On a bright Friday afternoon at the end of March, Nick Davies, the multi-award-winning journalist sat down for an interview with Exeposé Features. Davies was in Exeter to deliver a talk as a part of Exeter’s ‘Creative Dialogues’ series, in conversation with Honorary Exeter Professor of Film Practice and renown director, producer and screenwriter, Don […]
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A Tale of Two Truths: Trump and the American media
On the 8th of November, during the post-midterm election news Conference, an altercation took place between CNN reporter, Jim Acosta and the US president Donald Trump. Jim Acosta challenged the president about his statement during his campaign on the migrant caravan being an “invasion” and about a campaign advert showing migrants climbing over a wall. […]
What the Funk? The Success of Modern Germany’s Mass Media
Considering the development of the modern printing press took place in fifteenth-century Mainz, western Germany, it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the landscape of German media consumption today looks as strong as its economy. In recent years, the outlook of printed newspapers in the UK has been bleak; it is perhaps best […]
Suffocating attention risks deterring a new generation of sports stars
B ritish athletes decorate the back pages on a daily basis and sometimes even the front – Wayne Rooney’s exploits have often been splashed across the leading page. Thus, a responsibility exists to fulfil the “role model” status surely exists. Here, Ben Hart shines a light on this particular debate through the medium of Eden […]
Turkey and the culture of fear
My first memory of that Saturday morning was being woken up by a woman’s guttural screams. Against a backdrop hum of the urban city, its dissonance was chilling. Sitting among Istanbul’s tea drinkers, typing and sipping in mutual harmony at one of the city’s numerous cay houses, I am still unaware of the real cause […]
Social media sways political opinion, says Uni research
Academics from the University of Exeter have revealed the results of research indicating how social media affected voters’ perceptions. In a survey of 1,830 participants from 600 constituencies, the team of researchers, which was headed by Professor Dan Stevens and based at Exeter Q-Step Centre and the University’s Centre for Elections, Media and Participation, also […]
A lifestyle or a lie?
I have a guilty confession. Two weeks ago, I added Kylie Jenner on SnapChat. Well, I added Kylizzlemynizzle, which quite frankly sounds like the dozenth version of a Chinese whisper. Yet still I clicked follow. Still I decided to see what goes on behind the scenes of King Kylie’s life. It turns out, not an awful lot… unless you count head nodding, […]