Nick Couldry is a Lecturer in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. His research is concerned with media power and its ethical consequences. He is the author of numerous articles and two books, including The Place of Media Power: Pilgrims and witnesses of the Media Age (Routledge, 2000)

Recent articles

What we need is more debate about the ethics of both image and word, and their interrelations. openDemocracy is the place where this debate could develop.

The acts of 11 September had a symbolic as well as political meaning, and can be seen as a violent challenge to a world where symbolic inequality parallels and reinforces other kinds of inequality. Widening the media landscape to create a real global dialogue is now essential.