The Future of the Media in the Digital Age

The media landscape in the UK and across the world is changing rapidly. Many traditional media outlets are struggling and new media platforms are springing up all the time. We are in the middle of a media revolution driven partly by technology, partly by global economic and political forces and partly by changing human behaviour.  Where is this all leading?  Is it for the good?

Colin Philpott is Director of the National Media Museum in Bradford. He’s also on the Council of the Advertising Standards Authority and previously worked for the BBC for 24 years as a journalist, documentary maker and editorial leader. He was Head of the BBC in Yorkshire from 1997 to 2004.

Colin will try to make sense of the seismic shifts in media communication happening before our eyes and make some predictions for the future.

The Herbert Read Lecture