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Author Archives: Charlie Beckett
Jun 11 2013
An extraordinary media decade for you, me and the LSE
Leave a commentI am currently Head of the Department of Media and Communications at the LSE that celebrates its tenth anniversary on June 16th with a conference on “New Trajectories In Media and Communications Research”. These are my thoughts on those remarkable ten media years when … Continue reading
Posted by: June 11, 2013
Tagged with: communications, conferences, education, events, LSE, media, media history, new media, Research, Teaching
Jun 7 2013
Turkish Summer? Protests, politics and media – eyewitness analysis
1 CommentThis is the second part of Esra Dogramaci’s eye-witness account of the protests in Turky and her political analysis of what it means and where it is headed. Read the first part here. Here she starts off by looking at … Continue reading
Posted by: June 7, 2013
Tagged with: guest blog, politics, protest, social media, turkey
Jun 6 2013
Not A Turkish Spring – eyewitness analysis of the protests with pix
1 CommentThis article is by Esra Dogramaci – a journalist and LSE graduate student who has been in Turkey during the protests. It’s a long read but it gives you a detailed first hand narrative of the protests and some analysis … Continue reading
Posted by: June 6, 2013
Tagged with: guest blog, politics, protests, riots, turkey
May 31 2013
How Should Media Organisations Adapt To The Future Now? Trends In European Public Service Media (#EBUVision2020 conference report)
Leave a commentThese are my live blog notes from the #EBUVision2020* conference in Brussels – 160+ public service media (PSM) executives from across the continent in a rather ornate Belgian theatre that once hosted Pavarotti. Cue various jokes about fat ladies … Continue reading
Posted by: May 31, 2013
Tagged with: audiences, broadcasting, EBU, Europe. future of news, Eurovision, Future, networked society, networks, public service, Research, Strategy, trends, VIsion2020
May 26 2013
Destruction And Revolt: Should Journalists Sacrifice Objectivity For Protest? (Book Review of Days Of Destruction) Guest blog
Leave a commentDays of Destruction, Days of Revolt is a collaboration between journalists Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco that reports on the United States’ “sacrifice zones,” regions of the country experiencing tremendous poverty that the authors argue is the result of corporate … Continue reading
Posted by: May 26, 2013
Tagged with: ethics, guest blog, joe sacco, objectivity, political journalism, politics, protest
May 23 2013
Should the media have shown the images of the Woolwich attacker?
3 CommentsShould the media have shown the images of the Woolwich attacker? For me the simple answer is ‘yes’, but that each of these cases must be put in context and each publication framed in a way to minimise risk. I … Continue reading
Posted by: May 23, 2013
Tagged with: ethics, wooliwch
May 16 2013
Guardian’s Katz to BBC Newsnight: the significance of a small splash in the London media pond
Leave a commentIn the general scheme of things the move of the deputy editor of a small circulation quality broadsheet to the post of editor of a niche BBC news programme is not seismic. Even in the relatively small pond of London … Continue reading
Posted by: May 16, 2013
Tagged with: BBC, Guardian, Ian Katz
May 15 2013
Scouts, Kittens And Integrity: notes towards an ethical & effective strategy for communicating change
Leave a commentThis collection of cliches and half-baked slogans comprises the notes from a talk I gave at the Blue State Digital London offices to a group of charity, think-tank and culture communications officers. It is based mainly on this much longer … Continue reading
Posted by: May 15, 2013
Tagged with: camapigning, campaigns, change, Charities, communications, ethics, Kony2012, NGOs, Research
May 11 2013
Women in Journalism – diversity and stereotypes (panel video)
Leave a commentWhat happens to journalism when there are more women involved? It should create much more badly needed diversity. Yet, the pressure to conform to certain stereotypes means that the creative impact may not be as great as it should be. … Continue reading
Posted by: May 11, 2013
Tagged with: bigotry, events, gender, Journalism, Perugia, sexism, women
May 8 2013
St George Farage and the mainstream party dragons: political communication in the age of austerity
Leave a commentIn the not so distant past if we were discussing political communications trends we might talk about Facebook and Barack Obama, or Twitter and #IagreewithNick’. Today I want to look at Nigel Farage and the George and Dragon pub. [You … Continue reading
