Jamie Bartlett (journalist) explained

Jamie Bartlett
Birth Place:London, England
Alma Mater:University of Oxford
London School of Economics
Employer:Demos

Jamie Bartlett is a British author and journalist, primarily for The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. He was a senior fellow at Demos and served as director of the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media at Demos until 2017.[1]

Education

Bartlett was educated at a state comprehensive school in Chatham, Kent[2] He won a scholarship to study at the University of Oxford and went on do a master's degree at the London School of Economics.[3]

Career

Bartlett has frequently written about online extremism[4] and free speech,[5] as well as social media trends in Wikipedia,[6] Twitter[7] and Facebook.[8] In 2013, he covered the rise of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement in Italy for Demos, chronicling the new political force's emergence and use of social media.[9]

In 2014, Bartlett released his first full-length book, The Dark Net. The book discusses the darknet and dark web in broad terms, describing a range of underground and emergent subcultures, including social media racists, camgirls, self-harm communities, darknet drug markets, crypto-anarchists and transhumanists.[10] In 2017, he published his second book Radicals Chasing Utopia, which covered fringe political movements including transhumanism, psychedelic societies and anarcho-capitalism.[11] [12] He also presented the two part BBC Two series The Secrets of Silicon Valley.[13] Bartlett's third book, The People Vs Tech, was released in 2018.[14] It argued that "our fragile political system is being threatened by the digital revolution."[15] In 2019 he co-wrote and presented the BBC podcast series The Missing Cryptoqueen, which investigated the disappearance of Dr Ruja Ignatova, founder of the fake cryptocurrency OneCoin. The podcast also examines how OneCoin operates, and its human and social cost.[16] [17] [18] A book of the same name was published in 2022.[19] [20] [21]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reflections on 10 years at Demos. Demos. en-GB. 2019-01-15.
  2. jamiejbartlett . 957234349509939200 . I also went to a pretty rough comprehensive ... was the first in my family to go to university, and got myself a scholarship to attend Oxford University.
  3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20210616180119/https://www.speakersforschools.org/speakers/jamie-bartlett/. 2021-06-16. JAMIE BARTLETT: Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos. speakersforschools.org. Speakers for Schools. Anon. 2020.
  4. News: Hamill. Jasper. Spooks left 'furious' after Anonymous hacktivists name and shame 9,200 ISIS supporters, sources claim. 15 July 2015. 18 March 2015.
  5. News: Reidy. Padraig. Padraig Reidy: We cannot choose which free speech we will defend and which we will not. 15 July 2015. 28 May 2015.
  6. News: Bartlett. Jamie. How much should we trust Wikipedia?. 15 July 2015. 16 April 2015.
  7. News: Bartlett. Jamie. Which party leader gets the most abuse on Twitter?. 15 July 2015. 10 February 2015.
  8. News: Bartlett. Jamie. Facebook is not a public utility – and your data is a small price for a free service. 15 July 2015. 4 December 2014.
  9. News: Dinmore. Guy. Grillo makes five star progress in campaign. 15 July 2015. 13 February 2013.
  10. News: Ian. Burrell. The Dark Net:Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett, book review. 3 June 2015. 28 August 2014. The Independent.
  11. Web site: Radicals Chasing Utopia: Inside the Rogue Movements Trying to Change the World. Messum. J. Kent. www.nyjournalofbooks.com. en. 2018-11-24.
  12. Web site: Radicals Chasing Utopia Sets out to Be Your User Guide to Radical Movements. Arel. Dan. 13 June 2017. Huffington Post. en-US. 2018-11-24.
  13. Web site: Secrets of Silicon Valley review – are we sleepwalking towards a technological apocalypse?. Saner. Emine. 7 August 2017. The Guardian. en. 2018-11-24.
  14. Book: PEOPLE VS. TECH by Jamie Bartlett Kirkus Reviews. en-us.
  15. Book: Bartlett, Jamie. The People Vs Tech. Penguin. 19 April 2018 . en. 2018-11-24.
  16. News: Runcie . Charlotte . 2019-10-09 . Why The Missing Cryptoqueen podcast is as gripping as Serial . 2024-06-16 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.
  17. Web site: Quirke . Antonia . 2019-10-30 . The Missing Cryptoqueen is a truly gripping podcast . 2024-06-16 . New Statesman . en-US.
  18. News: Davies . Hannah J. . 2019-11-04 . The Missing Cryptoqueen: the hunt for a multi-billion-dollar scam artist . 2024-06-16 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  19. Web site: Sansom . Ian . 2022-06-30 . Where is Ruja Ignatova, the self-styled cryptoqueen, hiding? . 2024-06-16 . The Spectator . en-US.
  20. News: The Missing Cryptoqueen by Jamie Bartlett: Shocking and compulsive . 2024-06-16 . The Irish Times . en.
  21. Web site: 2022-06-26 . Cautionary tale for the common man in The Missing Cryptoqueen . 2024-06-16 . www.independent.ie . en.
  22. News: Sidwell . Marc . 2022-06-20 . How 'Cryptoqueen' Ruja Ignatova pulled off the scam of the century – then disappeared . 2024-06-16 . The Telegraph . en-GB . 0307-1235.

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