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Des Freedman | Lead Researcher

Goldsmiths, University of London

Des Freedman (@lazebnic) is Professor of Media and Communications and Head of the Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is one of the founding members of the Media Reform Coalition and was project lead for the Inquiry into the Future of Public Service Television, chaired by David Puttnam, that reported in 2016. He is the author and editor of many books and articles on media power and politics and is currently project coordinator of the UK Media Influence Matrix.

Books

Capitalism’s Conscience: 200 Years of the Guardian, Pluto Press, 2021 (editor)

Media, Democracy and Social Change: Re-imagining Political Communications (co-written with Aeron Davis, Natalie Fenton and Gholam Khiabany), Sage Publications, 2020

The Media Manifesto (co-written with Natalie Fenton, Justin Schlosberg and Lina Dencik), Polity, 2020

A Future for Public Service Television (edited with Vana Goblot), Goldsmiths Press/MIT Press, 2018

Articles

‘Opening the gates: Plurality regulation and the public interest’, Journal of Digital Media Policy 11(2), 2020, pp. 115-132 (with Justin Schlosberg)

‘Populism and Media Policy Failure’, European Journal of Communication, 2019, 33 (6), pp. 604-618

‘“Public Service” and the Journalism Crisis: Is the BBC the Answer?’ Television & New Media, 2019, 20(3), pp. 203-218

‘Put a ring on it: why we need for commitment in media scholarship’, Javnost – the Public, 2017, 24(2), pp. 186-197

‘Media policy norms for a Europe in crisis’, Javnost – the Public, 2016, 23 (2), pp.120-134,

Justin Schlosberg | Lead Researcher

Birbeck College, University of London
Dr. Schlosberg is a former Chair of the Media Reform Coalition and Edmund J Safra Network Fellow at Harvard University. He is co-founder and current Research Director of Truth Defence and has authored or co-authored several books about the media. His work is principally concerned with critical questions of media ownership, ethics and justice in a post digital, post consensus world.

Schlosberg, Justin and Freedman, D. (2020) Opening the gates: plurality regulation in a post digital world. Journal of Digital Media & Policy 11 (2), pp. 115-132. ISSN 2516-3523. (In Press)

Schlosberg, Justin (2017) On shaky ground: the BBC in a post consensus age. IC Revista Científica de Información y Comunicación 14, ISSN 1696-2508.

Schlosberg, Justin (2015) The rediscovery of ideology (once again): a tribute to Stewart Hall. Ethical Space 12 (2),

Schlosberg, Justin (2015) End of story: accountability spectacle as “closure” in national security news. The International Journal of Press/Politics 20 (2), pp. 228-246. ISSN 1940-1612.

Schlosberg, Justin (2011) Transmit/disrupt: why does illegal broadcasting continue to thrive in the age of spectrum liberalisation?. The Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media 9 (1), pp. 7-24. ISSN 1476-4504.

Schlosberg, Justin Keeble, R.L. and Matheson, D., eds. (2011) Covering the cover-up: the Hutton Report in UK television news. Ethical Space: The International Journal of Communication Ethics 8 (3/4), pp. 21-32. ISSN 1742-0105. ISBN 9781845495176.

Schlosberg, Justin (2011) Transmit/disrupt: why does illegal broadcasting continue to thrive in an age of spectrum liberalisation?. The Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast and Audio Media 9 (1), ISSN 1476-4504.

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