DCMS Media Green Paper Consultation – Civic Compact for the Platform Age
The government’s Watch this Space media green paper has crystallised a tension that can no longer be postponed. On one side stands a legitimate fear […]
Articles by Rob Watson
Lisa Nandy Stays at DCMS – Now the Real Work Must Begin
Lisa Nandy MP’s continuation as Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport offers an opportunity for continuity. It also removes a convenient excuse. Nandy […]
Community Media Café – Sharing Skills, Ideas and Inspiration in Leicester
On Thursday mornings, the Bishop Street Chapel Café in Leicester becomes a meeting place for people interested in community media, local storytelling and digital participation. […]
Community Media Exchange – What Should the Media Green Paper Mean for Community Media?
The latest Community Media Exchange brought together a small group of experienced community broadcasters from different parts of England to discuss the Government’s Media Green […]
What Is a Workplace Network For?
The Tempest v DEFRA and Rural Payments Agency tribunal raises difficult questions about communication, association and the role of public-service institutions. This article is not […]
Stronger Together Needs Stronger Local Media
Belong’s new report, Stronger Together: What We Know and Must Do About Cohesion, joins a growing stockpile of reports diagnosing the same deteriorating conditions: economic […]
Britain Under Strain – Civic Communication Must Be Tested, Not Assumed
The publication of More in Common’s Britain Under Strain – The Broken Social Contract, Democratic Distrust and the Mainstreaming of Extremism has quickly become a […]
Watch This Space Green Paper Consultation – Discussion Calls
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has opened a public consultation on *Watch this space: a new strategic direction for UK media*, a Green […]
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Accuracy, Trust and Media Pluralism – A Debate the UK Cannot Avoid
The UK government’s renewed interest in media accuracy and trustworthy news is welcome. It is also overdue. In a media environment shaped by streaming platforms, […]
We Need to Talk More Carefully About “Marginalised Communities”
The phrase “marginalised communities” is now widely used across public policy, arts funding, civic engagement, media regulation, social advocacy, academic research and local community development. […]
Open Letter to Lisa Nandy MP – Leaving X Is Not a Media Policy
Dear Secretary of State, Your decision to leave X, and to take the Department for Culture, Media and Sport with you, deserves a serious response. […]
Community Media Exchange Discussion – Community Media Deserves a Place in the Media Green Paper
On Wednesday 1 July, the Community Media Exchange will meet online to discuss the place of community media in the DCMS Media Green Paper consultation, […]
Why Community Media Should Have A Voice In The UK Media Green Paper
The government’s new media Green Paper, Watch This Space: A New Strategic Direction For UK Media, should be welcomed as an important opportunity to think […]
Emerging Media in Nigeria – Reflection with John Coster
Podcast: Play in new window
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Decentered-Media-001-2026-06-17-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowWhat happens when we stop treating media as a production process and start thinking about it as a relationship-building practice? That […]
From Caring About to Caring For – What Spotlight on Care Shows About Participatory Media
The first edition of Spotlight on Care on Soar Sound is not simply a programme about unpaid carers. It is a practical demonstration of what […]