Three-D: MeCCSA’s newsletter

Three-D Issue 32

Three-D, issue 32 (PDF, 2.6 Mb)

In this issue:
1 What now Johnson? (Einar Thorsen)

Online Harms White Paper
2 Problems, proposed solutions, and need for evidence (Emma Goodman)

Cairncross Review
4 Can it get past the press gang? (David Baines, Agnes Gulyas, Rachel Matthews)
5 Cairncross on revenue generation and revenue distribution (Steven Barnett)

Augar Review
6 What does Augar mean for the Arts and Humanities? (Jane Forster)

Resources
9 Advancing Gender Equality in Media Industries (AGEMI) (Karen Ross)
10 Reading Pictures: women’s magazine advertising (Trevor Millum)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
11 MeCCSA 2019: University of Stirling
13 MeCCSA 2020: University of Brighton
14 MeCCSA 2021: Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen

Reports and Initiatives
15 Chair’s report
17 ESRC appointment
18 Local and Community Media Network
19 Policy Network
20 Radio Studies Network
20 Social Movements Network
21 Women’s Network
22 Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network

Three-D Issue 31

Three-D, issue 31 (PDF, 1.9 Mb)

In this issue:
1 Quality journalism, internet and politics (Einar Thorsen)

Cairncross Review & Media Policy
2 Government reviews and inquiries: why we should use our academic voice (Julie Firmstone)
4 What should the Cairncross Review propose we do about local news? (Martin Moore)
5 ‘High Quality Journalism’ or Tendentious Trash? (Julian Petley)
7 What should the Cairncross Review do? (Natalie Fenton)

Media Policy
9 The Online Advertising Tax (Christian Fuchs)

Internet & Politics
11 Facebook, Nick Clegg & the Future of Democracy (Declan Mcdowell Naylor)
12 Organised and ‘Ambient’ Racism and Racial Toxicity in Digital Platforms (Eugenia Siapera)
13 The dynamics of a counter-narrative against right-wing populism (Elizabeth Poole)
14 Iceland’s Orangutan (Eva Giraud)
15 Data protection as the means to children’s rights online (Sonia Livingstone)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
16 MeCCSA 2018: London South Bank University (Phil Hammond)
17 MeCCSA 2019: University of Stirling (Alenka Jelen-Sanchez)
18 MeCCSA 2020: University of Brighton (Ewan Kirkland & Julie Doyle)

Reports and Initiatives
19 Chair’s report (Anita Biressi)
23 Climate Change Network (Julie Doyle & Michael Goodman)
24 Policy Network (Allan Leonard )
26 Practice Network (Charlie Tweed)
27 Radio Studies Network (Josephine Coleman)
28 Social Movements Network (Rosalind Brunt)
29 Postgraduate Network Report (Tianyang Zhou) and 2019 Call for Papers

Three-D Issue 29

Three-D, issue 29 (PDF, 3.9 Mb)

In this issue:
1 Speaking out (Einar Thorsen)

Sexual harassment
2 Weinstein in the news (Anita Biressi)
3 The need for structural and cultural change in media industries (Heather Savigny)
4 Call it by its name (Karen Ross)
4 A curse on all his ‘Houses of Cards’ (Richard Scullion)

Media policy
5 MRC and Avaaz keeps challenging Murdochs over Fox/Sky merger (Glenda Cooper)
6 Radical Government shift to a full investigation of the Fox-Sky merger bid (Melanie Dupéré)
7 European silence on the US decision to end net neutrality (Bart Cammaerts)
7 The influence of Internet Indicators (Robin Mansell)

HE policy
9 Reflections on our future with the TEF (Alan F Meades)

Reports from the field
12 Brand ventriloquism: when media go native (Jonathan Hardy & Tim Gopsill)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
14 MeCCSA 2018: London South Bank University
15 MeCCSA 2019: University of Stirling

Reports and Initiatives
16 Chair’s report (Natalie Fenton)
17 First signs of how REF will work
18 MeCCSA statements and letters (BAFTSS and MeCCSA joint statement, AHRC Creative Industries Clusters programme)
19 Climate Change, Environment and Sustainability
20 Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonialism
21 Practice Network
22 Radio Studies Network
24 Social Movements Network
25 Women’s Media Studies Network
26 Postgraduate Network (report, annual conference CFP)

