Einar Thorsen

Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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Twitter says it’s all Nick Clegg’s fault in ironic swipe at newspapers – guardian.co.uk

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    Twitter says it’s all Nick Clegg’s fault in ironic swipe at newspapers | Technology | guardian.co.uk

    Charles Arthur on #nickcleggsfault:

    "In particular the Daily Mail's use of an eight-year-old article written by Clegg for the Guardian, in which he criticises attitudes to Germany which seem stuck in the 1950s – and fail to recognise how it has reinvented itself since – for its front-page splash outraged many Twitter commentators, who rapidly pointed to the Mail's history of seeking to deny refuge to Jews fleeing the Nazis, and to Lord Rothermere's congratulatory telegram to Hitler for the Czech invasion in 1939.

    The rapid responses on Twitter indicate just how much shorter the feedback loop now is for the mainstream media and electors – and how dangerous it can be to attack politicians who are riding a wave of popularity."

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Sky News’ Election Feed Carried By Telegraph, ITV, Guardian, Others – paidContent:UK

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    Sky News’ Election Feed Carried By Telegraph, ITV, Guardian, Others – paidContent:UK

    "SkyNews.com’s executive producer Julian March tells paidContent:UK that Telegraph.co.uk and Guardian.co.uk, in addition to News Corp (NYSE: NWS) stablemates Times Online and Sun Online, will be taking the channel’s feed from the broadcast in Bristol. ITV.com tells us it’s also hosting Sky’s stream.

    It may not be initially clear what these sites, which may be considered rivals, stand to gain. Digital TV platforms, which all carry Sky News’ TV channel for free, are already evident in 91.4 percent of UK homes (source: Ofcom Q4 ‘09). But some, non-digital viewers are seeking an alternative means of viewing, according to our trawl of Twitter (below), presenting the sites an opportunity…

    Each carrying the same feed, the news sites will be competing with Sky’s own SkyNews.com, which will benefit from on-air trails from the channel – but they will get to duke it out on surrounding features…"

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‘If I were Prime Minister…’ – BBC News

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    BBC News – ‘If I were Prime Minister…’

    Great feature on BBC's Election 2010 site:

    "What's the one thing you would do if you were Prime Minister?

    We have been asking some of you in the first weeks of the general election campaign.

    Check out our video wall below by clicking on the faces to find what people (including some you might recognise!) have said so far…"

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Will the leader’s election debates engage first time voters? – Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog

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    Will the leader’s election debates engage first time voters? – Journalism.co.uk Editors’ Blog

    Elizabeth Davies' experience of watching the first TV debate online:

    "I was not glued to my television, but only because I don’t have one. Like a significant fraction of the population – a fraction dominated by young first-time voters like myself – I chose to watch the debate online. Unfortunately the quality of ITV’s live stream made it difficult to remain captivated for long. It’s one thing to engage with social media to encourage meaningful online discussion, but quite another to slap so many cursory widgets on the page that no-one is able to load anything."

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