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New media and the election: Will it be “The Tweet Wot Won It”?
How will bloggers and social networks affect how the coming election will be reported?
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How did we turn a senator into Superman?
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Every epoch has its heroes. In its coverage of the American elections, the Western media conjured one for our times. Rachel O’Neill gets an academic take on how the press mythologised Obama and asks how long it can last
His handsome, clean-shaven face, wrinkle-free except for a few laughter lines, looks out from countless magazine [...]
Keep it short and tweet
Twitter has been tipped to replace email, blogging, even texts. Phoebe Ferris-Rotman cuts through the hype.
