By Isaac Leesley While initially we looked at the wider use of cryptocurrency and the arguments for its adoption and its proponents' attitudes as well as the usage within the context of government. We must turn a wider eye to government regulation itself to explain why you sho...

By Isaac Leesley In 2021, El Salvador adopted the digital currency (cryptocurrency) Bitcoin as official legal tender. This was soon followed by the Central African Republic doing the same. Coming with this was messaging of a new modern economic outlook paired with, ‘rethinking...

By Isaac Leesley With the last post I looked at Donald Trump’s use and attitude toward social media while in Office. I’ll widen the perspective to social media and the wider rhetoric used by Republican candidates since Trump has left office. It provides perspective on the cont...

By Isaac Leesley Wider global communication has resulted in a wealth of innovation, yet it has also brought escalating extremist rhetoric alongside it. While fringe ideas grew closer to the mainstream these ideas have been spread wider and faster than ever could be imagined, e...

Warmest welcome to our February interns! We ask each intern to briefly introduce themselves. Hello, I’m Isaac, a first-year BA politics and philosophy student. My interest in the digital aspect of politics was piqued within the context of politics and social media becoming eve...