Media Economies Design Lab

What does it take to build thriving media organizations, accountable to the communities they serve? At a time of global platform monopolies and local newspapers struggling to survive, the future of media will depend on the kinds of economies we design today. The Media Economies Design Lab begins from the premise that economies are themselves forms of media; they are malleable structures of interaction and meaning-making that organize social life. MEDLab seeks pathways for democratic ownership and governance in the online economy by challenging dominant norms and with neglected histories and possible futures. Drawing on diverse fields such as cultural studies, law, management, media archaeology, organizational communication, and sociology, MEDLab holds space and time for better kinds of business.