Big tech is broken: what can we do about it now?

Co-hosted by LSE Media and Communications, and LSE Library, join us for a critical conversation about the future of digital spaces and how we can reclaim technology for the public good. Robert's slides: https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/LSE_RWG_presentation.html Robert's text: https://robertwgehl.org/presentations/LSE_RWG_presentation.html Speakers: Nick Couldry is a sociologist of media and culture. He is Professor of Media Communications and Social Theory at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and since 2017 a Faculty Associate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society. He is the author or editor of seventeen books including The Mediated Construction of Reality (with Andreas Hepp, Polity, 2016), Media, Society, World: Social Theory and Digital Media Practice (Polity 2012) and Why Voice Matters (Sage 2010). His latest books include The Space of the World: Can Human Solidarity Survive Social Media and What If It Can't? (Polity 2024), Data Grab