Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
July 1-2, 2019, Bangor University ‘Delivery technologies become obsolete and get replaced; media, on the other hand, evolve.’ –Henry Jenkins (2006: 13) The changes that have taken place within any aspect of media over the last several decades have been immense; some areas of the field are all but unrecognisable following such drastic adaptations and alterations. …Continue Reading
Tianyang Zhou University of Sussex “Post-Representative Participations Conference” was a Big Success MeCCSA Postgraduate Network (MeCCSA PGN), the Participatory Communication Research section of IAMCR (IAMCR’s PCR), and the Centre for Digital Media Cultures (CDMC) at the University of Brighton joint conference took place at the Moulsecoomb Campus of University of Brighton on Friday 16th November …Continue Reading
Rosalind Brunt Sheffield Hallam University Galvanizing the Women’s Movement was the title of the fourth annual event in our Shared Solidarities series. Held at Sheffield Hallam University in September, it followed the now-established pattern of bringing together campaigners and academics – who are also usually activists of some kind – to reflect on both theory …Continue Reading
Josephine Coleman Birkbeck College, University of London Once again, the Radio Studies Network can report that we have had an eventful year and are feeling as buoyant and dynamic as ever. In July, many of our network’s Steering Group and affiliates were welcomed at the Transnational Radio Forum, a four-day conference held in the beautiful …Continue Reading
Charlie Tweed Bath Spa University Digital Ecologies and the Anthropocene: Screenworks Special Issue launch event at Cube Cinema, Bristol on – June 20th 2018 The event acted as a showcase and launch for a special issue of Screenworks titled Digital Ecologies and the Anthropocene. This special issue developed from the international symposium Digital Ecologies and the Anthropocene which took place …Continue Reading
Allan Leonard FactCheckNI Ulster University – along with the UK press regulatory body, Impress, and the Policy Network of the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) – jointly hosted a symposium event at its Belfast campus: “Can we believe the media? The role of journalism in the digital age”. Keynote speakers were Jonathan Heawood (Chief Executive Officer, Impress) and Peter Feeney (Press …Continue Reading
Julie Doyle University of Brighton Michael Goodman University of Reading Identified as one of the top Google trends of 2016, and with the first ever vegan week broadcast on The Great British Bake Off (UK, 2018), veganism as a diet and practice has increasingly become part of mainstream media culture, particularly social media, over the …Continue Reading
CALL FOR PAPERS Post-Representative Participations: Engaging with Civic Action in the Times of Digital Citizenship School of Media, University of Brighton (UK) 16th November 2018 Keynote speakers: Professor Nico Carpentier, Uppsala University + TBC The Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Association’s Postgraduate Network (MeCCSA PGN), the Participatory Communication Research (PCR) section of the International Association of …Continue Reading
Tianyang Zhou University of Sussex Aurora Patera CCU “Media, Communities, Cultures” was a Big Success The MeCCSA PGN Conference 2018 was held at Canterbury Christ Church University on 5th – 6th June 2018. The conference featured three keynote speeches by Dr Einar Thorsen, Prof Nico Carpentier and Dr Kaitlynn Mendes and the roundtable discussion …Continue Reading
Helen Gubbins University of Sheffield Josephine Coleman Birkbeck College, University of London MeCCSA Radio Studies Network at the 2018 Transnational Radio Conference, Prato, Italy From the 10th – 13th of July 2018, over 150 radio and audio specialists from all over the world descended on Prato in Northern Italy, to attend the 2018 biennial …Continue Reading
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