Theme of the Month: I Don't Do Politics

In 2004 the UK’s Electoral Commission ran an ad called ‘I don’t do politics’, intended to show how it affects all aspects of society, and to ignore it would be to one’s own detriment. In January Al Jazeera ran an article on ‘the year of elections’, and asked ‘if 2024 is democracy’s biggest test ever?’ For June we explore political and public sector marketing and how, by extension, it impacts the media and the people

Thanks to freelance semiotician Becks Collins for this month's playlist

Spotify List

Featured

Who is really afraid of gender?

Superficial marketing: Bumble’s fumble to Special K’s stance

Creativity: the most important concept of the 21st century

No truth without trust

Fear speech, politics and media panic

What advertising should (and should not) learn from Nigel Farage

Where are all the Pride campaigns this year?

What brands can learn from political marketing

Comments and Interviews

Q&A: Taryn Rosenkranz on digital persuasion tactics

‘When we design for disability, we design for us all.’

Q&A: How to tackle hate speech during a summer of sport

Q&A: Stuart Perelmuter on content creators in politics

Q&A: My Life My Say on getting young people to vote

Q&A: Christopher Burgess discusses political posters

Do political slogans need a rebrand?

Contributors

How Lewes FC ‘feminised’ matchdays

How to act on ad inaction during an election period

Can Brand Starmer capitalise on Sunak’s empathy deficit?

Navigating election uncertainty and the role CX will play

Why smaller political parties are gaining ground

Fixing the national (empathy) deficit

Fast & Furious: brands must buckle in for an election like no other

Year of super elections: AI’s the word on everyone’s lips

Archive

Culturally relevant insights in an era of unrest

Misinformation is evolving, but so are tools to tackle it

Democratised access to idols is putting power in fans’ hands

Will 2024 be the influencer election?

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