Professor Des Freedman

Curran, James P.; Fenton, Natalie and Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2016. Misunderstanding the Internet 2nd Edition. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781138906228

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. The Contradictions of Media Power. London: Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9781849660730

Curran, James P.; Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Fenton, Natalie. 2014. Hulianwang de Wudu (Misunderstanding the Internet). Beijing: People's University of China Press.

Curran, James P.; Fenton, Natalie and Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Misunderstanding the Internet. London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-57958-2:

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2008. The Politics of Media Policy. Cambridge: Polity. ISBN 9780745628417

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. Television Policies of the Labour Party 1951 - 2001. Frank Cass. ISBN 0714654558

Abraham-Hamanoiel, Alejandro; Freedman, Des (D. J.) ; Khiabany, Gholam; Nash, Kate and Petley, Julian, eds. 2017. Liberalism in Neoliberal Times: Dimensions, Contradictions, Limits. London: Goldsmiths Press. ISBN 978-1-906897-40-6

Freedman, Des (D. J.) ; Obar, Jonathan, A.; Martens, Cheryl and McChesney, Robert, eds. 2016. Strategies for Media Rerform: International Perspectives. New York: Fordham University Press. ISBN 9780823271658

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Thussu, Daya, eds. 2011. Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives. London: Sage. ISBN 978-1-446-20158-9

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Bailey, Michael, eds. 2011. The Assault on Universities: A Manifesto for Resistance. Pluto Press. ISBN 978-0745331911

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Schlosberg, Justin, eds. 2011. Mapping Digital Media: UK case study. Open Society Foundations.

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Thussu, Daya Kishan, eds. 2003. War and the Media: Reporting Conflict 24/7. SAGE. ISBN 978-0761943136

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2021. Media Policy Failures and the Emergence of Right-Wing Populism. In: Silvio Waisbord and Howard Tumber, eds. The Routledge Companion to Media Disinformation and Populism. London: Routledge, pp. 421-429. ISBN 9780367435769

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2019. ¿Sin tropiezos? El modelo de propaganda y tiempos de crisis. In: Joan Pedro Carañana and Francisco Caballero, eds. El modelo de propaganda y el control de los medios. Salamanca, Spain: Comunicacion Social, pp. 225-244. ISBN 9788417600259

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Obar, Jonathan A.. 2019. Media Development and Media Reform: Time for Change. In: Nicholas Benequista; Susan Abbott; Paul Rothman and Winston Mano, eds. International Media Development: Historical Perspectives and New Frontiers. 23 New York: Peter Lang, pp. 220-229. ISBN 9781433151484

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2017. Media Power and the Framing of the Charlie Hebdo Attacks. In: Gavan Titley; Des (D. J.) Freedman; Gholam Khiabany and Aurelien Mondon, eds. After Charlie Hebdo: Terror, Racism and Free Speech. London: Zed, pp. 209-222. ISBN 978-1783609390

Fenton, Natalie and Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2017. Fake Democracy, Bad News. In: Leo Panitch and Gregory Albo, eds. Rethinking Democracy. 54 London: The Merlin Press, pp. 130-149. ISBN 9781583676714

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2017. A return to prime-time activism: Social movement theory and the media’. In: Victor Pickard and Guobin Yang, eds. Media Activism in the Digital Age. London: Routledge, pp. 120-133. ISBN 9781138228023

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2017. Critical perspectives on media and conflict. In: Piers Robinson; Philip Seib and Romy Frolich, eds. Routledge Handbook of Media, Conflict and Security. London: Routledge, pp. 68-79. ISBN 9780415712910

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2016. Divided Britain? We were already divided... In: Daniel Jackson; Einar Thorsen and Dominic Wring, eds. EU Referendum Analysis 2016: Media, Voteres and the Campaign. , p. 48 ISBN 9781910042090

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Obar, Jonathan, A.. 2016. Media Reform: An Overview. In: Des (D. J.) Freedman; Jonathan Obar; Cheryl Martens and Robert McChesney, eds. Strategies for Media Reform: International Perspectives. New York: Fordham University Press, pp. 3-18. ISBN 9780823271658

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. ‘The Resilience of TV and its Implications for Media Policy’. In: Kate Okaley and Justin O'Connor, eds. The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries. London: Routledge, pp. 120-129. ISBN 9780415706209

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. The Resilience of TV and its Implications for Media Policy. In: Kate Oakley and Justin O'Connor, eds. The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries. London & NY: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415706209

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. How to Study Ownership and Regulation. In: Manuel Alvarado; Milly Buonanno; Herman Gray and Toby Miller, eds. The Sage Handbook of Television Studies. SAGE, pp. 3-21. ISBN 978-0761947417

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. How to Study Ownership and Regulation’. In: Manuel Alvarado; Toby Miller and Milly Buonanno, eds. The Sage Handbook of Television Studies. London: Sage, pp. 3-21. ISBN 9780761947417

Fenton, Natalie and Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. The Politics and Possibilities of Media Reform: Lessons from the UK. In: Toby Miller, ed. The Routledge Companion to Global Popular Culture. London & NY: Routledge, pp. 458-470. ISBN 978-0415641470

