Waking up to Russell Brand’s ‘razzle-dazzle’ misogyny
"it’s all delivered with a cheeky smile and a knowing wink, to the tune of laughter and whoops from his audience"
Open Minds, Open Conversations: An Interview with the LOAF Podcast
I knew vaguely of the podcast run by four of my fellow Christ Church students before interviewing them for Cherwell. It takes hard work...
The future of History documentaries and what does their decline mean for us?
Television has become an endless stream of reality TV, drama and sport. These categories make up the top ten television programmes viewed in 2019,...
Journalism paywalls — a necessary evil?
If they don’t want to bow to pressures, sources are left with no option other than to start charging their readers.
Great men on vacation: The reporting of Boris’ holiday
In my opinion, both sides make the same mistake here. They obsess over the leading man, either worrying that the holiday leaves us stranded or that it is necessary for him to rest before single-handedly facing the battles ahead. All of it leads to propping up the cult of personality that separates Boris from his party infrastructure.
Money Diaries: A 20 year old media intern in London
Occupation: Intern at a media start-up
Industry: Media/tech
Age: 20
Location: London
Salary: £10.00 p/h (£1.6k per month)
Rent: £400 p/m with bills
Over the summer, I was one of...
In Conversation with Eleanor Neale
"These ones are being told on my channel because no one else will tell them and I want to tell that story."
Beyond the 9-to-5: In Conversation with Chelsea Fagan
Chelsea Fagan’s videos are credited for making me finally understand stocks — no small feat, since both economics teachers and my dear parents had...
The ‘Foxification’ of British news: the impact of new right-wing media in the UK
"Even though the stringent regulation of broadcasting in the UK means that these networks will not be overtly one-sided or spread ‘fake news', they are worrisome. A new fixation on ‘opinionated’ and ‘politicised’ news commentary will feed into ‘bubble culture that isolates viewers in echo chambers." Biba Jones discusses the entrance of GB News and News UK TV into the British media landscape.
Great Thunberg’s Spitting Image Sketch and the Problem with Political Satire
"Compared to the cutting-edge and culture-shaping Spitting Image of the 80s and 90s, this reboot seems to have taken out its dentures and started sipping the political and environmental crises through a straw."
What TikTok tells us about our toxic relationship with celebrities
"These TikTok stars are what we have made them through our gluttonous appetite for celebrity."
Let’s not pretend that pandemics are a ‘foreign’ problem
"The outsourcing of blame for the coronavirus is an example of political scapegoating which relies on prejudice, rather than evidence, to become a shared and accepted narrative."
Blind Spots and Vigilantism: Learning from the ghosts of recent pandemics past
‘I refute the claim that news cannot be made directly relevant, engaging, and motivating wherever it happens.’ Francesca Butt warns us against the blind spots in our media coverage and tells us what we can learn from online outrage.
Truth and Technology: a Fraught Relationship
Recent discussion on the topic of so-called ‘fake news’ has exponentially grown. The use of the term “fake news” itself has increased by 40x...
