Steven Barnett calls Government interference in reappointment of Channel 4 directors ‘Shocking’
The UK government has blocked two Channel 4 directors from rejoining the broadcaster’s board, reports the Financial Times. The article,...
Year: 2021
CAMRI’s Winston Mano Calls for Decolonising Media Development
Power relations in media development are dominated by those from the resource rich global North. The skewed relations perpetuate coloniality...
Doug Specht discusses responsible and ethical use of location data for the RGS Ask a Geographer Podcast
Doug Specht has recently spoken to the Royal Geographical Society's Ask the Geographer podcast about the responsible and ethical use...
Doug Specht speaks on Envrionmental Justice and Social Media at Universidad Científica del Sur
Last week Doug Specht joined Mark Deuze (University of Amsterdam), and Daniela Grassau (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile) to discuss...
Doug Specht delivers keynote speech about making equality in maps at Government Geography Profession annual conference
Doug Specht, Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching and Learning in the School of Media and Communication, gave a keynote...
Steven Barnett delivers Shirley Williams lecture on the BBC’s centenary, its contribution to public life, and threats to its survival
On 2nd December, Professor Steven Barnett delivered the most recent Shirley Williams lecture, titled: “100 years of the BBC: Britain’s...
Call for Contributors: THE HANDBOOK OF ONLINE RESEARCH ETHICS
Bloomsbury is pleased to announce the development of a very exciting new project: The Handbook of Online Research Ethics. It...
Carl Jones discusses the importance of diversity and inclusion in the advertising industry with the HAT Collective
Diversity and advertising are a hot topic. Forcing question such as Why does the culture industry use stereotypes to represent...
Musab Iqbal speaks on decentring media studies for the Centre for Studies of Plural Societies
The CSPS Internship comprises a series of virtual lectures, fifth session of which was hosted Dr Musab Iqbal who gave...
Musab Iqbal joins a TRT World Forum roundtable on racism, culture wars, and the polarisation of global politics
In an interconnected and interdependent world, challenges to social cohesion, whether based on race, religion, culture or ethnicity, can no...
