The discussion
Some of the latest thoughts on media and government
Here's what our guest writers and some of our own people have to say on how the debate is shaping up:
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The Future of media regulation (16 March 2012)
The final event in the Media & Government series sought to explore whether the Government will use Leveson as an opportunity to ‘reset the clock’ in its relationship with the media. + read more
Hard choices on media regulation (5 March 2012)
Ahead of our final event on Wednesday, John Williams, gives his view on the media regulation debate. + read more
Ministers and the Media (26 January 2012)
Does the media really influence the government as much as we think it does? That was the question for Alastair Campbell, former director of communications and strategy to Tony Blair, and Chris Mullin, political diarist and former Labour minister. + read more
Outspoken by design? (24 January 2012)
Ahead of our Ministers and the Media event this evening, Shirin Homawala gives her view on Lord Ashdown’s public statements against the Coalition Government’s welfare reform proposals. + read more
Event Summary: Policy by Twitter (8 December 2011)
Ben Lyons summarises the recent event, looking at the way political parties can (and should) use Twitter, including 8 tips for how to influence policy. + read more
Twitter: society’s new dial tone (5 December 2011)
Owen Barder, senior fellow and director for Europe at the Center for Global Development, suggests that new media is not just a faster and 24 hour news channel and looks at how the political economy of media is changing. + read more
Twitter, Politics and Policy (5 December 2011)
Jake Richards, trainee consultant at Fishburn Hedges examines the increasing role of Twitter in politics. He looks at the creative use of the tool by influential backbenchers and its power to bring politics to the 'person on the street', but cautions that "the debates on Twitter have failed to produce really thorough campaigns against substantial policies". + read more
Twitter – don’t forget the social (18 November 2011)
Charlie Howard, associate director at Fishburn Hedges debates a recent article by Bill Gurney. Is Twitter a mere “social network” a "discovery platform" or a newsfeed that is “human-curated by a potential universe of millions of curators”? + read more
What's the point of e-petitions? (9 November 2011)
Prompted by the debate at the first Media and Government event, Shirin Homawala, consultant at Fishburn hedges gives her view on e-petitions. Are they no more than online graffiti? + read more
Event summary: who really matters? Newspapers v broadcast v social media (8 November 2011)
The first in our four part series on the relationship between the media in government, looked at how the media influences public opinion and policy-making. + read more & watch the video
Newspapers v broadcast v social media – do any of them matter? (1 November 2011)
Ahead of the first event 'Who really matters? Newspapers v broadcast v social media' we hear from Jill Rutter (programme director, at Institute for Government) with her view on the upcoming debate. + read more
Media and Government - a bickering marriage of convenience (06 October 2011)
Ahead of the first event on 3 November, we hear from Peter Riddell (senior fellow at Institute for Government) with his view of the Media-Government relationship. + read more
Regulating the corner flag (22 September 2011)
Jason Nisse, director of media strategy and head of emergency relations at Fishburn Hedges, gives his thoughts on a "Fear and Loathing/Loving: Politics, the Media and the Law" event he recently attended. How can you regulate an an increasingly diverse online media? + read more