media and politics lse mpa talk 2017
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MEDIA CHANGE AND THE IMPACT ON POLITICSProf Charlie BeckettDirector, PolisDept of Media and Communications, LSE
Me• Ex LWT, BBC, Channel 4 News (ITN)
• @CharlieBeckett
• http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/category/director/
Complex issues, manic media
Structural change in information landscape
• Legacy media still powerful – especially amongst older citizens
• Legacy media online still powerful – e.g. Channel 4 News Facebook video
• Digital native publishers: BuzzFeed, Politico, Vox, Teen Vogue, Ladbible, Mumsnet, VICE
• Social networks: Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Pinterest• Propaganda, ‘Fake News’, info wars, hacking• State or corporate actors: sponsored content, public
relations• Activist media: NGOs, bloggers, campaigners
Changes in dynamics of mediation• Shift from linear, top-down, Fourth Estate to Networked
flows
• Acceleration of news cycle
• Loss of authority and control for mainstream news media
• Battle for attention versus distraction
• Increasing role of emotion and relativism
Clicks and Likes are not votes
Social is not a political strategy
Taking back control?
Politics as theatre
Vicious spin cycle
Disrupting media as a strategy
News is getting emotional
Me• Ex LWT, BBC, Channel 4 News (ITN)
• @CharlieBeckett
• http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/category/director/