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Josh Cowls

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William F. Buckley and the Decline of American Discourse

In this article published online and in print for MIT’s The Tech, I review a presentation about William F. Buckley and American political discourse.

Welcome to Britain’s first ever prime ministerial primary

In this article, published on the LSE’s British Politics and Policy blog, I argue that the Labour leadership race is Britain’s first example of a US-style primary election.

 

Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: who are the world’s most popular football clubs?

I am quoted in this Guardian article by Jamie Jackson, discussing how football clubs have adapted to the popularity of social media sites.

What the Thornberry affair tells us about politicians online

In this article, published on the LSE’s British Policy and Politics blog, I argue that Emily Thornberry’s Twitter gaffe shows that the intense image management of modern political figures has not yet entirely spread to the online realm.

Why big data has some big problems when it comes to public policy

A presentation I gave is discussed in this Washington Post article about big data and policy making.

We are entering an era in which multi-party coalitions are the norm rather than the exception

In this article, published on the LSE’s British Policy and Politics blog, I argue that the current coalition government is an arrangement that – structurally if not politically – is set to  become the norm.

Fahrenheit 404: Party attitudes to web archiving are a worrying sign for digital-era democracy

In this article, written with Mor Rubinstein for the LSE’s British Policy and Politics blog, we examine how British political parties approach online transparency and censorship.

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  • A nervous onlooker’s guide to the 2020 presidential election, which will be fought in four… October 31, 2020
  • Want to stop no deal and five more years of Boris? The only answer is a tactical pact May 3, 2020
  • Brexit and the politics of subtraction May 3, 2020
  • Flattening the curve forwards: The new speed of politics and the new politics of speed May 3, 2020
  • Four Things I Wish I’d Known Before Starting a PhD August 20, 2019
  • Deciding how to decide: Six key questions for reducing AI’s democratic deficit March 22, 2019
  • “Free Solo” Review: A human-nature documentary as grounded as it is gripping December 18, 2018
  • Review of By Chloe October 3, 2018
  • From Trump Tower to the White House, in 140 characters October 3, 2018
  • It’s the French presidential election this weekend. Expect the unexpected. October 3, 2018
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