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Cancel Culture Series: Interview with Frankie Morgan
"There's a tendency to think of social media as this bastion of free speech. Like it's a space where free speech happens; speech is unrestricted and unlimited; when, in reality, these are privately owned companies and they do have the ability to restrict the content sha...
Cancel Culture Series: Interview with Charlotte Galpin
"The problem with debates about ‘post-truth’ and ‘cancel culture’, is that these terms imply that there was once a golden age of ‘truth’ or unlimited free speech that never truly existed. What we need to remember is that the public sphere has always involved...
Cancel Culture Series: Interview with Eric Heinze
"Democracy is not always a head count. You can take a majority vote after all opinions have been aired but if you simply exclude speakers because the majority doesn’t want to hear them, then you undermine democracy." - Eric Heinze
Cancel Culture Series: Interview with Benjamin Cohen
"You being ‘cancelled’ is not really real. It just seems like that because of Twitter and because of the way certain sections of the press will pick it up and run with it." - Benjamin Cohen
The Long Media Debate of Capitalising the B in Black
As one the debate on Critical Race Theory in the US and elsewhere is getting more and more heated it is important to understand the importance of issues such as the capitalisation of B in Black for the Black community
Cancel Culture Series: Interview with Dr Angela Martinez Dy
"The right to free speech comes with the responsibility of accountability, or being answerable for one’s actions, including the thoughts, opinions and perspectives one presents in public spaces, including online." - Dr Angela Martinez Dy
EU Court Ruling Rekindles Media Debates on Hijab Ban
By completely glossing over the impact on the lives and experiences of the women who are banned from wearing the hijab, the media is removing them from the narrative and failing to complete their responsibility by putting forth the complete picture.
GB News’ “Anti-Woke War” Cannot Challenge Diversity in t...
The step in the right direction for better inclusivity and diversity in the news media would be to challenge the consensus reality, by not just employing diverse staff but also allowing narratives to be formed by the people from diverse communities.
Media needs to go beyond raising awareness in its fight against child ...
One of the best media strategy in reporting about child marriages is to move beyond awareness of the problem. Stories should be about covering solutions to the problem and successes as many cases media coverage that is supported by advocacy work can lead to policy chan...
Sports, Racism, and the Media’s Responsibility
Racism during Euro 2020 is only one example of the way the media report on diversity and inclusion in sports. Media Diversity Institute stresses out the need for more inclusive reporting of sports.
Resource: Curation as methodological enhancement in researching produc...
Research into how producers negotiate issues of diversity and multicultural content in Europe is rare and mostly relies on interviews and documents, and furthermore work on understanding those negotiation processes in relation to children’s screen content is even rare...
Why the UK media industry needs paid maternity leave and benefits
A combination of flexible working, a more supportive work culture, valuing women’s contributions, shared leave, more part-time jobs, better maternity pay, and protected job opportunities post-maternity leave would all make the media industry a better option for workin...
