Britain's PR culture breeds corruption, just look at Hackgate

The UK phone hacking sandal has shown how the growth of the PR industry has facilitated the corruption of British society

By Open democracy

/ 15 Aug 2011

The flaws in Ed Miliband’s media policy are no cause for rejoicing

The route to practical improvements in our newspapers lies with changing the way editors and journalists behave, not in overly worrying about who owns the media.

By Open democracy

/ 10 Aug 2011

The need for greater plurality of British media ownership

We should embrace plurality in our debates about media reform and create a new system of inquiry responsive to the wishes of a commissioning public

By Dan Hind

/ 9 Aug 2011

The future of newspaper ownership in Britain

After the phone-hacking scandal, questions have been raised about the ownership of the UK's newspapers. But we need to make sure that any new rules are effective and not counter-productive.

By David Elstein

/ 8 Aug 2011

Media reform in the UK

In the wake of the phone hacking scandal, ourKingdom launches a joint initiative to debate the critical issues surrounding the future of the British media.

By Sunny Hundal and Anthony Barnett

/ 8 Aug 2011

The Press Complaints Commission: from 'Last Chance Saloon' to 'Toothless Poodle'

The phone hacking scandal has put the spotlight on the British media industry's self-regulatory body, revealing a history of weakness and failure. So what is the future of the PCC and press regulation in the UK?

By Open democracy

/ 5 Aug 2011

UK journalists have spoken on 'Hackgate' - now give your views

One of the central hubs for British journalism has asked its members for their views on the News of the World hacking scandal. Read their responses here, and give your own opinions as a member of the public

By Open democracy

/ 2 Aug 2011

Will press reform strangle British investigative journalism?

Strident calls for tighter media regulation have followed the News of the World hacking scandal, many from the Commons. But reform must not restrict genuine investigate journalism in the public interest

By Iain Overton

/ 1 Aug 2011

In a Lobster's Eye: truth, power and print

The role of the writer in politics is to speak truth to power. But the relationship of politicians to the truth has shifted over the last generation, due in part to the perceived power of the media. So how do the writers who would be speakers of the truth respond?

By Open democracy

/ 29 Jul 2011

News International: Britain's Mafia

Murdoch's hold over Britain over the last three decades has been nothing short of mafia-like. Much can be learned through a comparison between the Italian mafia the Comorra, and the media mogul's empire

By Open democracy

/ 28 Jul 2011

The Reactionary Imagination

An elite-dominated public realm does not allow people to understand their true conditions, creating a vacuum filled by reactionary, and often racist, ideas. The corruption of the media system is now under the spotlight, but the problems run much deeper and are shared also by liberal institutions

By Tom Mills

/ 28 Jul 2011

Barnett is wrong; the public had little to do with Murdoch's fall

Was it the public's outrage that brought down the News of the World? And Ed Miliband's courage that has led to a wide-reaching Press inquiry? Anthony Barnett thinks so, but perhaps he was being a little too generous...

By Open democracy

/ 26 Jul 2011

Power and the Media