Why it took a decade to establish LSE’s Department of Media and Communications

LSE’s Department of Media and Communications celebrates its 20th anniversary in 2023, and recently marked the occasion with the Media Futures Conference held on 15-16 June. To celebrate the Department’s contribution to media and communications research and teaching over the last 20 years, we are publishing a series of reflections from faculty. Here, Professor Sonia Livingstone explains the origins of Media and Communications at the LSE: to hear more from Sonia and Nick Anstead on this topic, do listen to our podcast episode ‘The History of Media and Communications at the LSE’ available here on your preferred podcast platform.