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The Department of Media and Communications

The Department of Media and Communications offers interdisciplinary graduate teaching to an international body of students through its programmes at Masters level and through graduate research training. We undertake research at the interface between social and technological change, critically addressing the key issues in the emerging digital world, and seeking a better understanding of their dynamics in ways that can be communicated to academic, industrial and governmental audiences.

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News on the Department of Media and Communications

‘Brave New World? Children’s Media Beyond Television’

Prof Sonia Livingstone spoke at the 5th Annual Conference of the Voice of the Listener and Viewer Forum for Children’s Broadcasting. Read the Daily Telegraph article.

Read an article in openDemocracy by Visiting Fellow Mina al-Lami

A video-letter from a purported al-Qaida soldier calling on Germany to end its military involvement in Afghanistan has heightened security concerns in the country before and after the election. But it is Bekkay Harrach's "western" appearance as much as his message that deserves scrutiny, say Mina Al-Lami & Ben O'Loughlin. Read more...

Department of Media & Communications Public Lecture
The Politics of Media and Cultural Policy

Speaker: Professor Philip Schlesinger Date: Wednesday 28th October 2009

Podcast now available: Audio

LSE professor wins Swedish media and communication prize

Prof Sonia Livingstone, Head of the Department of Media and Communications has been awarded a prestigious Swedish prize which recognises outstanding contributions in media and communication research. Sonia is the first researcher outside Sweden to be awarded the Wahlgren Foundation Prize, which was created in 1991.

Sonia will be presented with the award of 50,000 Swedish kronor (approximately £4,392) at a ceremony on Friday 27 November at the daily newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet in Malmö, southern Sweden.

Digital Natives - The Internets Lost Tribe? A seminar on Young People and the Internet

Location: New Academic Building, LSE
Date: 6pm, Tuesday 24th November, 2009

Polis is pleased to host this event that seeks to revisit the term 'digital natives' and critically discuss a generation of users that speak the language of new technologies with ease and confidence.

Introduction from Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director

Speakers include:
Professor Sonia Livingstone, Department of Media and Communications, LSE
Professor David Buckingham, Institute of Education
Dr Chris Davies, University of Oxford
Dr Rebekah Willet, "Power relations, play and boredom in teens online interactions," Institute of Education.

Chair: Charlie Beckett, POLIS Director

Ranjana Das, POLIS Silverstone Scholar 2009, will also present her work on the day

This event is open to all, but you must RSVP: polis@lse.ac.uk --

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Introduction to the Department

Study: MSc and PhD Programmes

Newsletter for New Students

Media and Communications Mailing list

Visiting Academics Scheme

Electronic Working Papers

Department Archive - transcripts and podcasts

MeCCSA Conference 2010

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This page was last updated on 19 Nov 2009.