Category: Sociology

After years of justifiable pessimism, there is evidence that the future of investigative journalism is looking brighter

June 23, 2020

Journalism plays an undeniable vital role in democracy. By questioning those in power, by exposing wrongdoing, by coming forward in defence of the public interest, journalists perform as watchdogs for society. Investigative journalism even more so. According to de Burgh (2000), “an investigative journalist is a person whose profession it is to discover the truth … More After years of justifiable pessimism, there is evidence that the future of investigative journalism is looking brighter

Press freedom in an increasingly restraint world

January 18, 2020

Press freedom might be having one of its toughest times in recent years. Partly, because of the rise of authoritarian governments across the globe, but partly because of its own errors regarding self-regulation. The paradoxicality on this is that some politicians that rose to power with an ‘anti-political correctness’ speech precisely because they felt ‘censured’ … More Press freedom in an increasingly restraint world

Cambridge Analytica and the Public Sphere

January 17, 2020

Social media branding, voter targeting and military disinformation. These were some of the services offered by the Strategic Communication Laboratories Group (SLC Group). In its genesis, the company was known as SCL Defence. Their endeavours then had much more focus on military activities and propaganda. In their website, the SCL Group claimed to have influenced … More Cambridge Analytica and the Public Sphere

Reporting reality in movies: a cinematic representation of journalists

January 17, 2020

Cinema has always had a strong interest in journalists and their work. In many films within this scope, journalists, more often investigative journalists, are regularly portrayed as paladins of justice and ethics: they are incorruptible, own strong principles and values, and possess an unshaken sense of morality and duty towards society. Although some characters have … More Reporting reality in movies: a cinematic representation of journalists