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 […]
Foundational Media
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 […]
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 […]
Can We Fix Media, Not Just Explain It?
There is a distinction that matters more than we often admit. Many people can explain why media systems are failing. Fewer can help build the […]
Better Together in Leicester – Rebuilding the Conditions for Public Discussion
Our recent Better Together workshop brought forward a set of concerns that feel immediate, but are in fact part of a longer and deeper pattern […]
From Price Controls To Media Controls – What Does The BBC Charter Renewal Really Protect?
In much of Eastern Europe during the 1970s and 1980s, governments attempted to make daily life affordable by setting prices for essentials. The stated intention […]
Common Ground, Foundational Media, and the Future of Social Cohesion
Social cohesion is often discussed as though it is something that happens after the “real” work of public services is done. Housing, health, education, policing, […]
When Orthodoxies Fail – Rebuilding Trust in News
Much of the public discussions about the decline of trust in mainstream news focuses on polarisation, misinformation, or changing audience behaviour. The recent Triggernometry podcast […]
BBC Ratings Decline – Problems for Strategy or Sign of the Wrong Metric?
This article argues that Christmas TV ratings cannot be used as a definitive measure of the BBC’s success or failure. Reflecting on the contrast between […]
Media Reform as Civic Renewal
UK media reform is being shaped by Ofcom’s Review of Broadcast Regulation and the BBC Charter Renewal process. This blog frames reform as civic renewal, […]
Foundational Media – Opening a Conversation About the Stories that Hold Everyday Life Together
Given the social and political turmoil reported in our media, one might question if the economic and social model that has held sway for the […]
Public Purpose Media and the Conditions for Social Cohesion
This article examines the findings of Parallel Lives: 25 years on and considers how social cohesion is shaped by psychological, neighbourhood and narrative factors. It […]
Public Service Media, Foundational Economics, and the Question We Must Ask Before BBC Charter Renewal
This blog explores new research arguing that public service media should be recognised as essential national infrastructure, comparable to transport or healthcare. It highlights how […]
What Should Public Service Media Be For? Rethinking the BBC’s Role in an Age of Change
As the BBC’s Charter Review approaches, a new briefing paper, BBC New to Britain: A Public Interest Case for an English-First Integration Service, calls for […]