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Truth over justice: the Leveson Inquiry and the implications for democracy. In: Philip Dearman and Cathy Greenfield, eds. How We are Governed: Investigations of Communication, Media and Democracy. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp. 53-74. ISBN 978-1443854061

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Power in the Digital Economy. In: Granville Williams, ed. Big Media and Internet Titans: Media Ownership: the Democratic Challenge. Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, pp. 94-105. ISBN 978-1898240075

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. Regulating for plurality: lessons from the UK. In: Franck Rebillard and Marlene Loica, eds. Pluralisme de l'information et media diversity : Un état des lieux international. De Boeck (in French), pp. 97-116. ISBN 978-2804182328

Khiabany, Gholam and Williamson, Milly. 2012. Terror, culture and anti-Muslim racism. In: Des (D. J.) Freedman and Daya Kishan Thussu, eds. Media and Terrorism: Global Perspectives. London: Sage, pp. 134-150. ISBN 9781446201589

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2010. The Political Economy of the 'New' News Environment. In: Natalie Fenton, ed. New Media, Old News: Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age. London: Sage, pp. 35-50. ISBN 978-1-847-87574-7

Couldry, Nick; Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Phillips, Angela. 2010. An Ethical Deficit? Accountability, Norms, and the Material Conditions of Contemporary Journalism. In: Natalie Fenton, ed. New Media, Old News: Journalism and Democracy in the Digital Age. London: Sage, pp. 51-67. ISBN 978-1-847-87574-7

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2008. Policy and regulation. In: R Picard; R Towse; L Kung and R Wallis, eds. The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media. SAGE.

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2007. The Mirror and the war on Iraq. In: Anita Biressi and Heather Nunn, eds. The Tabloid Culture Reader. Maidenhead: Open University Press, pp. 70-80. ISBN 978-0335219315

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2006. Media policy-making in the free trade era: the impact of the GATS negotiations on audiovisual industries. In: Sylvia Harvey, ed. Trading Culture: Global Traffic and Local Cultures in Film and Television. John Libbey & Co, pp. 21-32. ISBN 978-0861966691

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2006. Internet Transformations: “old” media resilience in the “new media” revolution. In: James P. Curran and David G. Morley, eds. Media and Cultural Theory. London and NY: Routledge, pp. 275-290. ISBN 978-0415317054

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2004. The Mirror and the War on Iraq: Profits, Politics and Product Differentiation. In: Anita Biressi; Heather Nunn; Jonathan Rutherford and Fran Davies, eds. MediaWar (Mediactive). 3 Barefoot Publications. ISBN 978-1905007028

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. Misreporting war has a long history. In: David Miller, ed. TELL ME LIES: Propaganda and Media Distortion in the Attack on Iraq. Pluto Press, pp. 63-69. ISBN 978-0745322018

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. Raymond Williams. In: Chrsitopher May, ed. Key Thinkers for the Information Society: Vol 1. Routledge, pp. 173-190. ISBN 978-0415296731

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. How Her Majesty's Opposition Grew to Like Commercial TV: The Labour Party and the Origins of ITV. In: Toby Miller, ed. Television: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415255028

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2019. “Public Service” and the Journalism Crisis: Is the BBC the Answer? Television & New Media, 20(3), pp. 203-218. ISSN 1527-4764

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2018. Introduction to Revolting Media: Why Manifestos? Media Theory, 2(2), pp. 240-244.

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2018. Populism and media policy failure. European Journal of Communication, 33(6), pp. 604-618. ISSN 0267-3231

Fenton, Natalie and Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2018. Democracia fake, más notícias. Comunicação & Educação, 23(1), pp. 107-126. ISSN 2316-9125

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2017. Put a ring on it: why we need more commitment in media scholarship. Javnost - The Public, 24(2), pp. 186-197. ISSN 1318-3222

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2016. Jeremy Corbyn's media strategy is smarter than his critics realise. New Statesman, ISSN 1364-7431

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2016. Media Policy Norms for a Europe in Crisis. Javnost - The Public, 23(2), pp. 120-134. ISSN 1318-3222

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. Some Contradictions of the Assault on the BBC. Discover Society, 24,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. Paradigms of Media Power. Communication, Culture & Critique, 8(2), pp. 273-289. ISSN 1753-1929

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2015. Media Policy Fetishism. Critical Studies in Media Communication, 32(2), pp. 96-111. ISSN 1529-5036

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Guardian’s anti-Hamas advert is a story of media power – and it’s not just about the money. The Conversation,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. The Meaning of the Hacking Trial: A Free Press would be a Really Good Idea. Huffington Post,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Five reasons why Ed Miliband's flirtation with the Sun was a disaster. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Murdoch buying Murdoch: Nothing to worry about? LSE Media Policy Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Media ownership: the elephant in the room. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Decriminalising non-payment of the licence a barely disguised attack on BBC. The Conversation,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. When are we going to do something about media power? Coalition for Media Pluralism,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Lords Report does little to weaken media barons. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Four more years to wait for media plurality. LSE Media Policy Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Why are we so frightened of breaking up 'big media'? Huffington Post,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Media Policy Research and the Media Industries. Media Industries Journal, 1(1), pp. 11-15. ISSN 2373-9037

