Reading for Battle
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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Media
Who killed the newspaper?
If the press' principle role is to hold governments to account, trying them in the court of public opinion, then the internet has simply expanded this court
Staff writer, The Economist, 24 August 2006
If the press' principle role is to hold governments to account, trying them in the court of public opinion, then the internet has simply expanded this court
Staff writer, The Economist, 24 August 2006
How the Other Half Votes
Can an analysis of Big Brother’s appeal cast a new light on political disengagement?
Stephen Coleman, Hansard Society, April 2006
Can an analysis of Big Brother’s appeal cast a new light on political disengagement?
Stephen Coleman, Hansard Society, April 2006
Talking back
Journalists must show their personality and engage the public through blogs in order to 'restore the credibility we thought we protected but in fact lost when we insisted that we could and should be objective'
Jeff Jarvis, The Guardian, 5 April 2006
Journalists must show their personality and engage the public through blogs in order to 'restore the credibility we thought we protected but in fact lost when we insisted that we could and should be objective'
Jeff Jarvis, The Guardian, 5 April 2006
‘Mainstream media has become like film media 15 years ago’
Celebrity marriages, lost dogs, drunken brawls. Trivial headline news and the sellout of mainstream journalism. In an unprecedented and outspoken interview, iconic actor Aamir Khan speaks out about the media
Shoma Chaudhury, Tehelka, 1 April 2006
Celebrity marriages, lost dogs, drunken brawls. Trivial headline news and the sellout of mainstream journalism. In an unprecedented and outspoken interview, iconic actor Aamir Khan speaks out about the media
Shoma Chaudhury, Tehelka, 1 April 2006
Are Video Games Art?
While many video games probably should not be considered art, there are good reasons to think that some should be, and that the debates concerning the artistic status of chess and sports offer some insights into the status of video games
Aaron Smuts , Contemporary Aesthetics, 2 November 2005
While many video games probably should not be considered art, there are good reasons to think that some should be, and that the debates concerning the artistic status of chess and sports offer some insights into the status of video games
Aaron Smuts , Contemporary Aesthetics, 2 November 2005
What are we telling the nation?
Should the BBC aspire to making the good popular and the popular good or should it simply respond to the demands of the market place? Or is there perhaps a third way?
David Edgar, London Review of Books, 7 July 2005
Should the BBC aspire to making the good popular and the popular good or should it simply respond to the demands of the market place? Or is there perhaps a third way?
David Edgar, London Review of Books, 7 July 2005
A cultured ear: why does listening to music matter?
"If you have not tried it, you miss the best annual collective thought provoking opportunities in Britain."
Vijaya Madhavan, business consultant and part time doctor
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