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Jason Toynbee is senior lecturer in media studies at The Open University.

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Equality, identity and saying no to the EUNo2EU

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

09 April 2009

A look at the 'No2EU, Yes to Democracy' campaign in the run up to the European elections  Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

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Cultural studies and what to do nowJupiter Images

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

29 January 2009

Jason Toynbee takes us into the world of cultural studies  Read more : Cultural studies and what to do now

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Crunch cultureCreative Commons Image by Mark Hinds, some rights reserved

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

09 December 2008

Jason Toynbee sugests that when times are hard we can expect to see more about real life - and less reality TV - on our...  Read more : Crunch culture

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The Discovery of CapitalismCreative Commons Image salty_soul under CC-BY licence

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

03 October 2008

Is capitalism a new word, used since the credit crunch became the financial crisis?  Read more : The Discovery of Capitalism

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On reggae islandCreative Commons Image by Chrysaora under CC-BY-NC-ND licence

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

02 August 2008

Jamaica has lost its way since its progressive 1970s, and an air of fatalism hangs over reggae island  Read more : On reggae island

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Please, Sir AlanJupiter Images

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

30 May 2008

Jason Toynbee takes a critical look at the popular TV show "The Apprentice".  Read more : Please, Sir Alan

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Harry Potter is mine… all mine!Creative Commons Image Juliana Coutinho under CC-BY licence

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

24 April 2008

Is copyright law justifiable? And what constitutes "fair use"?  Read more : Harry Potter is mine… all mine!

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Folk devils and financial panicsJupiter Images

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

23 January 2008

Jason Toynbee analyses the credit crunch in the light of Stanley Cohen's concepts of "folk devils" and the "media amplification spiral".  Read more : Folk devils and financial panics

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Green, ethical... and mildly nauseatingJupiter Images

By Dr Jason Toynbee (The Open University)

29 November 2007

Some seasonal observations on the Guardian's Christmas green gift guide.  Read more : Green, ethical... and mildly nauseating

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Research [10]

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Doffman, Mark; Tackley, Catherine and Toynbee, Jason eds. (2012). Black British Jazz: Routes, Ownership and Performance. Music of the African Diaspora. University of California Press (pending review).

Toynbee, Jason and Dueck, Byron eds. (2011). Migrating Music. CRESC. Abingdon: Routledge.

Toynbee, Jason and Dueck, Byron (2011). Migrating music. In: Toynbee, Jason and Dueck, Byron eds. Migrating Music. CRESC. Abingdon, U.K and New York, NY, U.S.: Routledge, pp. 1–18.

Toynbee, Jason and Dueck, Byron (2011). Migrating Music. In: Toynbee, Jason and Dueck, Byron eds. Migrating Music. Routledge, pp. 1–18.

Toynbee, Jason and Vis, Farida (2010). World music at the World Service, 1942-2008: public diplomacy, cosmopolitanism, contradiction. Media, Culture and Society, 32(4), pp. 547–564.

Toynbee, Jason (2010). Reggae open source: how the absence of copyright enabled the emergence of popular music in Jamaica. In: Bently, Lionel; Davis, Jennifer and Ginsburg, Jane C. eds. Copyright and Piracy: an Interdisciplinary Critique. Cambridge Intellectual Property and Information Law (13). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 357–373.

Toynbee, Jason (2010). Creativity and intellectual property rights. In: Anheier, Helmut K. and Isar, Yudhishthir Raj eds. Cultures and Globalization: Cultural Expression, Creativity and Innovation. The Cultures and Globalization Series (3). London: Sage, pp. 86–98.

Toynbee, Jason (2009). Continuing the struggle in hard times. In: Pugh, Jonathan ed. What is Radical Politics Today? Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 112–119.

Toynbee, Jason (2008). Media making and social reality. In: Hesmondhalgh, David and Toynbee, Jason eds. The Media and Social Theory. Culture, Economy and the Social (1). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge, pp. 265–279.

Hesmondhalgh, David and Toynbee, Jason (2008). Why media studies needs better social theory. In: Hesmondhalgh, David and Toynbee, Jason eds. The Media and Social Theory. Culture, Economy and the Social (1). London: Routledge, pp. 1–24.

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Folk devils and financial panics

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07 Feb 2012

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Folk devils and financial panics

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01 Feb 2012

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Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Comment posted by Unknown

09 May 2009 

   ...Oh!  Have a butch at the changes in society, feral kids running riot late at night, drug gangs, knife crime etc.  Try to discover the root causes of all this, and be... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Comment posted by 130770CK5

09 May 2009

Further to my previous post, I discover that a director on the French energy companys board that I referred to is non other that Gordon Browns brother. Nothing funny going on there then? 'Sold down... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Comment posted by 130770CK5

03 May 2009

To CitY, What is 'political' about committing crime? However, it is true to say that this particular crime was committed by politicians! There is evidence to support the fact that UK membership of... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Comment posted by CitY

02 May 2009

why? will every message be put through moderation? Where's my freedom, there! lol... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Comment posted by CitY

02 May 2009

This is definetly not time to start talking of treason. I didn't know the OU was political! Get you! lol..... Why do we not want the EU? What exactly in the past system do you want to maintain? What... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Comment posted by 130770CK5

14 Apr 2009

We are not in a position to say 'No' to the EU. Similarly, we are not in a position to say yes either. This is because, I believe, that our membership of the EU is illegal, based on out ancient... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

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14 Apr 2009

130770CK5 has started a thread discussing [URL="http://www.open2.net/blogs/society/index.php/2009/04/09/equality-identity-and-saying-no-to-the-e?blog=10"]Equality, identity and saying no to the EU[/... Read more : Equality, identity and saying no to the EU

Cultural studies and what to do now

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01 Feb 2009

mattsillars has started a thread discussing Cultural studies and what to do now. Read more : Cultural studies and what to do now

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Jason Toynbee is senior lecturer in media studies at The Open University. His research interests are in creativity, copyright, and ethnicity - mainly through music - and his new book, Bob Marley: Herald of a Postcolonial World? is just out.

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