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Murdoch’s access to British prime minister shows media power still in hands of the few
It's not alternative facts we need to worry about, it's the fact that moguls still dominate the media, both old and new.
Why Britain’s Brexit white paper could fail to please anyone
The British government is actually suggesting quite a radical change as part of leaving the EU, but it doesn't want to make it too easy to understand.
What will happen to arms exports under Brexit?
One of the UK's biggest export industries depends heavily on cooperation with other EU member states.
Trump trolls, Pirate Parties and the Italian Five Star Movement: The internet meets politics
While the US is reeling from rampant fake online news, political movements in Europe are using the internet as a powerful democratic symbol to win elections. Will cyber-optimism or pessimism win?
The myth of the disappearing book
E-book sales are falling, even though many said they would "kill" print books. Computers and television were also supposed to spell the book's demise. At one point, people even feared the phonograph.
Hard right, soft power: fascist regimes and the battle for hearts and minds
How Hitler's Germany, fascist Italy and other authoritarian states tried to win friends and influence people.
The imitation game: can newborn babies mimic their parents?
New research has questioned the nature of humans' impressive capacity to imitate.
How to build a starship – and why we should start thinking about it now
No warp drives or worm holes required.
Why governments think that freedom of information is for nincompoops
Politicians hate secrecy when in opposition but grow to love it when in power.
Recipes for racism? Kitchen Cabinet and the politics of food
Kitchen Cabinet’s staging of "casual" food preparation with the nation’s most powerful people reproduces a culture of white Australian entitlement to master and consume any and every cultural product.
How Snapchat is scooping ‘The Boys on the Bus’
With three in four American voters using a smartphone, mobile devices are revolutionizing how political news is consumed – and reported.
Le procès Hissène Habré au Sénégal, une victoire de la société civile
Le procès de l’ex-dictateur tchadien Hissène Habré, qui s’est ouvert à Dakar début septembre, n’aurait pas eu lieu sans la mobilisation exceptionnelle d’associations locales et étrangères.
Starving cancer cells of sugar could be the key to future treatment
Eating less sugar isn't enough to stop glucose-hungry cancer cells but new research points the way to how we might starve them to death.
Social media can bring down politicians, but can it also make politics better?
Social media like Twitter could help improve politics by providing 'government in public'.
France is forging new relations with its former colonies, but old habits die hard
French and African presidents have, in the past, entertained close relationships outside official channels. These often included illegitimate exchanges. But there are signs that this is changing.
How women are reclaiming their right to public space in Delhi
Global cities must guarantee women safe access to public space. But in cities like New Delhi, this access is conditional and bound by moral discourse.
Trial in Senegal of former Chadian president is a victory for civil society
The commitment of African countries and the African Union in bringing the trial of former Chadian strongman Hissène Habré to fruition is unprecedented.
‘Strangling angel’ of diptheria caught Spain off guard – here’s how
Spain's fascist past has complicated the state's relationship with anti-vaccination groups, now a rare disease has appeared again after 28 years.
Facing psychological coercion and manipulation has become a daily part of claiming benefits
Psychology can't be used to diagnose and treat unemployment.
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Lecturer in International Relations & International Political Economy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professorial Research Fellow, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader in Psychology and Social Policy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, School of Social Science, History and Philosopy, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London
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Reader in coastal geomorphology, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Law, researcher in international law, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Planetary Science and Astrobiology, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Film, Television and Creative Industries, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of History, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Journalism and Media, Birkbeck, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Literature, Technology and Publishing, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Criminal Policy and Co-Director of the Institute for Criminal Policy Research (ICPR), Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London
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Lecturer in Community and Voluntary Sector Studies, Birkbeck, University of London