndPolitics #VisualCulture #Gaza #Londonexhibitions
The Wounds in the Square: Photography, Political Despair and the Israeli Protests against the War in Gaza
Photo exhibition on Israeli Protests against the War in Gaza
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robinmansell.bsky.social
Our book just published open access - research across disciplines from Global North and Global Majority World. Big thanks to NORDICOM and International Observatory on Information & Democracy & 100s who participated along the way. Download at www.nordicom.gu.se/en/publicati...
November 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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A new blog entry from me, crunching some numbers on voting in the Celebrity Traitors roundtables (warning: contains spoilers). TLDR: they vote differently from regular players.

#traitors #bbc #final #fragmentation

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Yes, celebrities do play Traitors differently from regular contestants... and here's the political science to prove it - Hard boards and crooked timbers
(Warning: this post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t been watching Celebrity Traitors, you might wish not to read on…) As well as being the TV event of the year so far, Celebrity Traitors, which c...
hardboardscrookedtimbers.org
November 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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charliebeckett.bsky.social
My incredible #journalismAI crew who have not only delivered the world's best journalism and AI Festival but have spent a whole year working with thousands of journalists around the world on literacy and innovation programmes - amazing people doing great work
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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12 lessons from this week's international LSE #JournalismAI Festival - very good summary of some key case studies www.journalism.co.uk/12-lessons-f...
12 lessons from news outlets on the cutting edge of AI
Here are the key points, ideas and tips from the first day of the JournalismAI Festival in London
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November 13, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Fascinating workshop with Swiss media execs at St Gallen university - clever, committed people in an odd media market: lots of quality but v fragmented and competitive - AI will help but lots challenges
November 23, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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💡 Grant opportunity for newsrooms!!

Applications are open for the #JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative.

We’re funding AI projects that strengthen journalism & collaboration.

💰 $50K & $100K grants

🗓️ Apply by 3 Dec: journalismai.info/programmes/i...
November 24, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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All the sessions from our journalism and AI Festival are now on YouTube: check out the case study demos and panels showing off innovation from around the world www.youtube.com/live/ocr--Gv...
JournalismAI Festival | Day 1
YouTube video by PolisLSE
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November 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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All sessions from the #JournalismAI Festival 2025 are now available! 🎥

Revisit keynotes, panels & lightning talks exploring how AI is reshaping journalism worldwide.

Watch here 👉 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
November 27, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Apply now for our free APAC region AI Academy open to journalists and media professionals from any news organisation in the region, regardless of size. The 5-week programme will start in February 2026.
Details here: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
November 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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🗣️ LSE’s Prof Lee Edwards & @universityofleeds.bsky.social’ Dr Giles Moss reflect on recent accusations and resignations at the #BBC — and argue why public input via citizens’ assemblies matters now more than ever. 🏛️📣

Read more 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
An opportunity born of a media storm? Bringing the public’s voice into the debate about the BBC’s future - Media@LSE
LSE's Professor Lee Edwards and the University of Leeds' Dr Giles Moss reflect on recent accusations and resignations at the BBC.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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🐦📱 Children face new risks online—and new opportunities. Our #WorldChildrensDay panel explored what’s working, what’s not, and what’s urgently needed to protect their rights in digital spaces.

🎥 Watch: youtu.be/UuVKWzdBcL8

🎧 Listen: www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?i...

@sonialivingstone.bsky.social
World Children’s Day: digital futures for children | LSE Event
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November 27, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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💡New! Trump’s attack on the BBC is an opportunity to modernise the corporation, by @damiantam.bsky.social of @lsemedia.bsky.social.

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Trump’s attack on the BBC is an opportunity to modernise the corporation | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Trump's threat to sue the BBC over a misleading edit feeds into narratives of political bias. It's time the BBC became truly independence from governments.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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#Trump’s attack on the BBC is an opportunity to modernise the corporation, argues @damiantam.bsky.social @lsemedia.bsky.social for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social
Trump’s attack on the BBC is an opportunity to modernise the corporation | British Politics and Policy at LSE
Trump's threat to sue the BBC over a misleading edit feeds into narratives of political bias. It's time the BBC became truly independence from governments.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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today is budget day free links @lselibrary.bsky.social
government documents, newspapers, submissions from organisations
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front text pamphlet fabian society democratic budget.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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What are we to make of the recent dramatic upheaval at the #BBC which saw its Director General & Head of News resign?