Three-D Issue 28

Three-D, issue 28 (PDF, 4.7 Mb)

In this issue:
1 2017 Election Special: HE policy, media and the campaign (Einar Thorsen)

Election 2017
2 The idea of the University (Julian McDougall)
4 Higher Education and the 2017 General Election Manifestos (Andrew Gunn)
5 The impact of impartiality (Justin Lewis)
6 Women leaders and the pitfalls of ‘going personal’ (Emily Harmer)
7 Civil society and grassroots voices in the election coverage (Jen Birks & Abi Rhodes)
9 General Election 2017: the Brexit Campaign? (Deacon, Downey, Smith, Stanyer & Wring)
10 Not the Brexit election many predicted (Stephen Cushion)
10 Acrimony and division (Gordon Ramsay)

Media Policy
13 Combatting fake news: analysis of submissions to the fake news inquiry (Vian Bakir & Andrew McStay)
16 Why the Fox-Sky merger must be stopped (Justin Schlosberg)

Obituary
17 Mike O’Brien (Caroline Mitchell)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
18 MeCCSA 2017: University of Leeds (Katy Parry)
20 MeCCSA 2018: London South Bank University (Philip Hammond)

Reports and Initiatives
22 Chair’s report (Natalie Fenton)
23 Letter in support of CEU
24 Response to consultation on second REF
28 Response on Leveson inquiry and its implementation
32 Policy Network (Des Freedman)
34 Practice Network (Nick Higgins; Sarah Haynes)
36 Radio Studies Network (Helen Gubbins)
37 Social Movements Network (Rosalind Brunt)
37 Women’s Media Studies Network (Gamze Toylan)
38 Postgraduate Network (Patricia Prieto-Blanco)

Three-D Issue 27

Three-D, issue 27 (PDF, 3.8 Mb)

In this issue:
1 Leveson revisited, and HE’s multiple fronts (Einar Thorsen)

Media Reform
2 DCMS consultation on Leveson (Steven Barnett)
3 Joining the IPSO Readers’ Advisory Panel (Kate Sang)
4 Government’s consultation and Impress (Máire Messenger Davies)
5 Leveson 2: issues and unheard evidence (Peter Jukes)
9 Local journalism under threat (John Jewell)
10 The status quo won’t do (Des Freedman)
11 BBC, the Referendum & ‘Post-truth Politics’ (Julian Petley)

Obituary
14 Gavin MacFadyen (Paul Lashmar)

Future of Higher Education
16 Pawns, chips and showing some humanity (John Downey)
17 Knowledge economy and the managerialization of humanities (Marco Benoît Carbone) 18 Mickey Mouse and the state of our field (Theodore Koulouris)
19 Restoring credibility after UCU campaign (Patricia McManus)

Turkey
21 Still Saying: We Will Not Be A Party To This Crime (Mine Gencel Bek)
22 Are citizens journalism’s last resort? (Anonymous)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
24 MeCCSA 2017: University of Leeds (Katy Parry)
25 MeCCSA 2018: London South Bank University (Janet Jones & Philip Hammond)

Reports and Initiatives
26 Chair’s report (Natalie Fenton)
27 Letter in response to Leveson consultation
28 Report on Meeting with ESRC and AHRC (John Downey)
29 Research Excellence Framework update
30 Practice Network (Tahera Aziz, Phil Hammond & Lizzie Jackson)
31 Climate Change Network (Nathan Farrell)
32 Social Movements Network (Anna Feigenbaum, Ruth Sanz Sabido)
34 Postgraduate Network (Seema Hussain, Patricia Prieto-Blanco)

Three-D Issue 26

Three-D, issue 26 (PDF, 4 Mb)

In this issue:
1 Future of HE and academic freedoms (Einar Thorsen)

Future of Higher Education
2 More audit and less academic freedom? (David Hesmondhalgh)
4 From Green to Gold: reclaiming our universities (Natalie Fenton)
6 Threat from unrestrained competition (Janet Jones)
6 The Story of the TEF (Abigail Gardner)
7 In defence of Media Studies (Lucy Bennett & Jenny Kidd)
8 Dealing with the gendered pay gap (Rachel Cohen & Jo Littler)

