Reframing Media Literacy – Participation, Place, and the Foundational Economy
The Lords Select Committee for Communications and Digital has launched a vital inquiry into the state of media literacy in the UK, with a call […]
Media Literacies
Reclaiming Media Citizenship –Â a Decentred and Foundational Approach
Across policy discussions and education programmes, media literacy is often framed as a necessary response to the complexities and challenges of contemporary public life. Whether […]
Flipped Expectations – the Value of DIY Media
In this blog, I want to focus on the concept and implications of DIY (Do-It-Yourself) media. I will explore the creative practices of individuals producing […]
Participative Media Literacies for Community Communication
Now and then, we need to remind ourselves why it is essential that we focus on the practical media literacy skills that volunteers in participative […]
Community Media Discussion – Is BBC Local Radio Obsolete?
In this week’s community media discussion, we are going to consider the changes that are being made to BBC Local Radio in England, and ask […]
Decentered Podcast 113 – How Will We Trust Our Media in the Future?
How will we know what information and news we can trust as the media and information platforms that we use expand and accelerate into uncharted […]
Lords Select Committee – Future of Journalism Review
The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee is scrutinising the challenges the media industry is facing, and is looking to issue recommendations for the […]
Decentered Media Podcast 064 – Media Literacies – What Happened to the Radicalism?
This evening John Coster and I were joined at the Documentary Media Centre by Jurian Visser, a BA Communication Arts student at De Montfort University. […]
Eighth Day Teaching Social Media Classes at SWU Bangkok
While we have been discussing the use of social media as a tool to facilitate social contact in a positive way, we spent this morning […]
Sixth Day Teaching Social Media Classes at SWU Bangkok
In our social media session at SWU today, we discussed how we share and spread media content online through our social networks. Rather than thinking […]
Fourth Day Teaching Social Media Classes at SWU Bangkok
Today’s social media session at SWU focussed on writing blogs, and techniques for making it easier to outline ideas in a logical, coherent, yet simple […]
Decentered Podcast 037 – Digital Impact with Prof Simeon Yates
Digital inclusion is a hot topic with policy-makers and social organisations who seek to deal with the challenges of making sure we are an inclusive […]