Social media

Find here all of the New Statesman’s comment and analysis about social media and the digital age.

A Tory MP, a Brexiteer historian, a Reform clown and a reality-TV star walk into an auditorium…

By Nicholas Harris

As it should be.

By Finn McRedmond

The Baller League has updated the beautiful game for the attention-deficit era.

By Clive Martin

Also this week: Another pricey BBC settlement, and muzzling the Voice of America.

By Alison Phillips

The American right has more in common with the misogynistic influencer than it pretends.

By Jill Filipovic

In her powerful memoir Under A Pink Sky, Esther Ghey writes her daughter was being killed by social media long…

By Pippa Bailey

Even before the election, the young US cohort was already shifting right.

By Sarah Manavis

The left is losing its grip on the literary realm.

By Ella Dorn

Love Island knows to appear more progressive than Big Brother or There’s Something About Miriam – but it’s got the…

By Amelia Tait

The 28-year-old socialist MP on her viral fame, social media abuse and Keir Starmer’s leadership.

By George Eaton