LSE Media & Communications

The LSE Department of Media and Communications. World-leading research and teaching excellence #LSEMedia #partofLSE

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

How has #BigTech avoided accountability, and how do we drive real change?

Join Baroness #BeebanKidron, @Livingstone_S & Peter Wanless for the online launch of Kidron's powerful new book, Users.

🗓️ 25 June 4-5pm
👇 Sign up: https://t.co/V8wlsDom3Y

@5RightsFound @PenguinUKBooks

[Matías Dodel / matidodel at sciences.social @MatiDodel]

Junto a @Livingstone_S , Kim Rigmar, varios otros colegas y el Digital Futures for Children centre (DFC) co-organizamos la preconferencia "CHILDREN'S RIGHTS UNDER
PRESSURE IN A DIGITAL WORLD".

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

🎟️ Tickets are live for #LSEFestival 2026 (15–20 June)!
Department highlights:

🧘 18 June, 11.30am: Mindfulness with Dr Seeta Peña Gangadharan
🌱 20 June, 6.30pm: 'Save the Planet' panel featuring Prof Nick Couldry

👇 Book now: https://t.co/KNFyNjZCoK

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

🗣️ Prof Shakuntala Banaji is speaking today from 2.15–3.30pm at The Pavilion (Cavendish Venues, London) for the "Who controls our stories in South Asia?" forum.

Panel: “AI and Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Promises in the Newsroom”.

Join here: https://t.co/i5BqDDXum6

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

How did #Shenzhen become a global tech powerhouse? 🌐

Join us online for the #booklaunch of 'Dragon Innovation: Shenzhen' with Dr Grace Yuehan Wang & Prof Bingchun Meng. Chaired by Dr Wendy Willems.

🗓️ Mon 15 June 1-2.30pm (UK time)
🎟️ Register: https://t.co/eSVijhi4zj

#China

[5Rights Foundation @5RightsFound]

Research from Steve Wood and the Digital Futures for Children centre: major platforms responded to early regulation - then stalled.
The framework exists. What's missing is enforcement and safety by design built in from the start.
🔗https://t.co/saPmqp6IFF
#DigitalFutures4Children

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

The latest exceptional student research from our MSc programmes is now online. Congratulations to all who feature!

📖Have a read, with topics ranging from #GenZ #Strava tracking & climate disinformation to #AI governance, & Gen Z horror #gaming: https://t.co/NYNUOvcEVb

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

Catch up on the full event:

📺 Watch on YouTube: https://t.co/j61dBdfrvV

🎙️ Listen on LSE Player: https://t.co/7Bn2O4wWbt

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

At a time when democratic life feels unstable, what does justice mean?

📖LSE MSc Candidate Kiara Driver reviews the key arguments from Prof Shakuntala Banaji’s inaugural lecture on 'infinite justice', youth activism, and political cosmologies: https://t.co/DQeHEoFxQi

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

A new study co-authored by world-leading #childrights expert Prof @livingstone_s reveals 1 in 6 internet-using #children across #Africa & #Asia experience tech-facilitated #abuse: "The problem is global, and so must be the solutions."

📖 Read more: https://t.co/RC7z5gdC2Q

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

Are #socialmediabans a necessary shield or a slippery slope for #freespeech? ⚖️

Join @AspenInstituteUK tonight at LSE 6.30-8pm to discuss digital threats & regulation.

📢 Speakers: Clare Rewcastle Brown, Damian Collins OBE, Thomas Barton & Charlton Brown https://t.co/ICVUmY31lC

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

A new report from #DigitalFuturesforChildren & # 5Rights finds tech giants are shifting from "by default" child protections to end-user parental controls, alongside inconsistent age verification.

Full study on #socialmedia, #gaming & #AIsafety: https://t.co/wsr9tKIj78

[Study at LSE @StudyLSE]

Want to hear some unique wellbeing tips? Why not read LSE student Cara's blog on how you can improve your mental health through techniques inspired by sports psychology 🎾#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek

https://t.co/VaT0g2T1B7

[Study at LSE @StudyLSE]

Weren't able to join us at #LSEOfferHolderDay?

No worries, we've got you covered! 🙋‍♀️

Catch up online with recordings of all the sessions that took place 👉 https://t.co/t5HFxWdxP4

We can’t wait to welcome you to campus in September #partofLSE

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Children “are generally very clear: They do not want a [social media] ban,” @Livingstone_S argued at our #POLITICOAITech Week.

“They are actually the first to tell you about all the things that can go wrong.”

[Polis@LSE @PolisLSE]

Introducing the #JournalismAI Strategy Lab (previously the Academy) 👇

A free, 5-week online programme for journalists and media professionals ready to go beyond tools and start making informed decisions about how AI fits into their newsroom.

@googlenewsinit

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

📝 New on the Media@LSE blog!

Dr. Beatriz Lopes Buarque and Abdullah Abu-Hassan examine the risks of models like Claude Mythos and why AI "containment" is a myth.

➡️ Read more: https://t.co/TAk9OCmiFx

#AI #TechPolicy #LSE #AIHistory

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

🎬 Missed last week's expert briefing on child safety online? The replay is live!
@livingstone_s chaired this @IPIE_org session on platform harms and the urgent actions needed to protect children online.

🎞️ Watch here: https://t.co/gal1OIWZFh

#ChildSafety #OnlineHarm

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

🔎 Is the social contract between the state and #BritishJews broken?
🔬 LSE’s Professor #ShaniOrgad discusses findings from her research into the experiences of British Jews, exploring the impact of a growing tide of #antisemitism in the UK.

➡️ Read more: https://t.co/bJiGkMyMvM

[LSE Media & Communications @MediaLSE]

LSE MSc Candidate Kiara Driver highlights how #media and #softpower are being used to tell #China's story across #LatinAmerica.

🔍 Explore the specific insights shared on how soft power is being deployed through new global communication strategies: https://t.co/QlbVgbm8sw