In this episode, Nick Anstead is joined by Professor Sonia Livingstone OBE, one of the founders of Media and Communication at LSE. They discuss the history of the field at the LSE, going back to the early days of the subject in the School, when Masters degrees were taught across multiple departments.

The story of the founding of the department, and its evolution is linked back to the wider development of the field, going from the heady millennium-era optimism about the global village and cosmopolitanism, to more pessimistic contemporary takes which link the media to various ills of society.