Events
Does Media Ownership Matter?
Leading media scholar Rod Benson discusses his major new book about the economic underpinnings of journalism and its role in democratic societies
Professor Alison Peirse's Inaugural Lecture: Now You See Us
This keynote explores what it means to be a feminist scholar of horror film, and how we might think through the history of women filmmakers who have chosen to work in this most disreputable of genres
Research Seminar: ‘The limits of State-sponsored media (contra)flows: ‘Measuring’ influence in global communication’
This talk presents two projects on China's media influence in Africa: one examines Chinese satellite TV in rural Kenya, and the other one focuses on Chinese content in African digital news outlets
Digital Platforms: Algorithmic Personalisation, Agency, New and Old Intermediaries
This event brings together three leading analysts working in internet studies, to present and discuss research on key issues and problems surrounding digital media in the twenty-first century
The UK General Election 2024: Reflecting on the quality of democratic debate
Join researchers from the School for short presentations about their contributions to the 2024 Election Analysis Report and further reflections. Tea/coffee to follow event
The Struggle is Real: Resistance, (in)visibility, and the platformisation of trauma in digital labour
The event focuses on how individuals or groups grapple with the power dynamics, restrictions, and opportunities that digital platforms impose on their work, identities, and self-representation
- One day event
- Reoccuring events