Why does it matter who controls the media? Does the media ‘manufacture our consent’? How have struggles of the past overcome the difficulties of a media which demonises them and distorts the truth? This session will examine how the media works, how control is exercised and how we change it.
Speakers
Rob Newman, writer, activist and comedian
Jeremy Dear, general secretary of the National Union of Journalists
Natalie Fenton, professor of media and communication at Goldsmiths College, London
chaired by Tim Hunt, Manchester Mule
Time and venue
17:30-18:45; Rich Mix venue 1
