News Media and Objective Reporting – How Impartiality Maintains False Equivalences
What is ‘false equivalence’ and why is the phrase suddenly on the lips of politicians, journalists and broadcasters? False equivalence is a phrase that is […]
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Supporting Conversations About Community Media Making
During the lockdown, it became apparent that bringing people together to learn from one another’s community media practice would be useful to do over the […]
Supporting Conversations About Criminal Justice
One of the challenges that came with the Covid-19 pandemic, has been the bar on people travelling and connecting internationally. This hit many people in […]
Its a New Year for Comunity-Focussed Communications
Well I feel that I had a good break and really enjoyed the festive season? I find it’s always good to start the New Year […]
ESL League – What’s the Lessons for Community Media?
There hasn’t been a similar controversy for some time, where corporate interest have been pushed back by the combined might of grassroots supporters, politicians of […]
More Than Words – A Review of Strategic Communications
The pandemic has thrown into relief the inadequacy of public messaging, particularly those associated with public health communications and marketing. The challenge of the pandemic, […]
My 2020 Podcast List
as Through the multiple 2020 lockdowns I’ve had a lot more time to listen to some podcasts. I’ve tended to focus on a few that […]
Building Back Better – Community Focused Action
A lot of focus is on Leicester at the moment, and the reasons that the city has been pushed back into lockdown. One part of […]
What’s Wrong with Community Media? A Metamodernist Analysis
Over the coming months I’m planning on writing some blogs and recording some podcasts in which I will share a few ideas about developing a […]
Lockdown Media Responses: Personal-Social-Community
One of the great benefits of the technology that we now have at our disposal, is that many of us have been able to maintain, […]
The Nordic Ideology by Hanzi Freinacht
When I’ve woken at five o’clock in the morning, and I know that I can’t get back to sleep, the most pressing thing on my […]
Community Media Needs Support to Bring Communities Together
At this unprecedented time, as the coronavirus challenges our established routines, and our grip on day-to-day life seems fragile, it’s essential that we have a […]
Shifting Podcasts to Online Discussions
One of the worries about the present spread of the coronavirus is that we don’t know where and when we might be infectious or infected. […]
Why is Community Media Important – A Quick Outline
I’ve been asked to provide a policy outline as to why I believe community media is important. The challenge was to write this at short-notice […]
Why I’m Interested in Jung and Why it Might be Useful for Understanding Community Media
In the final chapter of my PhD thesis, I made reference to the usefulness of the Myers-Briggs Typology Indicators (MBTI), as a potential tool for […]