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Over the past 60 years, national elections have become a topic of keen interest for political scientists all over the world. This isn’t surprising, of course: voting, after all, represents the central act of the democratic process. And central to...
It’s become a truism that digital revolution is changing politics: and it is, of course. But few research groups have tried to measure exactly how. Yesterday, we launched some brand new research into how European citizens and MEPs are using Twitter,...
On the question of multiculturalism and integration – despite some superficial differences – I think both the Labour and Conservative parties have a reasonably similar position. We welcome and want people to celebrate their own cultures, background, religions, but not...
A single man, alone, against a column of Chinese tanks. The Stars N’ Stripes half-raised above Iwo Jima. Phan Thj Kim Phuc running in fear ahead of American GIs in Vietnam. Sometimes a photo captures a single moment and becomes...
As part of our ongoing project analysing the role that social media is playing in the 2015 General Election, Demos – alongside Qlik, the University of Sussex and Ipsos MORI – have been working to build new tools to measure...
The increasing integration of new media technologies, and particularly social media, into our personal and working lives has heralded an enormous amount of debate and discussion about their transformative potential. In politics, this has centred on the capacity for social...
I know what Ed Miliband meant when he tweeted last week that: ‘I think Nigel Farage’s comments today are wrong, divisive and dangerous. The laws we have on equality represent our values as a country’ I also know what Polly Toynbee meant...
Since the first Tweet was sent in 2006, Twitter has become the mouthpiece of almost 650 million users: a sizeable digital chorus with eyes and ears all over the world, providing a running commentary on almost any topic conceivable. These...
