Des Freedman and Steve Topple discuss the media’s role in reproducing dominant ideas and how they can be challenged as part of Counterfire’s Revolution! Festival
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Des Freedman
Des Freedman is Professor of Media and Communications in the Department of Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London. He is the co-author of 'The Media Manifesto' (Polity 2020, author of 'The Contradictions of Media Power' (Bloomsbury 2014), co-editor of 'The Assault on Universities: A Manifesto for Resistance' (Pluto 2011), and former Chair of the Media Reform Coalition.
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