Prevent & surveillance
9 Prevent, civil liberty and the assault on learning (Milly Williamson)
10 The case for evidence-based worrying (Barry Richards)
11 Surveillance and the Investigatory Powers Bill (Arne Hintz)
12 Fight the rise of the right (Bethany Usher)

EU Referendum
13 Brexit and the academy (Daniel Jackson)

Media Reform
15 Chilcot Report, whatever! (Gholam Khiabany)
17 A Future for Public Service TV? (Des Freedman)
18 Diversity, minorities, pluralism and the future of PSB (Anamik Saha)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
20 MeCCSA 2016: ‘Communities’ (Àgnes Gulyàs)
23 MeCCSA 2017: University of Leeds (Anna Zoellner)

Reports and initiatives
25 Chair’s report (Natalie Fenton)
26 Turkish academics and media studies (Three-D note; MeCCSA letter)
27 Funding MeCCSA subjects (John Downey)
28 Response submitted by MeCCSA to the Stern Review of the Research Excellence Framework (REF)
31 Response submitted by MeCCSA to the Better use of data in government public consultation
33 Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonialism Network (Rinella Cere)
34 Practice Network (Rachel Younger; Joanna Callaghan)
35 Postgraduate Network (Simon Dawes)

Three-D Issue 24

Three-D, issue 24 (PDF, 4.4 Mb)

In this issue:
1 2015 Election special: debates and media policy (Einar Thorsen)

UK Election 2015
2 Make media ownership an issue for the election (and beyond) (Des Freedman)
3 Manifesto for Media reform (Jonathan hardy & Des Freedman)
5 Press regulation beyond the election (Steven Barnett)
7 Media policy in Wales (Jamie Medhurst)
8 Still life in the old attack dogs yet? (Dominic Wring)
9 Stunts, gaffes and horse races (Karin Wahl-Jorgensen)
10 Women and election coverage (Heather Savigny)
11 All to Play for? (Ivor gaber)
12 Media coverage, TV debates and minor parties (Stephen Cushion & Gordon Neil ramsay)
14 The uninvited guests of TV debates (Morgane Kimmich)
15 The debate about the debate about the debates (Stephen Coleman)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
16 MeCCSA 2015: Generations (Rosie White, Karen Ross and James Leggott)
17 Funding, publications… and a thick skin (Ruth Sanz Sabido)
20 Oh, that sounds straight forward (Karen Boyle)
22 Reflections on the changing nature and circumstances of academic labour (Bob Franklin)

Reports and initiatives
27 Chair’s report (Natalie Fenton)
28 REF Results
29 Disability Studies Network (Carrie Hodges)
30 News from the network
31 Race, Ethnicity and Postcolonial Network (Rinella Cere)
31 Women’s Media Studies Network (Milly Williamson)
32 Shared Solidarities: the interaction of parties, unions and social movements (Rinella Cere)
33 Networking Knowledge (Simon Dawes)

Three-D Issue 23

Three-D, issue 23 (PDF, 1.6 Mb)

In this issue:
1 Doing more with less (Einar Thorsen)

HE Policies and MeCCSA Members
2 The Cinderella in the system (Giannina Warren & Natalie Fenton)
4 Neo-liberalism and the end of education (Mike Wayne)

Women in Media
6 The campaign to increase the number of women experts on TV and radio news (Lis howell)
6 Does my impact look big in this? (Karen Ross)
7 Genuinely being listened to (Suzanne Franks)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
8 MeCCSA 2015 at Northumbria University (James Leggott, Karen Ross, Rosie White)

Reports and initiatives
9 Chair’s report (Tim O’Sullivan)
10 Policy Network report (Máire Messenger Davies)
11 The future of local news (Alec Charles)
12 Social Movements Network: Sites of Protest (Stuart Price, Ruth Sanz Sabido)
13 Women’s Media Studies Network report (Milly Williamson)
31 MeCCSA Postgraduate Network report (Yupei Zhao)
32 New Directions in Media Research 2014 (Yupei Zhao, Rahma Al Foori)

