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Rethinking Media as a Foundational Public Good – Addressing the Policy Gap in UK Media Reform
The UK’s media landscape is at a crossroads. Decentered Media has long argued that the erosion of local media institutions has left a void in […]
Metamodernism
Communication Principles – Utilising Symbolic Interactionism in Communications Strategy
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 […]
Community Media Discussion – Community Reporting and AI
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 […]
ChatGPT Metamodernism Presentation – Here’s what it told me to say
I’ve asked ChatGPT what I should say in a presentation about metamodernism. This is what it suggested: As an AI language model, I can suggest […]
Radio’s Metamodern Sensibility
In this week’s community media discussion, I thought it might be useful to talk about how radio might change to better suit the needs of […]
Decentered Media Podcast 129 – Community Sensemaking with Carl Quinn
Podcast: Play in new window
https://decentered.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Deceterned-Media-Podcast-129-2023-04-13-Mixdown.mp3Podcast: Play in new windowIn a world that is often averse to change and over-standardised, it’s important that we keep pushing for social spaces that […]
Radio LEAR – Purpose and Objectives
If all goes to plan, Radio LEAR will be launching as a new community radio station in Leicester soon. Radio LEAR – which stands for […]
Emergent Communities
I was reflecting the other evening on the journey I’ve been on, and which I can now say encompasses the better part of my life […]
Introducing Leicester Emergent Arts Radio
It was announced on Friday 30th September that Leicester Digital Partnership CIC had won the bid to operate the new DAB multiplex for Leicester. Ofcom […]
Social Democratic Media – Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In 6pm Thursday 7th July 2022
This week at the Community Media Makers Zoom Drop-In we’ll be chatting about how we can support a socially democratic model of media based on […]
What is Mindful Communication?
The phrase mindfulness is thrown about a lot these days, particularly as it relates to the practice of personal attention to wellbeing, social engagement and […]
Rob Watson Media Blog – The Quiet Revolution?
As I’ve been flicking through my Twitter feed over the last few weeks, I’ve seen a steady flow of posts pointing towards discussions in which […]
Community Media Archetypal Roles
In establishing the importance of archetypal structures and patterns within the collective unconscious, it’s necessary to start to look at how these roles can be […]
Archetypes and Meaningfulness
The persistence of social patterns of association, and the roles that are designated within those patterns of association, according to Carl Jung, are archetypal. That […]
Are We Communicating Effectively About Leicesters Lockdown?
The public communications around the Covid-19 pandemic have been, by necessity, quickly produced and immediate in their aim. To encourage people to abide by the […]