Last week, I spent two very pleasant days in Oxford to attend the Internet, Policy & Politics Conference 2018.
On Thursday, Andy Chadwick presented our research, coauthored with Ben O’Loughlin and already published in New Media & Society, on the role of UK tabloids in providing resources through which social media users can misinform and disinform others. Andy has done a brilliant write-up of our findings in his blog and recently appeared on the BBC Radio Four program “Thinking Allowed” to discuss it. You can listed to the podcast of the show here.
On Friday, I was honored to contribute to the closing plenary panel, together with Helen Margetts, Zizi Papacharissi, Kurt Barling, and Victoria Nash who moderated the event. We discussed the theme of the conference, “Long Live Democracy?” and reflected on the evolving implications of digital media for democratic governance, participation, and policy-making.
Of course I will be back in Oxford very soon for the fourth International Journal of Press/Politics conference, and my first one as incoming Editor-in-Chief. Stay tuned for the final conference program!
Cristian Vaccari 