David Hesmondhalgh

David Hesmondhalgh works at the University of Leeds and is the author of Why Music Matters (2013) and other books.

Brexit, the Somme and football

Often it seems that the deep historical roots of people’s experiences of exclusion go unconsidered.

/ 8 Jul 2016

Ownership is only part of the media picture

The media ownership debate in openDemocracy was launched recently by two distinguished US commentators. Robert McChesney argued that media monopoly had disastrous implications for democracy. Benjamin Compaine responded with a

By David Hesmondhalgh

/ 29 Nov 2001