Benedetta Brevini

Dr Benedetta Brevini is Visiting Professor at the Institute for Public Knowledge and Associate Professor of political economy of communication at the University of Sydney and Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. She writes on The Guardian’s Comment is Free and contributes to a number of print and web publications including South China Morning Post, OpenDemocracy and the Conversation. She is the author of several books. Her volume “Is AI good for the Planet ? “(2021) has been named best science book of the week by Nature. Her other books are News Corp: Empire of Influence (2024), Amazon, Understanding a Global Communication Giant (2020), Public Service Broadcasting online (2013), Beyond Wikileaks (2013), Carbon Capitalism and Communication: Confronting Climate Crisis (2017), Climate Change and the Media (2018). She is currently working on a new book project on Communication, Data Capitalism and the Climate Emergency for Polity, NY.