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Media Theorised
In our latest online series we showcase the key works of five big thinkers from around the world – Noam Chomsky, Edward Said, Marshall McLuhan, Roland Barthes and Stuart Hall – whose theories on the media will sharpen your critical tools when you next consume the news.
![Trump did not pardon himself, members of his family or lawyer Rudy Giuliani [File/Evan Vucci/AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/AP21016853639378.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![President Donald Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, January 20, 2021 [Carlos Barria/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-20T140744Z_702665656_RC2QBL955IDK_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![United States President Joe Biden delivers a speech after he was sworn in as the 46th US president on the West Front of the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 20, 2021 [Jim Bourg/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/2021-01-20T172401Z_809747078_HP1EH1K1CC178_RTRMADP_3_USA-BIDEN-INAUGURATION.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, and their spouses, Dr Jill Biden and Doug Emhoff have arrived at the US Capitol ahead of the inauguration [Joe Raedle/Getty Images]](/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/GettyImages-1297436092.jpg?resize=170%2C113)