Jamie Bartlett (journalist)
Jamie Bartlett | |
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 Bartlett delivering a talk at the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media in 2014 | |
| Born | London, England |
| Alma mater | University of Oxford London School of Economics |
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| Employer | Demos |
Jamie Bartlett is a British journalist and author recognized for his newsletter How to Survive the Internet. He has contributed articles to The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph. Until 2017, Bartlett served as a senior fellow at Demos and led its Centre for the Analysis of Social Media.
Education
Bartlett was educated at a state comprehensive school in Chatham, Kent, earned a scholarship to attend the University of Oxford, and obtained a master's degree from the London School of Economics.
Career
His professional focus includes examining online extremism, freedom of expression, and social media dynamics on platforms such as Wikipedia, Twitter, and Facebook. In 2013, Bartlett conducted an analysis for Demos on Italy's Five Star Movement, highlighting its use of social media. His 2014 publication, The Dark Net, investigates hidden digital communities like darknet marketplaces, crypto-anarchists, and transhumanists.
In 2017, he authored Radicals Chasing Utopia, which explores marginal political ideologies including transhumanism and anarcho-capitalism. That same year, he hosted the BBC Two documentary series The Secrets of Silicon Valley. His 2018 book, The People vs Tech, presents the argument that technological advancements pose challenges to political institutions.
Bartlett co-created and presented the 2019 BBC podcast The Missing Cryptoqueen, which delves into Ruja Ignatova's fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme OneCoin, detailing its mechanisms and societal consequences. A book adaptation followed in 2022.
Publications
- The Dark Net (2014)
- Radicals Chasing Utopia (2017)
- The People Vs Tech (2018)
- The Missing Cryptoqueen (2022)