Battle Readings is a regularly updated compilation of articles, essays, and opinion pieces relevant to the themes of the Battle of Ideas.
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Are embargo breaks bad for science?
Once again the thorny issue of embargoes has raised its head, reminding us that journalists and science press officers are fundamentally different animals.
Fiona Fox,
On Science and the Media Blog, 30 June 2010
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'He says, she says' just doesn't work for science
The journalistic norm of balance has no corollary in the world of science ... where consensus builds on repeated testing and re-testing of an idea.
Fiona Fox,
BBC College of Journalism Blog, 29 June 2010
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Murdoch is right
If we value good journalism, why don’t we pay for it online?
Joy Lo Dico,
Prospect, 23 June 2010
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Raunch culture's toxic effect on children
Parents must stand firm against the creeping sexualisation of children to prevent its corrosive effects on their mental health
Kate Williams,
Guardian, 22 June 2010
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New Media, Old News: Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age
In a thorough empirical investigation of journalistic practices in different news contexts, New Media, Old News explores how technological, economic and social changes have reconfigured news journalism, and the consequences of these transformations for a vibrant democracy in our digital age. The result is a piercing examination of why understanding news journalism matters now more than ever. It is essential reading for students and scholars of journalism and new media.
Natalie Fenton, Sage Publications,
21 October 2009
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Journalism, Democracy and the Public Interest
The media industry is in the midst of a 'perfect storm', as recession, fragmented audiences and the shift of press advertising to the internet, impact upon it. Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster, analyses the effects of these changes on the industry, and how Government and regulatory intervention can best enable it to move forward in a changing world.
Steven Barnett,
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, 2009
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Gaming for Glory at Greenbelt
Doubtless there will be critics who see gnostic heresy in the eternal and complex battle between dark and light in the fantasy worlds of video games. But in an era where it has become a new heresy to judge that there is any qualitative difference at all between individuals, especially children, a medium that teaches that there are indeed such things as good and bad, right and wrong, has in my view to be Good News.
Ruth Gledhill & Paul Govan,
Times Online, 13 August 2009
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