At the recent Influence Live event, CIPR President, Sarah Hall, interviewed acting star Ralf Little about his responsibilities on social media. Little was enthusiastic about everything from his high-profile Twitter spat with Jeremy Hunt to ...

Celebrities, including Paul Hollywood, Baroness Lane-Fox and James Cracknell, have been accused of buying fake followers after an investigation by The New York Times. The paper investigated a company called Devumi and discovered that more ...

The 2018 Edelman Trust Barometer has revealed that trust in the UK’s establishment – NGOs, Business, Government and Media – has largely stagnated year on year. While overall trust in the media hasn’t budged, there ...

Instagram has released its stats of the year 2017, with top hashtags, celebrities and most-Instagrammed cities. But beyond the lists of usual suspects, what can this Instagram data tell us about influence on the visual platform? ...

Instagram has cemented its place at the heart of visual media. It’s now possible to be a star on Instagram and nowhere else; brands and companies will pay good money for influential posts; and some ...

Hand Luggage Only was recently awarded the prestigious Best Travel Blog at the Vuelio Blog Awards 2017. We caught up with the authors, Yaya and Lloyd, to talk all things blogging and put them on ...

The Home Affairs Committee has questioned Google, Facebook and Twitter over the work they’re doing to combat online hate. The Committee questioned Dr Nicklas Berild Lundbald, vice president public policy at Google EMEA; Simon Milner, ...

Twitter revised its hate speech rules, which then led to the suspension of the official Britain First account and the accounts of its leaders: Paul Golding and Jayda Fransen. The new rules have been brought ...

Google has released the most Googled terms of the year and Meghan Markle has topped the list in the UK. Google’s annual analysis sums up the year in news. The full top 10 is: Meghan ...

THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF FIVE THINGS YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE MISSED FOR 8 DECEMBER.   1. 100PT SPLASH HEADING HERE Cambridge News accidentally published editorial instructions on its front cover this week, rather than an ...

As we approach the end of the year, have you been a good PR professional or will Father Christmas be filling your social media stocking with emoji coal? There are certain PR bad habits that ...

Laura Scott is the blogger behind SheHearts, a luxury lifestyle blog that specialises in beauty, fashion, travel and food. Laura showcases handpicked favourites from each sector with in-depth reviews and quality photography. We spoke to ...

This week’s Five Things You Shouldn’t Have Missed includes Greggs’ sausage roll, Josh Rivers being sacked by Gay Times, Twitter’s verification ticks, Russian troll farms and ONLY ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL THE VUELIO BLOG ...

As claims of Russian interference in the Brexit vote mount, Parliament’s powerful Intelligence and Security Committee is being urged to explore the role that Russian based ‘troll farms’ played on Twitter during the referendum. Theresa ...

The John Lewis Christmas Advert 2017 has been released and will premiere on TV tonight during Gogglebox. Watch the advert here: The annual ‘event’ as it now is, is considered by many to be the ...

Twitter has finally rolled out 280-character tweets across the platform, after trialling the initiative with a handful of users at the end of September. As with any change on social media, the general consensus is ...

This big stories of the week from the world of PR, media and communications, including Snapchat’s warning, Apple’s hire, Piccadilly Circus, Radio 1’s listening stats and Facebook’s publisher experiment. 1. Snapchat’s first ASA warning Geordie ...

IMPRESS, the press regulator backed by royal charter, has taken the unusual move of banning its chief executive and three board members from dealing with major newspapers after their behaviour on Twitter. What does this ...

Twitter has announced a small group of users are now testing double-length tweets in order to overcome ‘cramming’. The 280-character tweets are available in all languages except Japanese, Chinese and Korean. Twitter, and then founder Jack ...

Facebook has improved its location targeting to let advertisers focus on real-life customers and visitors to their real-life stores. If users allow Facebook to track their location, the social network can let advertisers target people ...