Angela Phillips

Angela Phillips is Professor of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths College, University of London, and author of Journalism in Context

Beyond ‘post-truth’: confronting the new reality

The term ‘post-truth’ is itself a product of seductive alarmism. It’s time we looked at the cold facts of our emerging news systems.

By Angela Phillips

/ 6 Jan 2017

Which source do students trust more? BBC News vs Facebook News Feed

Despite growing disenchantment with TV and the press, new research finds students continue to trust the BBC and mainstream media more than their Facebook friends.

By Angela Phillips

/ 3 Nov 2015

What can and should the BBC do about local news?

The Government want BBC to provide for market failure, except in the one instance where there is a clear case for it, the delivery of local news.

By Angela Phillips

/ 13 Oct 2015

The future of journalism

In this paper, Angela Phillips paints a picture of a media sector transforming itself in innovative and exciting ways, held back by failing business models. Will the future of our journalism rely on us giving away our private data? Or will we embrace the alternative: a simple online system that wo

By Angela Phillips

/ 6 Apr 2012