The media provides the resources we all need for the conduct of everyday life.
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Upcoming events

Zoe Williams

The Polis Media Dialogues: Media and Identity
5 - 6.30 pm East Building, Houghton Street, London School of Economics 13 Oct, 2009
This year’s Polis Media Dialogues presents ... read more

Christian Lander

Stuff White People Like - How to find social success with the urban-dwelling middle classes
6.30 - 8pm Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE 22 Oct, 2009
When Christian Lander started a blog as a joke he... read more

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Jeremy Hunt MP on the future of Digital Britain
6 - 8.30pm LSE, exact location TBC 17 Nov, 2009
Jeremy Hunt , Shadow Culture Secretary, will be ... read more

Bill Roedy

MTV, Music Media and Morality
6.30 - 8pm Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building,Lower Ground Floor, LSE, www2.lse.ac.uk 30 Nov, 2009
This event will look at the relationship between ... read more

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New Media and Democracy

beckett 1 Date: 17 Jul, 2009

Polis Director Charlie Beckett chats with BBC World Service's Rajan Datar about how new media can contribute to democracy, in the light of recent protests in China and Iran. 

Listen to the broadcast here.