Listen "#6 Rebels On… Mutualising The BBC"
Episode Synopsis
This week, your dedicated PhD-holding, newsletter-writing, Dr. Tom Chivers finally gets his own episode on how we turn the BBC into a democratic media mutual, and why the time to act is now (...with the BBC Charter review looming and whatnot). 00:00 The Mutualisation of the BBC 01:13 Dr. Thomas Chivers 03:13 The “syphilitic” academic loan system 06:23 What should be headline news but isn’t? 09:00 The BBC’s communicative violence 15:16 What motivates Dr. Chivers? 28:09 What does mutualisation even mean? 35:16 What does that look like in practice? 45:42 Another -tion: The federalisation of the BBC? 55:56 Collective wellbeing 01:03:15 A media commons? 01:08:32 NEWS CLUB LIVE: register here! 01:10:12 What is the one thing everyone should do leading up to 2029?---📩 News Club – Newsletter here (thank you, Chivers!) 📄 Media Reform Coalition – Our Mutual Friend: The BBC in the Digital Age ✒️ Media Reform Coalition – Who Owns the UK Media? 📻 Media Revolution – campaign to transform the global media landscape. ---#podcast #newsclub #rebelcitizens #episode6 #newsclubs #journalism #independentmedia #mediapower #publicmedia #rebelmedia #movementmedia #mutualisation #bbc #mediacommons #movementmedia #mediaforthepeople #democracy #mediajustice
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