Who are the Bullies?
Many years ago, in those halcyon days when The Guardian could afford to pay freelancers, I was commissioned to write...
Media policy in Britain
Why Theresa May’s plan to save local journalism could end up benefiting media moguls
There are two ways of looking at the new Press Review announced by Theresa May, the UK prime minister: a...
Fake News Is Not Just The Word Of The Year, But A Danger To Democracy That Can Only Be Overcome By Adequate Legal And Media Reforms
The Collins English Dictionary named “fake news” as Word of the Year 2017. Collins defines fake news as “false, often...
As it turns 50, BBC Local Radio needs fresh ideas to survive the digital onslaught
When it comes to celebrating anniversaries, radio finds it hard – before the days of downloadable online content, radio by...
A leading political journalist has claimed that partisan websites are “waging guerrilla war” against the BBC
BBC Radio 4's Today presenter Nick Robinson was speaking at the first annual Steve Hewlett Memorial Lecture at the University of...
Channel 4: “Now no difference in value between an All 4 impact and a linear one”
Recent improvements to UK public TV broadcaster Channel 4’s ability to target ads and personalise the audience experience mean that...
Karen Bradley Stands Up To The Murdochs – But Has Ofcom Lost Its Bottle?
It’s rare to see any cabinet minister being warmly congratulated by her opposition shadow in the House of Commons. On...
Unveiling BBC talent’s pay is a deliberate attempt to undermine a great British institution
Anyone who seriously believes that a government dictat obliging the BBC to reveal salaries of its top talent was genuinely...
David Gauntlett at the BFI Media Conference
As one of the few not-dead theorists listed in the new syllabus for AS/A Level Media Studies in the UK,...
The hollowing out of public service media: a constructivist institutionalist analysis of the commercialisation of BBC’s in-house production
This article examines the recent commercialisation of the programme-making activities at the BBC in the United Kingdom as a major...