Over the summer, American comedian Bo Burnham released a Netflix special that spoke to many – including University of Portsmouth student Lucy Nother – about the pandemic, mental illness and the challenges of the digital [… read more ]
Dr Stephen Harper, media studies lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and member of the Socialist Party of Great Britain (SPGB), argues that Covid-related misinformation is a product of our paranoid and resentful age of [… read more ]
by Majid Dhana. In these times as we sit back and see the reality of the world changing before our teary eyes, emotions, reactions, mixed with so much uncertainty – Doubt-indecision-insecurity in the air. [… read more ]
Ian Morris returns with his weekly column. This week, the internet goes down in the Morris household and Ian begins to ponder our dependence on technology. Down, down…deeper and down – Status Quo this time. [… read more ]
S&C contributor and Pompey Politics Podcast host Ian Morris shares his experience of the lockdown, as someone with diabetes. It’s Day 78 and Ian isn’t too pleased with Zoom’s update, as he loses the one [… read more ]
A University of Portsmouth project aiming to improve skills and employment opportunities for local women will be running a series of 12 workshops for 18-35 year old women in the city. S&C Community Reporter Andrew [… read more ]
In my innovation hub I Innovate with my hub I Redesign designs I Rebrand brands I Generate smart content and have smart lunches with smart people I Influence the influencers I Promote, advertise, personalise I [… read more ]
What challenges do digital media pose to journalists and activists seeking the truth? What is the truth anyway and does anyone still care about it? Self-proclaimed ‘Facebook firebrand’ Troll-Eye Spam tries – and rather fails [… read more ]
Portsmouth University student Dyanni Swhyer-Brown laments the loss of an ingenious social media app that launched careers, raised important social issues and brought disparate people together. Dyanni Swhyer-Brown Death doesn’t have happen to a human [… read more ]
JS Adams explores virtual reality at the White Elephant in Southsea and finds himself imagining the potential of a whole new (virtual) world. I am at the White Elephant in Cromwell Road Southsea, home to [… read more ]
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