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Three-D Issue 20: Beyond the ivory tower: media policy academics in the public arena

Máire Messenger Davies University of Ulster For most of 2012, continuing into 2013, and no doubt beyond, media policy debates and events have been dominated by questions raised by the Leveson Inquiry into the Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, whose report was published on 29th November 2012 – see https://www.official-documents.gov.uk/document/hc1213/hc07/0780/0780.asp. (For an executive …Continue Reading

Three-D Issue 20: Introducing the MeCCSA Social Movements Network

Ruth Sanz Sabido & Stuart Price, De Montfort University The MeCCSA Social Movements Network was recently established in order to create opportunities to discuss the role of media, film, communication and cultural studies in the analysis of social movements. The purpose of this initiative is to improve the ability of researchers to engage with activists and groups, …Continue Reading

Three-D Issue 20: Which way to the information commons? Research & information resources for retired academics

Sylvia Harvey, University of Leeds Some MeCCSA members will be aware that, following retirement, many academics lose their professional email address and their access to the University library, including electronic books and journals. There is, arguably, a wider problem here as there may be other members of the public who contributed to the growth of university …Continue Reading

Three-D Issue 20: REF: time moves on

Peter Golding, Northumbria University The editor of Three-D suggested members would welcome an update on preparations for the REF (which surely no longer needs spelling out!) as we start counting down in weeks rather than years to the submission deadline of November 29th.  So, wearing, somewhat uncomfortably, two hats as a MeCCSA Executive Committee member and …Continue Reading

Three-D Issue 20: Chair’s report

Sue Thornham, University of Sussex This issue of Three-D is the first to appear following the hugely successful Derry conference. As always, the conference offered a mix of academic papers, policy debates, pedagogic discussions, screenings and exhibitions. What was particularly impressive for those who, like me, had little previous familiarity with the city, was the ways …Continue Reading

Three-D Issue 20: New guide for citing films and audio

British Universities Film & Video Council (BUFVC) In the era of YouTube, podcasts and vidcasts recently launched pioneering guidelines will be crucial for students, researchers and academics when they cite moving image and sound sources, or provide advice on referencing them. The British Universities Film & Video Council’s (BUFVC) guidelines respond to the 2011 Jisc …Continue Reading

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