Events
Research Seminar: ‘Gurus, Hucksters, Entertainers: How Influencers Reshaped Social Media’
This talk examines how influencer careers and revenues shape the content that populates our social media feeds.
Media Frontiers: ‘People Doing Cool Creative Work Online: An Industry Panel’
This Media Frontiers panel event brings five exciting digital creatives to the School of Media and Communication to discuss their process, inspirations and challenges.
'Can We Have a Democratic National Conversation?' with Professor Stephen Coleman
The School's Media, Power and Publics Research Theme invites you to a book talk by Professor Stephen Coleman on his new publication, ‘Shaping Citizenship through Talk Radio’ (Intellect, 2026).
Science into Pop: Triangulating Legitimacy in Three Experimental Music Traditions
How can the case of Jamaican dub reggae broaden our understanding of music experimentation?
Research Seminar: Environmental Activism and Digital Communication: Scaling, Space, and the Limits of Transnational Solidarity
The talk explores how digital communication shapes environmental activism across local, national, and transnational levels, sometimes undermining rather than strengthening transnational solidarity
The Algorithm Will See You Now: Theratainment and the Digital Commodification of Mental Health
From Oprah to TherapyTok, this interactive talk explores how mental health becomes entertainment, why therapists turn to social media, and what happens when care depends on commercial visibility.
- One day event
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