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2014. Communication & Global Power Shifts. The Puzzle of Media Power: Notes Toward a Materialist Approach. International Journal of Communication, 8, ISSN 1932-8036

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. Year after Leveson: Has British press cleaned up its act? CNN Online,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) and Schlosberg, Justin. 2013. Tackling ownership at a snail's pace: the government's consultation on plurality. Three-D,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. The Press can't decide if they're for press freedom or against it. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. Ralph Miliband would have seen the Daily Mail attack coming. Guardian, Comment is Free,

Grayson, Deborah and Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. Leveson and the prospects for media reform. Soundings: A Journal of Politics and Culture, 53, pp. 69-81. ISSN 1362-6620

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. The Daily Mail Know All About 'Hate'. Huffington Post,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. When "measuring" is a substitute for action: the DCMS consultation on media ownership. LSE Media Policy Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2013. A tale of two British summers: phone hacking and a royal baby. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Metrics, Models and the Meaning of Media Ownership. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 20(2), pp. 170-185. ISSN 1028-6632

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Leveson and the Left. New Left Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. The Phone Hacking Scandal: Implications for Regulation. Television and New Media, 13(1), pp. 17-20. ISSN 1527-4764

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Leveson: Does the Sentence Fit the Crime? Huffington Post,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. The BBC: Is this the Corporation's Hacking Crisis? Huffington Post,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Communications White Paper: The Deregulation Bandwagon is on the Road. LSE Media Policy Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Measuring media plurality isn’t enough. LSE Media Policy Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. It’s Not Just about Murdoch – The Whole System Needs Fixing. Huffington Post,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Murdoch and the UK culture secretary: we shouldn’t be surprised, we should be angry. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Did UK Minister work for government - or Murdoch? CNN Online,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. If the Sun hates attacks on press freedom, how must it hate itself! openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. The Phone Hacking Scandal: Implications for Regulation. Television and New Media, 13(1), pp. 17-20. ISSN 1527-4764

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2012. Media Regulation. Oxford Bibliographies,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) ; Curran, James P. and Phillips, Angela. 2011. Rehabilitating Britain’s news media. Guardian, Comment is Free,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. Still hacked off with the media: Come and join the campaign for UK media reform. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. The BBC is not part of the problem raised by Hackgate. openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. The Leveson Inquiry – Should We Care? New Left Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. What does it mean to ‘break up’ media power? Guardian, Comment is Free,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. Is hacking scandal the UK’s Watergate? CNN Online,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. Hackgate and the Communications Review: two separate planets? OpenDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2011. Murdoch: The End of the Affair? LSE Media Policy Project,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2010. Media Policy Silences: The Hidden Face of Communications Decision Making. International Journal of Press/Politics, 15(3), pp. 344-361. ISSN 1940-1612

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2009. The Public Service Publisher - an Obituary. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 6(1), pp. 103-121. ISSN 1743-4521

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2009. The Public Service Publisher – an Obituary. Journal of British Cinema and Television, 6(1), pp. 103-121. ISSN 1743-4521

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2009. ‘Smooth operator?’ The propaganda model and moments of crisis. Westminster Papers in Communication, 6(2), pp. 59-72. ISSN 1744-6708

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2006. Dynamics of power in contemporary media policy-making. Media Culture & Society, 28(6), pp. 907-923. ISSN 01634437

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2006. 'Do scholars matter? Some reasons for the declining influence of academics on the media policy-making process. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 2(1), ISSN 1740-8296

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2006. Book Review: GATS and the audiovisual sector: An update. Global Media and Communication, 1(1), pp. 124-128. ISSN 1742-7665

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2005. Promoting Diversity and Pluralism in Contemporary Communication Policies in the United States and the United Kingdom. The International Journal on Media Management, 7(1, 2), pp. 16-23. ISSN 14241277

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. Cultural Policy-Making in the Free Trade Era: An Evaluation of the Impact of Current World Trade Organisation Negotiations on Audio-Visual Industries. International Journal of Cultural Policy, 9(3), pp. 285-298. ISSN 10286632

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. Witnessing whose truth? openDemocracy,

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. Managing pirate culture: corporate responses to peer-to-peer networking. International Journal on Media Management, 5(3), pp. 173-179. ISSN 1424-1277

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2003. A "Technological Idiot"?: Raymond Williams and Communications Technology. Information, Communication and Society, 5(3), pp. 425-442. ISSN 1369-118X

Freedman, Des (D. J.) ; Witschge, Tamara and Fenton, Natalie. 2010. Protecting the News: Civil Society and the Media. Project Report. Carnegie UK.

Freedman, Des (D. J.) ; Fenton, Natalie; Metykova, Monika and Schlosberg, Justin. 2010. Meeting the News Needs of Local Communities. Project Report. Commissioned by Media Trust.

Freedman, Des (D. J.) . 2008. The Rise and Fall of the Public Service Publisher. Project Report.