Researching how to do a PhD outside of a university
Franklin, Bob ed. (2006) Local Journalism and Local Media: Making the Local News. Routledge. Part I [[This book was published 16 years ago so the references to local news action are a bit dated. The consolidation of the local press has increased since then. This week, August 2022, Reach journalists in Bristol are going on …
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted and I want to say that I’m still going strong. I’ve nearly finished my first article, which I intend to submit to a journal. I have got to such a stage of writing and research that I filled out a research proposal form for PhD at a university …
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With four days to Christmas, the port of Dover is closed for 48 hours at least, Brexit is 10 days away, covid-19 has an additional strain that I’ve heard called covid-20 and life has been affected in a ridiculous number of ways. So, what is the role of local news (and local government) in this …
Adding a bit more substance to my article outline: From a post written on Friday but posted yesterday because for some reason WordPress didn’t publish it on Friday — Gaining and examining authority as a citizen journalist There are two types of authority — one assigned to a journalist by their audience, and two, the …
Here’s something I didn’t know before a different local (self-funded) journalist told me; Each council has to produce spreadsheets of all invoices over £500. They need to publish these quarterly but I never knew of this requirement. Two things strike me about local reporting, which can be applied to most situations: there is legislation that …
[Citations are from Media Amnesia by Laura Basu] Concentration of the media has been accompanied by an ‘obliteration of a left and social democratic tradition in the press’ (Golding and Middleton 1982 — Images of Welfare: Press and Public Attitude to Poverty: 217). This happened in three ways: the death of individual titles the deradicalisation …
In 2019, the mayor is recorded as having bullied and criticised and been quite rude to journalists in the chamber. These journalists were employed by the local press however, and therefore had some support. After one of the worst occasions regarding a journalist’s use of the word ‘tip’ rather than recycling waste centre [check wording], …
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I spent a lot of time finishing the editing of a manuscript this week so I had less time to blog and research. I did achieve something significant, however, and that has opened up the level of access I have to information. To take a quick step back, my inspiration for a while now has …
Trolls, echo chambers, misogynism, abuse of politicians and d*ick pics are some of the worst elements of social media. But is that all there is to this platform? How are social media platforms used? What evidence exists of the number of users and different types of use? Who own the media? What types of political …
I’ve been working on a concept map of my research (with much thanks to the FutureLearn course for how to do a literature review). This helps to first identify the structure of the research and then find matching articles and information that fits alongside those concepts. It’s a great way to work on what research …
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