摘要：A new field of knowledge, such as media, requires many things: institutions where knowledge can
be disseminated on an everyday basis, a culture of debate and dispute through which new ideas can
emerge, and some remarkable individuals whose energy and insight seem to embody the values and
ambitions of the field. Roger Silverstone who died in July 2006, was without question one of those
remarkable individuals who embodied the best of what media research could be - not least because of his
commitment, going far beyond personal ambition, to build the institutions and culture that the field
needed.