Three-D Issue 21

Three-D, issue 21 (PDF, 3.1 Mb)

In this issue:
1 And now we’re working to contract (Einar Thorsen) 

MeCCSA Annual Conferences & Features
2 MeCCSA 2014: Media and the Margins (Dan Jackson)
3 Future Annual Conference Hosts

Features
5 Tackling ownership at a snail’s pace (Des Freedman & Justin Schlosberg)
8 Green or gold? The implications for open access (Ann Cummings)
9 Personal academic websites in precarious times (Anna Feigenbaum)
11 Radical Film vs the Radical Right (Anthony Killick)
12 The Radical Film Network (Steve Presence)
13 Reel News (Shaun Day & Lee Salter)
15 Grade grubbing (Steph Allen)
15 New Directions in Media Research 2013 (Rahma al Foori)
17 Terminal Thinking (Jason Lee)

Reports and initiatives
21 Chair’s report (Sue Thornham)
22 How is it for you? The uncertain fate of media studies courses (Peter Golding)
23 Disability Studies Network (Irene Rose)
25 Climate Change Network (Neil Gavin)
26 Practice Network (Sarah Allen-Reading)
28 Radio Studies Network (Eleanor Shember-Critchley)
29 Social Movements Network (Ruth Sanz Sabido & Stuart Price)
30 Women’s Media Studies Network (Heather Nunn)
31 Postgraduate Network (Rachel Tavernor, Agnes Ziolkowski-Trzak & James Harvey-Davitt)

Three-D Issue 20

Three-D, issue 20 (PDF, 9.54Mb)

In this issue:
1 Leveson aftermath & the Royal Charter (Einar Thorsen) 

MeCCSA Annual Conferences & Features
2 Great conference and lovely time in Derry and Conference report, Derry 2013 (Máire Messenger Davies)
5 MeCCSA 2014: Media and the Margins and Call for Papers (Dan Jackson & Einar Thorsen)

Royal Charter & Leveson
7 A Right Royal Row (Julian Petley)
8 The ‘public’ in the Public Inquiry (Judith Townend)
9 Reconnecting Science and Journalism Post-Leveson (Stuart Allan)
10 The other elephant in the room (Justin Schlosberg)
11 The Media Reform Coalition’s next steps (Deborah Grayson)
12 Challenging Big Media – The European Initiative for Media Plurality (EIMP) (Granville Williams)
13 The path to hell…. an investigative journalist’s view of Leveson (Paul Lashmar)
14 Oh what tangled webs they weave: a response to Paul Lashmar (Steven Barnett)
16 The Fleet Street dinosaurs (Tim Gopsill)
17 Vested interests can be challenged (David Lee)
18 Two ends of the story: lessons from the 1980s (Pat Holland)

Issues & Challenges
20 Mickey Mouse Squeaks Back: Defending Media Studies (James Curran)
23 “Sometimes it’s hard to be a wo-man” (Karen Ross)

Success & Innovation in HE
24 Media & Communications: ten years on (Charlie Beckett)
25 New guide for citing film and audio (BUFVC)

Reports and initiatives
27 Chair’s report (Sue Thornham)
28 REF update (Peter Golding)
29 Retired academics initiative (Sylvia Harvey)
30 Social Movements Network (Ruth Sanz Sabido & Stuart Price)
31 Policy Network (Máire Messenger Davies)
32 Practice Network (Sarah Neely)
33 Women’s Media Studies Network (Heather Nunn)
34 Postgraduate Network (Conference Committee)
35 Networking Knowledge (Matthew Freeman)

Three-D Issue 19

Three-D, issue 19 (PDF, 3.1Mb)

In this issue:
1  Publishing crossroads (Einar Thorsen)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
2 MeCCSA 2013: Spaces and Places of Culture (Máire Messenger Davies)
5 MeCCSA 2014: Bournemouth University (Hugh Chignell)

Academic Publishing
6 Publishing problems (Larry Gross)
8 Free labour and academic publishing (Veronica Barassi)
9 Self-publishing for academics (Paul Bradshaw)
9 A new model for academic publishing? (Richard Keeble)
11 Journalism Education: a new journal (M. Temple, C. Frost, J. McKay, S. Allan)
12 Print is not an input (Janis Jefferies, Sarah Kember & Ben Pester)