Lee Edwards @lsemedia.bsky.social & Giles Moss @universityofleeds.bsky.social dissect the scandal & argue for the value of public input.

Read more👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
November 11, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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#Education in South Asia is adopting #digitalisation. Join us as we discuss challenges of #connectivity, #access, #literacy, etc & #policy, and how to stem digital #inequality.

📆 Wed, 19 Nov 25 -- ONLINE only
🕒 3pm🇬🇧 8pm🇵🇰 8.45pm🇳🇵 9pm🇧🇩
🗣️ & 🆓 Reg. details: tinyurl.com/3xp6cfaf

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November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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People are turning to #AI because they cannot access #MentalHealth support.

Rather than simply build better bots, we need to create bridges from AI to real world services, write Kojo C. Apeagyei @lsemedia.bsky.social, Ebosetale Oriarewo and @Dylan_Kawende for @africaatlse.bsky.social
We need to turn AI companions into bridges for people to get mental health help - Africa at LSE
There is a growing trend of people turning to AI because they cannot access mental health support. Current chatbots are not designed for this. But, rather than simply build better bots, we need to…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Come and work with my wonderful colleagues @lsepbs.bsky.social!

Assistant Professor in Social #Psychology / Environmental Psychology

#AcademicSky

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November 6, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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In 2021, the #UN introduced General Comment No. 25 on children’s rights in the digital environment.

On #WorldChildrensDay, Gerison Lansdown, Kim R Sylwander & Gastón Wright will discuss the impact this has had and more.

See more: www.lse.ac.uk/events/digit...
Digital futures for children | Children's rights in digital spaces
6.30pm Thurs 20 Nov | Gerison Lansdown, Kim R Sylwander, Gastón Wright | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE
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November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
lsemedia.bsky.social
Yes, celebrities do play #Traitors differently from regular contestants… and here’s the political science to prove it, as explained by @nickanstead.bsky.social: hardboardscrookedtimbers.org/yes-celebrit...

#CelebrityTraitors
Yes, celebrities do play Traitors differently from regular contestants... and here's the political science to prove it - Hard boards and crooked timbers
(Warning: this post contains spoilers, so if you haven’t been watching Celebrity Traitors, you might wish not to read on…) As well as being the TV event of the year so far, Celebrity Traitors, which c...
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November 6, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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🌍 What will be the legacy of #GenZ leaderless protest movements?

Bart Cammaerts #LSE explores how Gen Z’s acephalous, digitally connected #activism is reshaping social movements — expanding participation while challenging traditional leadership: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...

#SocialChange
What will be the legacy of the Gen-Z acephalous protest movements? - Media@LSE
LSE's Professor Bart Cammaerts looks at Gen-Z protests around the world, and how the digital context enables these 'acephalous' - or 'headless' - movements.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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One week to go until the #JournalismAIFestival 2025!

Bringing together journalists, technologists, and innovators from around the world to explore how AI is reshaping journalism.

And we’re streaming it worldwide!

Join us online for free: www.journalismai.info/festival
Festival 2025 — JournalismAI
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November 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
lsemedia.bsky.social
📸 Red Alert on Democracy — a new photo exhibition on protest, media & memory in #Israel after #Oct7.

🎙️ Talk by #PaulFrosh to mark the launch.

📅 17 Nov 2025 | 6–7.30pm | Atrium Gallery, LSE - open to all:
lse.ac.uk/media-and-co...

#ArtAndPolitics #VisualCulture #Gaza #Londonexhibitions
November 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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AI is becoming a big part of kids’ lives—but it raises questions about safety, fairness, and bias. 🤖

@mariyastoilova.bsky.social & @sonialivingstone.bsky.social explore the pitfalls and promises in their latest Media@LSE blog:
🔗 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/202...
AI literacy in an unequal world: pitfalls and promises - Media@LSE
Can AI literacy deliver? LSE's Mariya Stoilova and Professor Sonia Livingstone discuss their latest findings from the DFC project on AI and children’s rights.
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November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
lsemedia.bsky.social
👩‍💻 What draws women into #FarRight & #Tradwife circles?

📚 Join Lois Shearing & @emmahcasey.bsky.social for an eye-opening discussion on #Radicalisation & gender.

🗓️ Mon 10 Nov, 6:30–8pm
🎙️ Chair: @racheloneill.bsky.social
👉 Register: forms.office.com/e/twwa0D0VaR

#PinkPilled #ReturnOfTheHousewife
November 4, 2025 at 3:44 PM