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Upcoming events

Bill Roedy

MTV, Music Media and Morality - CANCELLED
6.30 - 8pm Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building,Lower Ground Floor, LSE, www2.lse.ac.uk 30 Nov, 2009
Postponed until 2010 - details TBC This event w... read more

Lindsay Hilsum

Reporting the Rwandan Genocide
5-6.30 New Theatre, East Building, Houghton Street, London School of Economics 01 Dec, 2009
In partnership with the LSE Arts Programme and&... read more

Zoe Williams

The Polis Media Dialogues: Media and Identity
5 - 6.30 pm East Building, Houghton Street, London School of Economics 31 Dec, 2009
This year’s Polis Media Dialogues presents ... read more

Evgeny Morozov

Digital Democracy and its Discontents
12 - 1.30pm Room D202, Clement House, LSE 12 Jan, 2010
Evgeny Morozov is a contributing editor to Foreig... read more

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Jeremy Bowen

Managing the News in Conflict: Covering Gaza under the Media Ban

Almost one year on, what did the international media learn from its role during the Israeli offensive in Gaza in Dec 2008 - Jan 2009?
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Recent Stories

Jeremy Hunt Outlines Digital Britain Plan

Jeremy Hunt The Shadow Culture Secretary on the future of digital media and broadcasting in Britain...

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Oxford Media Convention 2010

Oxford Media Convention Plotting the Future of Britain's Creative Industries...

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MTV, Music Media and Morality - CANCELLED

Bill Roedy As MTV celebrates its 25th anniversary, the boss of the world's biggest youth music channel sets out a radical agenda fo...

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Digital Natives - The Internet's Lost Tribe?

Silverstone Davies Buckingham Young People and the Internet...

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Saving Journalism

SuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save The WorldSuperMedia: Saving Journalism So It Can Save The World by Polis Director, Charlie Beckett is the first detailed manifesto for "Networked Journalism" based on Polis research and debates.

SuperMedia surveys the new media landscape, outlines the crisis facing journalism and the opportunities on offer for a radical new relationship between the media and the public.

"Read it, and act!"
Jon Snow, Channel 4 News

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