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The Listening Post
Freedom of speech, Media & Power -UEA
Join Professors Martin Scott and Anshuman Mondal from the University of East Anglia for a thought-provoking conversation on the challenges facing free speech and democracy in today’s media landscape.
Professor Scott’s work, including Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America, explores how media is politicised and used as a tool of power. Professor Mondal, author of Racism and ‘Free Speech’, examines how free speech is weaponised—particularly against anti-racist movements.
Together, they’ll tackle three urgent questions:
– Is free speech really free—or just a matter of who’s loudest?
– How is the media being politicised—and by whom?
– Can democracy survive in a world of spin, trolls, and deepfakes?
This isn’t a lecture—it’s a timely talk and discussion about truth, power, and how we reclaim our voices in a noisy world.