The Media Reform Coalition is today publishing a Briefing that includes a summary of the historical context and key debates concerning the government’s Online Safety Bill ahead of its second reading in Spring 2022. The analysis draws on the UK Media Influence Matrix report, exploring the impact of shifts in policy, funding and contemporary journalism, that was published in … [Read more...]
UK Media Influence Matrix Final Report
The Media Reform Coalition, in conjunction with the Centre for Media, Data and Society at Central European University, has just published a comprehensive, 250+ page report evaluating the regulation, governance, funding and ownership of the UK media. It is an essential tool for anyone trying both to understand and to press for changes to the existing UK media landscape. The … [Read more...]
Manifesto for a People’s Media
The 2020s are set to be a decade of huge challenges, and much of the UK's media is unable to support the transformations we need. We urgently need media which is owned by us, accountable to us, where we all get to play a part in creating it: we need to build a media commons. What this could mean is explored in our Manifesto for a People's Media, published as part of the MRC's … [Read more...]
Technology, Public Sphere & Journalism – final chapter of UK Media Influence Matrix project
Global tech giants and British media players are fighting tooth and nail to access market resources. The result of this struggle will make or break journalism in the UK. This is the conclusion of 'Technology, public sphere and journalism' - the final chapter of the UK Media Influence Matrix report written by Leo Watkins. Technology companies have witnessed in the last … [Read more...]
MRC submission to Ofcom’s ‘Small Screen: Big Debate’ consultation
Ofcom has been consulting on the findings from Small Screen: Big Debate, a review whch examines how to strengthen and maintain public service broadcasting (PSB) for the next decade and beyond, in the face of unprecedented changes to technology, financing and viewer behaviour. MRC submissions … [Read more...]
Towards a non-profit social media: the digital public library project
A guest post from Breezy Brian Gregg of Canada's Digital Public Library Project There is a need for a nonprofit universal free digital streaming service funded by general taxes, which does not surveil people using the service nor expose them to advertising. This project is about promoting the idea of creating such a service. Your on-line service will be a … [Read more...]
A Public Service Internet for Europe?
By Professor Angela Phillips (Goldsmiths, University of London) The French Government announced in October that the National Assembly and Army Ministry would no longer be relying on American digital companies for Internet search. They are in future going to be using the French and German developed Quant search system which doesn’t track its users’ personal data and doesn’t … [Read more...]