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Trump and why emotion triumphs over fact when everyone is the media

In 1961, the playwright Arthur Miller mused, “a good newspaper, I suppose, is a nation talking to itself.” The assertion seems oddly quaint…

Nov 16, 2016

Trump and why emotion triumphs over fact when everyone is the media

Nov 16, 2016

Alfred Hermida

How journalists can stay relevant in the third decade of digital disruption

The disruption brought about by the internet and the web has been a constant in journalism for two decades. It is more than 20 years since…

Oct 21, 2016

How journalists can stay relevant in the third decade of digital disruption

Oct 21, 2016

Alfred Hermida

So this is your first day of journalism school

As director of the UBC Graduate School of Journalism, I was privileged to deliver some opening remarks on the first day of the new academic…

Sep 8, 2015

So this is your first day of journalism school

Sep 8, 2015

Alfred Hermida

The 7/7 bombings in London: The day that changed the news

On the 10th anniversary of the 7/7 London bombings in 2005, BBC News veteran Alfred Hermida looks back at how the attacks changed the news…

Jul 6, 2015

The 7/7 bombings in London: The day that changed the news

Jul 6, 2015

Alfred Hermida

Understanding the new networked architectures of journalism

I was the respondent for a research panel on the new networked architectures of news at the 2015 ICA annual conference in Puerto Rico. Here…

May 23, 2015

Understanding the new networked architectures of journalism

May 23, 2015

Alfred Hermida

How rumours about the Sydney siege spread on social media

It has become one of the hallmarks of the news now. Whenever there is a dramatic event, social media instantly comes alive with comment and…

Dec 16, 2014

How rumours about the Sydney siege spread on social media

Dec 16, 2014

Alfred Hermida

How terrorists use Twitter to become ‘brand ambassadors’

Why social media lends itself to the guerilla tactics of extremist groups such as Islamic State (ISIS).

Dec 8, 2014

Dec 8, 2014

Alfred Hermida

Beware the #Ebola outbreak on Twitter

Whatever you do, don’t turn to Twitter for news about Ebola. The volume and tone of tweets and retweets about the disease will make you…

Oct 21, 2014

Beware the #Ebola outbreak on Twitter

Oct 21, 2014

Alfred Hermida

Alfred Hermida

UBC School of Journalism professor, digital media scholar and online BBC news pioneer. Co-founder of The Conversation Canada.

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