Beckett, Charlie


Mr Charlie Beckett  

Department

Position held

Department of Media and Communications

Director of Polis

Experience keywords:

development; television; internet; governance; new media; politics; blogging; American politics; radio; international media; newspapers; journalism; online media; Africa media; American Media

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Charlie Beckett has 20 years' experience of international journalism at the BBC and ITN's Channel 4 News. He is the author of SuperMedia: saving journalism so it can save the world (Blackwell 2008). He is a specialist in media change: how the news media is changing and the rise of online journalism and citizen journalism.
He has also researched: UK politics and media; American politics and media; development and media; African media and democracy; financial journalism; journalism ethics; public service broadcasting; war and conflict reporting; media and Muslims.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Creative Industries and CultureInformation TechnologyLawMedia Technology and New MediaPolicy and Regulatory BodiesTelecommunications

Countries and regions to which research relates:

USA; UK; Asia; America; Europe; African

Media experience:

Has written for mainstream pressRadioTV

Contact Points

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020 7107 5249

Alt phone number:

020 7955 7248

Publications

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2008

Beckett, Charlie (2008) SuperMedia: saving journalism so it can save the world. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK. ISBN 9781405179249

Beckett, Charlie and Mansell, Robin (2008) Crossing boundaries: new media and networked journalism. Communication, culture & critique, 1 (1). pp. 92-104. ISSN 1753-9129

2007

Beckett, Charlie (2007) The practicalities and politics of online journalism. London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK

Beckett, Charlie and Kyrke-Smith, Laura (2007) Development, governance and the media: the role of the media in building African society: a POLIS report. POLIS, London

2006

Beckett, Charlie (2006) Killing journalism. London School of Economics and Political Science, London

Chouliaraki, Lilie and Beckett, Charlie and Mansell, Robin (2006) Morality and media in the 21st Century - a panel in celebration of the work of Professor Roger Silverstone. In:Morality and media in the 21st Century - a panel in celebration of the work of Professor Roger Silverstone (16th October 2006 : LSE).

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