Tag: politics

Young people see the media as powerful but don’t trust it: particularly not the tabloids

  • December 1, 2009 at 4:42 pm

  • Recent research reveals that young people in the UK have little faith in journalists, but see them as having the greatest influence on government decisions. And tabloid journalists, it seems, are the worst of a bad bunch.
    The research was undertaken last week by online pollsters YouGov, on behalf of the Citizenship Foundation. Almost 4,000 young [...]

Young people don’t value the political power of social media, but they would vote

  • November 30, 2009 at 3:42 pm

  • According to new research, most young people aged 14-25 would be likely to vote in an election and would be more likely to if they could do so online. However, they don’t see social networking as particularly useful for furthering a cause, favouring instead an email to their Member of Parliament.
    A recent YouGov poll for [...]

Futurelab Citizenship podcast

  • October 1, 2009 at 12:01 pm

  • Citizenship Foundation CEO Tony Breslin talks to Futurelab's Cassie Hague about the role of citizenship education, technology, and the need to look for greater opportunities to encourage young people to become active citizens.
    Visit Futurelab Citizenship podcast

Has your MP signed in favour of putting parliamentary footage online?

  • May 26, 2009 at 6:30 pm

  • Jo Swinson, Liberal Democrat MP for East Dunbartonshire, is trying to convince Parliament to allow the posting of parliamentary footage to social media services such as YouTube.
    She is asking other Members of Parliament to sign her Early Day Motion in support of putting parliamentary procedures online. At the time of writing 28 have done so.
    If [...]

Whitby commandeers bus in contempt for public consultation

  • January 26, 2009 at 8:08 pm

  • I sincerely hope this story isn’t true: because if it is, it shows the degree of contempt that Council Leader Mike Whitby has for the people of Birmingham.
    Two weeks ago a bus of council employees was scheduled to visit the Highgate area of Birmingham. The purpose was to consult local people on the Big City [...]

No sex please, we’re Australian

  • August 1, 2005 at 1:15 pm

  • Apparently we may kill but not procreate. Not the most obvious strategy for maintaing a species.
    This is of course the story that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas has effectively been banned in Australia, because of hidden sex scenes which can be unlocked by the player.
    So it’s OK to play at stealing cars, running drugs and [...]

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