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LSE Department of Media and Communications @lsemedia.bsky.social · Oct 31
📸 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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🌐 How does #AI actually work? Prof #BingchunMeng breaks down the massive data centres and human infrastructure behind AI in #Guizhou #China.

📖 Read more on Futurum careers: futurumcareers.com/the-future-o...

#ArtificialIntelligence #DataCenters #MachineLearning #TechForGood #socialscience #Futurum
The future of AI – and why social sciences matter - Futurum
What is the role of social sciences in AI?
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December 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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📢 Applications are OPEN!
The #JournalismAI Academy returns to the Asia-Pacific region in 2026 ✨

This time, we welcome journalists & media professionals from newsrooms of ANY size.

Deadline: 14 Dec 2025, 11:59 PM GMT.

👉 Attend the info sessions and apply: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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If you are interested in hearing my latest take on AI and the challenges it poses for communications research, here is a keynote I gave at ZEMKI University of Bremen in October @zemki.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Excellent detailed summary of our Journalism and AI festival. As the article says it was packed with expert and innovative voices from around the world - a great read and all the sessions are online
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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💼 Come work with us!

#JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) based in 🇿🇦 South Africa to support the team and its activities.

👉 Learn more and apply before 14 December: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Programme Officer | JournalismAI 2025/26
Programme Officer JournalismAI is looking for a Programme Officer (Full-time) to support the execution of its grant funding programme and other activities. The Programme Officer will work closely…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Applications are open for the APAC Academy @polislse.bsky.social! 🌏

News organisations in the APAC can join the 5-week #JournalismAI Academy to boost your newsroom’s #AI knowledge & strategy.

🗓️ Apply by 14 Dec: www.journalismai.info/programmes/a...
JournalismAI Academy — JournalismAI
A training programme to help newsrooms leverage the power of artificial intelligence.
www.journalismai.info
December 5, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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We’re excited to see Prof Shani Orgad will be @vaginamuseum.bsky.social discussing #menopause & rage - how anger is portrayed in the arts, history & public discourse, & why society has long tried to quiet it.

🗓️ Wed 10 Dec 7.30–9.30pm
🎟️ Tickets → www.outsavvy.com/event/31628/...

#LSE #VaginaMuseum
Menopause & Rage - ONLINE PANEL Tickets - London - OutSavvy
*** This is an online event. The Zoom link won't be included in your confirmation email, but will be sent out shortly before the event.***Are you an angry menopausal person? Can you relate to the witc...
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December 5, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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20 years of MSc Politics and Communication @lsemedia.bsky.social event about to start.
Slide for event
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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@sonialivingstone.bsky.social spoke at the International Meeting on children’s rights & #AI:

“We must move beyond safety-by-design & privacy-by-design to embrace #ChildRights by Design.”

📜 Declaration of Intent presented to #PopeLeo XIV: lnkd.in/d__K65y7

#ChildRights #DigitalSafety #ChildDignity
December 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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🆕 article by PhD Researcher David Threlfall on how #games & #gamification are being used in the #Australian public sector & their potential to strengthen innovation + engagement.

🔗Published in the Australian Journal of Public Administration: doi.org/10.1111/1467...

#PublicAdministration #GovTech
Games and gamification projects in the Australian public sector
This article surveys the arrival of gameful government into Australian public sector practice. Gameful government is a shorthand, descriptive term denoting the interpenetration of (video)games, and .....
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December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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How might recent political attacks on the #BBC shape its future?

In a new piece for @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social, Dr Damian Tambini argues that #DonaldTrump’s challenge to the corporation presents a key opportunity for reform.

Read more: blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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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December 2, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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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...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:11 AM
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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...

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World Children’s Day: digital futures for children | LSE Event
YouTube video by LSE
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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.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
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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historic @thefabians.bsky.social pamphlet 1892
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front text pamphlet fabian society democratic budget.
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM