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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 11h

Upcoming event on October 21. Please register via link below!

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Welcome to everyone visiting us at the Open Day today! Hope you have a great time!

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Emily Harmer @harm365.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Nice the celebrate the publication of Women Politicians Online: The bad, the ugly and the good of digital media by @rosalynd.bsky.social & me at the beginning of the academic year! bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/women-politi... @commmedia.bsky.social

Two women standing in front of some book shelves holding a book.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@richardstupart.com recently spent some time as a @britishacademy.bsky.social fellow attatxhed to the South African Institute of International Affairs in South Africa

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CCEL member Dr. Les Roberts discussing cities and archives at today’s Practising Memory Studies Workshop

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

CCEL member Dr. Jordana Blejmar screening her film, Juguetes. Pequeña historia política [Toys: A Brief Political History] (2025) at today’s Practising Memory Studies Workshop

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

At today’s Practising Memory Studies Workshop, CCEL member Dr. Alyssa Grossman screened a cut of her in progress film The Silver Cord, which utilizes 100-year-old archival footage from her family collection

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

@craighaslop.bsky.social presenting today on ‘Boys and manfluencers: gendered harms vs digital rights’ at the Growing Up Digital: Young People & Technology Workshop. The event was organized by the Political Studies Association

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

PhD student Fangzhou is looking for research participants aged 18+. It will just take 10–15 minutes, is anonymous, and involves watching a video clip and answering questions. Details are explained at the end. Click this link to take part: fangzhouyang01-glitch.github.io/experiment/

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

CCEL member Dr. Jordana Blejmar’s long awaited book, Cold War Toys: Building blocks, miniatures and models in the Latin American Southern Cone, is now out and available Open Access! Link below! uclpress.co.uk/book/cold-wa...

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Cold War Toys

Cold War Toys investigates the toys produced and circulated across Argentina, Chile and Uruguay in the second half of the twentieth century. By examining these objects as cultural formations shaped th...

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

PhD and postdoc positions in AI and photography with us!

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

@katiabalabanova.bsky.social has just published a co-authored chapter, “The Exception to the Rule? Reporting on the European Convention on Human Rights and Protection of Media Freedom in the UK Press,” in Media Freedom in an Evolving Journalism Landscape! www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...

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The Exception to the Rule? | 9 | Reporting on the European Convention

This chapter examines the coverage of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the mainstream press in

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Prof Ekaterina Balabanova from @commmedia.bsky.social, alongside Gemma Horton, explores how British press coverage has negatively impacted the perceived legitimacy of the ECHR over many years.

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How the British press has undermined the ECHR over many years: new study

Media coverage of political institutions can undermine the legitimacy they rely on.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

New publication co-authored by Dr. Kerry Traynor! bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

CCEL member @michellehenning.bsky.social has just received an ERC Advanced Grant of nearly €2.5M for her new project ExtractiveSeeing news.liverpool.ac.uk/2026/06/23/t...

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Three novel projects awarded ERC Advanced Grant funding totalling almost €8.5M - University of Liverpool News

Three novel projects awarded ERC Advanced Grant funding totalling almost €8.5M

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Photos from day two of The Invisible Image! #InvisibleImageLiv

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Photos from the first day of The Invisible Image conference. Looking forward to day two today!

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We are looking forward to welcoming everyone to Liverpool tomorrow for our conference, The Invisible Image: Photography and the Unseen!

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Research@LivUni @livuniresearch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

We’re immensely proud to see two #LivUni researchers recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours list for their leadership and dedication in their respective fields🎖️ Professor Tara Shears will receive an OBE for services to physics, and Professor Simeon Yates an MBE for services to digital inclusion.

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Physicist and digital inclusion leader recognised in King’s Birthday Honours - University of Liverpool News

Physicist and digital inclusion leader recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Centre for Converged Screen Media and Entertainment is holding a one-day symposium on June 11 entitled “Screen Entertainment Since Brexit (2016–2026)”. Registration is now open via the link below! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cosme-symp...

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Interested in pursuing a British Academy postdoctoral fellowship with us? Get in touch! More information below. www.liverpool.ac.uk/humanities-a...

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British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship | Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences | University of Liverpool

British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship application support.

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

Our conference, The Invisible Image, is just a few weeks away. There are a few spots remaining for public attendance. Registration info via the link below! www.ccel.uk/invisible-im...

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

@michellehenning.bsky.social’s book, A Dirty History of Photography, was just reviewed by the Pittsburgh Review of Books. Link below! pghrev.com/no-clear-ima...

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No Clear Image: On Michelle Henning's "A Dirty History of Photography" - Pittsburgh Review of Books

“Take a picture, it’ll last longer.”

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

CCEL member Jamie Jelinski’s book, Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tattooing in Canada, is reviewed in the newest issue of Ontario History! See below. www.erudit.org/en/journals/...

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Needle Work: A History of Commercial Tattooing in Canada by Jamie Jelinski – Ontario History

An article from Ontario History, on Érudit.

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

@michellehenning.bsky.social is featured in Montreal’s @ledevoir.com today for her recently published book! Link below. www.ledevoir.com/lire/982382/...?

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La très sale histoire de la photographie

La professeure Michelle Henning creuse l’autre côté du miroir de la prise d’images.

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

📰 University academics Drs Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova and @richardstupart.com, both from @commmedia.bsky.social, attended the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day in Lusaka, Zambia recently to share their research into journalist safety and press freedom. Read about their work here ➡️

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Liverpool academics present their work at UNESCO World Press Freedom Day - University of Liverpool News

Liverpool academics present their work at UNESCO World Press Freedom Day

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Centre for Culture & Everyday Life @cceluliverpool.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

The programme for our conference, The Invisible Image: Photography and the Unseen, is now online. Additionally, registration is now open to non-presenters. There is limited capacity due to the size of the venue, so please book early to ensure a spot. www.ccel.uk/invisible-im...

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Faculty member Jamie Jelinski will be giving a talk, “The Bureaucracy of Mass Transit Graffiti: A View from Canada,” at the upcoming Unlock Book Fair Völkingen, Germany.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Our PGR conference is coming up soon! Details in images below.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

New article by the department’s Dr. Rudi Palmieri co-authored with Dr. Marlies Whitehouse in the International Journal of Strategic Communication www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Strategic Financial Communication: A Trajectory into the Future

Published in International Journal of Strategic Communication (Vol. 20, No. 2, 2026)

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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

'Cutting through the noise: The legitimacy of the European Convention on Human Rights in the British press' by @katiabalabanova.bsky.social & Gemma Horton 🔗 buff.ly/LEgf1TB @commmedia.bsky.social, @sotauol.bsky.social, @livunihss.bsky.social, @digipol.bskysocial, @sheffielduni.bsky.social

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

Our 2026 PGR Conference will take place on the 27th and 28th April in the School of the Arts Library. Come along for a chance to learn more about their research areas and engage in thought-provoking discussions about the future of the field.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Come work with us! We are advertising for a Lecturer (T&S, Grade 7) Data Science and Communication (0.8 FTE for 12 months). See link below! tinyurl.com/3etc7zsk

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Job Specification

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Rosalynd Southern @rosalynd.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Auspicious day to post this so here it is! 'Memes and politics in the UK: from piggate to partygate and beyond' is out now! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... I loved writing this and I hope you'll all love reading it. Check out the cover, description and endorsements here! 📖 Buy it!! 😅

Cover of book. It's purple with a picture of a woman's hand holding a smartphone with a black and white starburst behind it. The title and author name appear in white writing

In 2015, a story emerged alleging that then-
Prime Minister David Cameron had placed 'a
private part of his anatomy' into the mouth
of a dead pig's head during an initiation
ceremony at the University of Oxford. Upor
this allegation breaking, social media eruptec
with a plethora of memes and iokes about
the incident, which became known as
Piggate'. Although there had been a move
towards iovial talk of politics on social media
prior to this, the episode seemed to distil the
practice and precipitate a new era of near-
constant humorous online reaction to
political events. Considering this context, this
book assesses how memetic practices have
shaped political communication and culture
in the past decade-plus, and the
consequences thereof. It does so from four
perspectives, encompassing a focus or
ordinary citizens, a group of online activists
a key social media satirist and, finally,
focusing on how elites have deployed these
practices

"This landmark book is the first to fully
explain how memes have become a critical
part of UK politics. Through rich and
convincing empirical analysis, Southern
reveals how digital humour is transforming
citizen participation, elite communication,
and the very nature of political discourse. A
must-read for anyone seeking to understand
the evolution of digital political culture and
its profound impact on democracy."

- James Dennis, Researcher at Lusófona
University, Portuga

"From 'shitposts' to 'Karen memes', political
communication is changing and Rosalynd
Southern is a lively guide to the pithy worlo
of memes. A cutting-edge study that
deserves to be read.

- Stephen Coleman, Emeritus Professor of
Political Communication, University of Leeds

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Emily Harmer @harm365.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Fellow UK politics politics nerds, you're going to want to read this incredibly important book by the brilliant @rosalynd.bsky.social tracing how memes became a fundamemtal part of mainstream political communication for citizens and politicians alike!

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