Publishers’ Perspectives
13 Exploring the landscape of digital publishing (Katherine Burton)
15 The future of academic publishing (Mila Steele)
17 Palgrave Pivot (Felicity Plester)
18 Experiments in open content (Caroline Wintersgill)

Media Reform
19 Leveson’s Inquiry and the next Communications Act (Damian Tambini)

Perspectives from abroad
20 Change for change’s sake (Marcela Ganea & Constantin Coderie)

Events and Success in HE
22 Secret City (Lee Salter)
24 New directions in media research (Dimitrinka Atanasova & Jennifer Cole)
25 Caught in the frame (Julian Matthews)
26 AHRC Leadership Fellow (George McKay)

Reports and initiatives
27 Chair’s report (Sue Thornham)
28 Do your subs look big in this? (Karen Ross)
29 Climate Change, Environment & Sustainability Network (Neil Gavin, Nelya Koteyko)
30 Disability Studies Network (Irene Rose)
31 Policy Network (Hunt-Black Letter, Media policy post-Leveson)
32 Practice Network (John Adams, Joanna Callaghan)
33 Race Network (Sarita Malik)
34 Women’s Media Studies Network (Heather Nunn)
35 Postgraduate Network (Ruth Sanz Sabido)

Three-D Issue 18

Three-D, issue 18 (PDF, 2.6 Mb)

In this issue:
1 Reform(ation): Media & Higher Education (Einar Thorsen)

MeCCSA Annual Conferences
2 MeCCSA 2012: Bedfordshire Experience (Janey Gordon)
3 MeCCSA 2013: Spaces and Places of Culture (Máire Messenger Davies)

Media Reform
6 This system needs fixing (Des Freedman)
8 Market fundamentalism and new communications regulation (Damian Tambini)

HE Cuts and Challenges
10 The managerial Cuckoos (John Brissenden)
10 Even more bad news from London Met (Gholam Khiabany)
12 The key (Jackey Reuben)

Perspectives From Abroad
15 Higher Education in Ireland (Gavan Titley)
16 Multiculturalism and internationalisation in Romanian HE (Marcela Ganea)

Success and Innovation
18 Reading the riots on Twitter (Farida Vis)
19 Local public service television (David Rushton)

Reports and initiatives
20 Chair’s report (Sue Thornham)
21 The REF is coming (Peter Golding)
22 Climate Change, Environment & Sustainability Network (Neil Gavin)
23 Policy Network (Máire Messenger Davies)
24 Practice Network (Mark Readman, Joanna Callaghan)
25 Race Network (Call for papers)
26 Radio Studies Network (Salvatore Scifo)
27 Women’s Media Studies Network (Heather Nunn)
28 Postgraduate Network (Tom Phillips)

Three-D Issue 17

Three-D, issue 17 (PDF, 1.5 Mb) – Latest

In this issue:
1 HE White Paper and Media Reform (Einar Thorsen)

Features
2 KIS my Ass(essment): HE White paper (Natalie Fenton)
4 The new assault on media studies (Anonymous)
5 Inside out: turning consumers back into students (Milly Williamson)
6 Regulating the press: a role for media scholars (Stephen Coleman)
7 Hackgate and media reform
8 Teaching challenges and solutions (Debbie Flint)
9 Thinking with food: an ideas exchange (Julian Matthews)
10 Mediated politics: the ‘cultural turn’ in political communication research (Kay Richardson, Katy Parry)

Reports and initiatives
11 Chair’s report (Sue Thornham)
12 The HEA restructuring (John Mundy)
13 MeCCSA Annual Conference 2012 (Conference Organisers)
14 Policy Network (Máire Messenger Davies)
15 Radio Studies Network (Stephen Lax)
16 Practice Network (Joanna Callaghan)
18 Race Network (Sarita Malik)
19 Disability Studies Network (Alison Wilde)
20 Women’s Media Studies Network (Heather Nunn)
21 Postgraduate Network Annual Conference and 2011/2012 Committee (Shelley Thompson, Ruth Sanz Sabido)