news · research – Developing techniques to capture news websites programmatically.
One of the big problems a researcher faces when dealing with 'the internet' is how to capture and keep a record, this is a recent attempt to develop a practical technique... Read More ›
news – Stop fretting about punctuation and let your ideas flow.
Some alternative apps and tools to help you in your academic work. Read More ›
news – The role of 'fake news' in the 2016 US Presidential Election
Where it came from, what the press (and the big social media firms) think of it and what to do about it. Read More ›
news – UN Rapporteur on freedom of expression in Japan
David Kaye, UN special rapporteur on freedom of expression, has just finished a visit to Japan and has pointed to a number of worrying issues for reporting and the mass media. Read More ›
research – Outlook for commercial broadcasters in Japan
Every quarter Japan's Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication (MIC) asks commercial broadcasters to evaluate their outlook for the next six months. Read More ›
research – Hopefully a paper some time soon...
Newspaper sales and the press in Japan. This paper looks at how the way newspapers are sold in Japan has a significant (negative) effect on the ability of the press to carry out its role as a political 'watchdog'. Read More ›