Einar Thorsen

Associate Professor of Journalism and Communication at Bournemouth University

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The Internet election?

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Stephen Tall:

Did the internet change the course of the election? At a national level, probably not (or at least not much). But at a local level – whether for council or parliamentary elections – email and Facebook, blogs and Twitter, websites and YouTube can each make a real difference to an individual candidate’s campaigning efforts, offering them the chance to motivate supporters, and communicate directly with voters. None of these are a replacement for regular Focus leaflets and door-to-door personal contact; but they are an increasingly essential addition to our traditional pavement politics.

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#wmf: Jon Snow slams leaders’ debates in ‘golden age’ for journalists

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    Jon Snow speaking at the Westminster Media Forum event, 'The Future of News Media':

    "Three debates and the lifeblood was drained from the rest of the campaign. You used to have spontaneous press conferences (…) but [in 2010] in terms of actually putting out their stalls in which policies are aired in a structured way over three weeks, there was none of it. There were three men everywhere you went.

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    The tabloids had a dreadful election because there was nothing to report. All there was to report was the TV debates, they had to hook into TV (…) When the viewer had thought that somebody had won they were then told by the media, the tabloids, they were wrong."

    Read on for comments on current and future of journalism.

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Postponed:
Online Reporting of the 2010 UK Election Symposium

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Whilst the event has attracted significant attention, the majority of interested parties were unable to make the original date. In the interest of making the event inclusive and to incorporate as many perspectives as possible, we have decided to postpone it until November / December 2010.

We will publish an updated schedule in due course.

Please accept our sincere apologies for any inconvenience caused for this. We do hope that you may be able to join us at the later date instead.
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Organised by the Centre for Journalism and Communication Research
The Media School, Bournemouth University

Friday 25th June, 2010 –> postponed

This symposium will be an opportunity to discuss and reflect upon the role of online news reporting during the May 2010 UK General Election. It will provide a forum for academics, researchers, journalists and bloggers to discuss emerging and established forms and practices of online election news. We aim to provide a lively discussion forum evolving around pertinent issues arising from the election campaign and aftermath.
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Have you got an election-shaped hole in your life? – The Guardian

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    Alain de Botton:

    "The sense of uncertainty, the ecstatic sense that anything might happen, has given way to a slow-footed normality. Politicians who impressed us by seeming so vulnerable, unsure, spontaneous and as a result tantalisingly and excitingly "alive" have now reverted to type. Standing outside their imposing ministries, they are once more sounding certain, confident, unflappable, as though everything was always meant to be like this – even though we know that, briefly, the grown-ups' rules were in the air and life was malleable and agreeably chaotic."

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