Lecturer in Media & Communication, City, University of London
My research focuses on how US cable news networks employ emotion in their reporting, specifically looking at the video content that they produce for online consumption. Through analysis of Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, BBC, Al Jazeera and TYT, I hope to see if there is any link between the topics that are covered and the types of emotion that are most used with those topics, as well as the extent of their use.
My particular areas of interest are YouTube, Twitter, American politics and the goings on in the American media landscape.
Why spending time and money creating TikToks probably won’t pay off for Labour and Conservatives
Jun 12, 2024 06:21 am UTC| Politics
In a few short years, TikTok has moved from being an app for teens doing dance routines in their bedroom to a key part of political campaigning. Both Labour and the Conservatives are on the app (with 191,000 and 58,000...