To operate effective social and community-focussed communication strategies, understanding and applying different theoretical frameworks can significantly enhance the impact and relevance of messaging across different […]
The transition to digital radio has been promised in the UK for more than a decade, and still the resilience of analogue broadcasting demonstrates how […]
The speed at which urban life and information systems are becoming conjoined is breathtaking. Even in a mid-size Northern European city like Leicester, the pace […]
I’m always weary of the hype that surrounds the introduction of a new media technology. I wasn’t an early adopter of the Internet, nor was […]
In this week’s community media discussion, we are going to think about how AI and generative media systems, like ChatGPT and Midjourney, will change the […]
I’m starting work on a project about Artificial Intelligence and the Smart City, and how different people and communities in Leicester understand and respond to […]
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 […]
Leicester has gone back into lockdown following a spike in the infection rate of the Covid-19 virus. The city council and the public health and […]
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https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Decentered-Podcast-037-2019-07-26-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:59 — 73.9MB) | EmbedDigital inclusion is a hot topic with policy-makers and social organisations who seek […]
There were two broad approaches to digital inclusion discussed at this years Digital Inclusion Research and Policy Conference, organised by Professor Simeon Yeats, and the […]
Today I’m attending the Digital Inclusion Policy and Research Conference at the University of Liverpool in London. I’m giving a paper later about the need […]
I’ve started to collate some notes about blockchain with the intention of learning about this radical and disruptive technology, and how it is going to […]
The aim of the digital engagement strategies for health, education and most other government services is to introduce efficiencies of scale, administrative simplification, multi-agency links, […]
The world of education technology is expanding and growingat an incredible rate. Bill Best and I visited the BETT exhibition today at London’s Excel centre, […]
The Social Value Act of 2012 was introduced by the UK government as a way of shapping the commissioning criteria for public and government services. […]