Is social media the new political leader?

What role has social media played in recent world events? What ability does it have to shape and inform public opinion, and are traditional news outlets losing sway? Academics and journalists come together to ask whether social media is becoming a political force bigger and beyond its users.

Chair: Stephen Khan, Editor, The Conversation UK

Speakers:

• Jamie Bartlett (Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos)
• Professor Angela Philips (Professor, Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London)
• Barbara Speed (Technology and digital culture writer, New Statesman)
• Professor Damian Tambini (Associate Professor, Director of the Media Policy Project, LSE)

Free, please register online: www.britishacademy.ac.uk/social-media