By Martha Lewins Last week I wrote about how the Conservative party has weaponised a culture war, particularly in relation to social media. It is also important to consider how the Labour Party have reacted to this and how they themselves have also used the culture war on soci...

By Martha Lewins Whether it be Jonathan Gullis scoffing at the so-called ‘chai latte drinking, almond butter eating wokerati' or Lee Anderson proudly exclaiming that the next general election will be fought on the ‘culture wars and trans debate’, it seems clear that the Conser...

By Ella May Lankstead Young people throughout history have seemed to be at the forefront of protest, be the antiVietnam war protests, rock against racism, Tiananmen square march, Hong-Kong’s umbrella protest, students and young people have historically stood at the forefront o...

By Edith Mabanda Binzunga When I think of a president or a head of state, I stereotypically think about a person wearing a suit,sitting behind their office vetoing or signing bills, representing a nation in talks with foreign countries,and giving speeches in front of their cit...

By Shefali Kumar On January 7th, 2023, supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stormed government institutions in Brasilia, Brazil. The protest closely resembled the infamous January 6th U.S. insurrection, where protestors attempted to overturn the results of t...

By Shefali Kumar In light of the controversial Twitter Files release, and Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, social media platforms are being called out for their content moderation. While the outcry largely comes from right-wing politicians, claiming banned accounts and flagged...

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...

By Hanna Wahab What exactly is desensitisation? The official definition is stated as “the process of causing someone to experience something, usually an emotion or a pain, less strongly than before”, with the rise of social media, particularly with the likes of TikTok and Inst...

By Carmen Ortolá Mas Social media is present and future. More than 80% of the population in the UK are active on social media, from which youth between 16 and 25 stand for the highest part and who happen to be the most impressionable, spending hours scrolling through random p...

By Ambra Sargu When it comes to social media, the world all of a sudden becomes much bigger. You can follow pretty much everybody from anywhere in the world with just one click. Platforms like Twitter and Facebook allow users from all around the world to follow politicians ide...