In Near FM’s Mad About Media, students from FET College Dhúlaigh take on the big questions, interviewing journalists, academics, and experts about the forces shaping the media we consume every day and finding out how to navigate the world in 2026.

From online influence to misinformation, online gambling to platform ownership, this series is about curiosity, critical thinking and making media.  The first guest on Episode 2 is Dr Dr Roderick Flynn, Programme Chair of DCU’s BA in Communication Studies, who researches Irish media policy, telecommunications history, and the rules that shape who gets to make media and what reaches audiences. The second guest on the show is Dr Rosemary Day, Head of Department and Associate Professor in Media and Communications Studies at MIC, University of Limerick, and project lead on the Medemap project.

This series is co-funded by Ireland’s media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán and supported by your television licence fee.

Music credits: Demented Nightmare by Darren Curtis and Madness of Linda by Rafael Krux 

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