Events

The Lost Art of Listening: the missing key to democratic and civil society participation

Hosted by the Department of Media and Communications

Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building,

Speakers

Professor Jim Macnamara

Professor Stephen Coleman

Professor Sandra Jovchelovitch

Chair

Professor Nick Couldry

Jim Macnamara will report findings from his research showing many organisations do not listen, and argue that increased organisational listening is key to reinvigorating democracy and civil society. Professor Macnamara has blogged about the subject at Everybody’s talking at me…is anyone listening?

Stephen Coleman is Professor of Political Communication at the University of Leeds. 

Sandra Jovchelovitch is Professor of Social Psychology at LSE.

Jim Macnamara (@jimmacnamara) is Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney and Visiting Professor, at the LSE Department of Media & Communications. He had a 30-year professional career spanning journalism, public relations, and media research before joining the academy. He is the author of 15 books including  Organizational Listening:The Missing Essential in Public Communication

Nick Couldry (@couldrynick) is Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory, and Head of the Department of Media and Communications.

Twitter Hashtag for this event: #LSElistening

Podcast and Video

A podcast and video of this event is available to download from The Lost Art of Listening: the missing key to democratic and civil society participation

Transcript

A transcript of Profesor Macnamara's lecture can be downloaded: 

The Lost Art of Listening: the missing key to democratic and civil society participation (pdf)

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