Questions About Leicester’s Lockdown Communications?
The Government’s announcement that Leicester is the first UK city to go back into full Lockdown are sensible when considered as a public health action. […]
Social Value
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 […]
Community Media as a Platform for Deliberative Democracy
When the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown ends, or is eased off, and whatever our life-long political persuasions might have been, we are going to have to […]
Decentered Media Vlog – 007
In this vlog I wanted to highlight a couple of reports and blogs that have come to my attention over the last couple of weeks. […]
Decentered Media Vlog 006 – Amplifying Social Value
In this vlog I talk about the community media café that I attended earlier in the day, that was organised by BA Communication Arts students […]
Decentered Media Vlog 002 – Thinking About Social Wealth
In this vlog I talk about a couple of articles I’ve seen this week which examine social wealth and social capital, and how they are […]
Decentered Podcast 045 – Working With a Social Value Ethos
Tonight’s conversation was a chance to explore in more detail how a social value view of community and civic organisations can be developed, especially as […]
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Decentered Podcast 044 – Why Businesses Should Think About SROI?
This morning I was at the Midlands Business Expo at the King Power Stadium in Leicester, to talk about the role of Social Return On […]
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Decentered Podcast 043 – Community Media and Social Value
What can we do for the contribution of community media to be more widely recognised and valued? Are we using the right language? What can […]
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Is This Enough? Ofcom’s Annual Report on the BBC 2019
The latest report from Ofcom reviewing the BBC’s performance highlights three main areas of ongoing concern. The way that young people engage with the BBC’s […]
Decentered Podcast 032 – Community Media and Social Value In Action
Today I met with Juan Pardo of Leicestershire County Council, and we discussed how concepts of social value are being developed to help and support […]
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Social Value Act and Community Media
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. […]