The Internet Age was meant to change everything - internationalism, commerce, journalism, government - all would be transformed, made equal and boundless by the click. It's time to admit this has simply failed to happen, and what is more interesting than the bad forecasting is the reason that they
An ongoing forum in which OurKingdom authors consider why the fall of Rupert Murdoch has taken place, what it tells us about the state of Britain and what the key lesson are for the media and government.
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Staff at the Goldsmiths Leverhulme Media Research Centre give their verdict on the BBC Strategy Review: its proposals "would lead to a reduction in quality, would signify a shrinking of ambition and would undermine the public space facilitated by the BBC"
The debate launched by the McChesney-Compaine exchange has been one of the most read sections of openDemocracy. It has also been used in university seminars in two continents. But now
Al Jazeera is having a good war, says the Middle East Broadcasting Company, one of the five-year-old, 24-hour news stations many competitors for Arab viewers. As the only broadcaster
No discussion of politics, economics, war, culture or everyday life today lacks attention to the media. Not only are the media major centres of investment and power virtually everywhere, they