Political ads are banned from TV and radio, but candidates and parties are free to run any ads they want online – and more are choosing videos
Author Archives: Niamh Kirk
Niamh Kirk is the Newman Fellow in Digital Policy at the School of Information and Communication Studies and The Centre for Digital Policy, University College Dublin.
Posted inOpinion
Niamh: Irish Right-Wing YouTubers Seem to Be Following an Alt-Right Playbook
For practical reasons, it’s hard to challenge the sea of misinformation in these rambling video monologues.
Posted inOpinion
Niamh: Did the Media Give Peter Casey Too Much Coverage?
Michael D Higgins may have won the race to the Áras, but Peter Casey took the podium in the media, garnering the most coverage of any candidate, writes a media analyst and DCU researcher.
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Niamh: How Should Courts Handle the Rise of Citizen Journalists?
How can the state give space to citizen journalism to take different approaches from the mainstream media, and provide counternarratives and challenge authorities, while imposing some accountability?
Posted inOn the Media, Opinion
Niamh: How Well Has the Media Covered the Take Back the City Protests?
An analysis of articles from nine major news outlets from 9 to 24 September, by a PhD researcher at DCU School of Communications.