A selection of my newspaper and magazine interviews can be found below:

2025

Anti-immigration ‘British patriots’ online may not be what they seem, op-ed, Scotland on Sunday, 30 November.

Ballymena violence fuelled by mainstreaming of far-right, op-ed, The Herald (Glasgow), 23 June.

Will Reform benefit from John Swinney’s anti-far-right summit?The National on Sunday, 26 April.

Social media isn’t solely to blame for rise of far-right, op-ed, The Scotsman, 10 April.

2024

Waite, T. We need to talk about Elon Musk’s X, Dazed, 13 November.

Dodgson, L. and Friel, M. Trump’s victory shows the flagging influence of mainstream media, Business Insider, 6 November.

Bruce, A. and Muvija, M. British police reduce X presence amid extremist content worries, Reuters, 11 October.

Why the role of social media in the British riots is overstated, Netkwesties, 31 August.

Social media tycoon won’t act to ditch harmful content, op-ed, The Scotsman, 14 August.

Warning as Glasgow ‘far-right protest’ disinformation sweeps social media, The National, 8 August.

Whiteman, A., What is behind the UK’s summer of discontent and riots? Arab News, 7 August.

Kania, E., After the murder in Southport. Disinformation fuels racist riots in the UK, OKO.press, 7 August.

2023

Threads has potential but Twitter shouldn’t be written off just yet, The National on Sunday, 9 July.

2022

“This Online Group Is “Dedicated To Stupid Posts”, Bored Panda, 24 August.

“Thanks, I hate it”, Bored Panda, 7 July.

Oleknik, S. The meme-ification of Boris Johnson and British Politics, Upload Magazine, 26 May.

2021

Brady, T. The Good Friday Agreement: How a lauded act of international diplomacy became a political straightjacket, Shorthand, 1 July.

Murphy, U. Book review: An important addition to the digital media debate during a time of conflict in Northern Ireland, VIEWdigital, 12 April.

Scott, G. Sharing myths on virus may harm jab take-up, Yorkshire Post, 30 January.

Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher says, Mirage News (Australia), 27 January.

Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher says, Daily Advent, 27 January.

Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher says, News Z (Australia), 27 January.

Barlow, N. Snub social media for citizen assemblies to heal divisions in society, researcher says, About Manchester, 27 January.

UK politicians warned after Trump incites riots at Capitol building, Belfast Telegraph, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Daily Mail Online, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Yahoo UK, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Glasgow Times, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, North Wales Chronicle, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Ayr Advertiser, 7 January.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Lancashire Telegraph, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, The Courier, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Express and Star, 7 January. 

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Oxford Mail, 7 January.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Salford City News, 7 January.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, The London Economic, 7 January.

UK politicians warned after Trump ‘incites’ riots at Capitol building, Winsford Guardian, 7 January.

2020

Talking past each other? Social media in a changing Northern Ireland, interview with Connor Daly, Northern Slant, 19 December.

We are all first responders in the fight against the coronavirus infodemic, France Forum, October.

Long live local journalism says Sheffield media expert, op-ed Sheffield Telegraph, 16 April.

Lam, S. Social media censorship: A safety measure or a threat to free speech? Forge Press, 26 February.

2019

Rogers, C. The Report: Does social media have a place in formal education? Education Technology, 7 October.

2018

Gander, K. Psychologists discover deluded people and religious fundamentalists more likely to believe fake news, Newsweek, 30 October.

Politicians and local journalism key to combating ‘fake news’, study shows, India Education Diary, 9 September.

Politicians should not use the term ‘fake news’, Yorkshire Post, 4 September.

Sharman, D.  Local journalists playing ‘critical role’ in ‘fake news’ fight, new study says, Hold the Front Page, 30 August.

Nestor, H. Vero: ad-free social media that puts privacy first, Canvas8, 19 March.

2016

 Is the medium more important than the message? Communicating with disaster affected populations in the Information Age, France Forum, December.

Famous British newspaper closured for digital only: Quality is the survival of the media in the digital age, Chinese Social Sciences Today,  19 February.

Pickles, J.S. The far right and false imagery The National Student, 2 February.

2015

Politicians: Share sites are double-edged sword, op-ed, The Sun (Northern Ireland edition), 5 May.

Scifo, G. Can Twitter help to defuse conflict in Northern Ireland? L’Atelier, 21 April.

Citizen tweeters: how Twitter users can work together to defuse social tensions, Northern Ireland Community Relations Council, E-News, Issue 65, April.

How Twitter is defusing sectarian tensions, Belfast Telegraph, 31 March.

2014

Brenda Leyland: Did the press act responsibly when reporting the abuse directed at Kate and Gerry McCann? Leicester Mercury, 7 October.

Disaster media could aid decisions, Professional Security, 15 August.

A survey of British newspaper readership: online paid-for content loses popularity, Guanming Daily, 24 February.

University of Leicester trio rewarded for their teaching, Leicester Mercury, 4 February.

2013

A new, different kind of ‘troubles’ in Northern Ireland, Christian Science Monitor, Interview on use of social media during flag protests, 5 February.

2012

Mediating Disability in Broken Britain, Op-ed, Science Omega, 5 December.

Conference to ask if media helps or hinders portrayals of disability, Harborough Mail,29 October.

Gary Lineker’s son taunted by Twitter troll, Leicester Mercury, 3 August.

Twitter, the Snoopers Charter and Online Privacy, World Financial Review, Op-ed on Twitter and privacy, 25 July.

Social media empowers student protests in Montreal, Montreal Gazette, Interview about social media and protests, 21 May.

2011

Twitter did not incite people to riot, claims study, Leicester Mercury, 9 December.

UK Police uses Twitter to monitor riots and false rumors, Softpedia, 24 November.

Social media doubled edged sword in protests, CorpComms, 17 October.

Golden rule that applies to tweeting too, Op-ed, Leicester Mercury, 3 February.