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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
CRCC member Yuval Katz (@lborouniversity) shows how inspirational resilience can help turn Gaza from a disaster zone in constant need of the world, to a place the world needs desperately at times of great adversity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The CRCC are delighted to invite you to join this talk by Professor Graham Murdock. Empire of Influence: Rupert Murdoch and the Crisis of Deliberative Democracy 4th June, 2.00-3.30pm | B111 Brockington and online To book please email: crcc@mailbox.lboro.ac.uk
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
All are welcome to a CRCC sponsored talk on Thursday 14th May by Professor Helen Wood: 'Duty' as power: bureaucracy, ethics and the relations of care in UK reality television 2:30 PM – 3:30 PM | Hybrid event (in-person & online) Tickets available here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1988317222...
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Professor Helen Wood plenary talk: Care in UK reality TV
‘Duty’ as power: bureaucracy, ethics and the relations of care in UK reality television
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
CRCC supported event: Sites of Hostility and Resistance: Navigating the Digital LGBTQ+ Public Sphere in Hungary 📅 Date: 5th May 2026 🕠 Time: 5pm-7.30pm (UK time) 📍 Registration: This event is FREE to attend, but registration is essential. To book your place, please email: a.zsubori@lboro.ac.uk
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
CRCC members are delivering a hybrid talk: Tainted Love: AIDS and Gay Broadcasting in 1980s Britain with Marcus Collins The event is hybrid both in person in B.1.11 (Brockington) and on Teams: 4-5.30 pm, 29th April 2026 www.lboro.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
The CRCC, in collaboration with the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG), are proud to announce ‘Constructing Vulnerability’, a hybrid symposium on the communicative construction of vulnerability across multiple scales and contexts. Tickets available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/constructi...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
CRCC member Dr Jilly Kay recently appeared on the podcast ‘Culture, Power, Politics’ to discuss her research on reactionary feminism with Professor Jeremy Gilbert. The conversation spanned two podcast episodes, the first of which can be found here: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/02/23/r...
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Reactionary Feminisms with Jilly Kay part 1
In this episode, Jeremy is joined by Dr. Jilly Kay of Loughborough University to discuss her fascinating and crucial research into new forms of reactionary feminism. Why do Cath…
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Congratulations to CRCC member Iris Wigger, who has recently been awarded with the role of Visiting Associate Professor in Sociology, in the School of Sociology at University College Dublin.
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Why do obviously false stories online capture people’s attention so powerfully? Why do some narratives linger long after fact‑checkers have disproved them? CRCC member Ali Bilgic shares insights into how disinformation taps into our emotions in his new article: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Ontological (in)security after truth: Disinformation as affective technology - Ali Bilgic, 2026
The significance of this article lies in its reconceptualisation of disinformation as not only a challenge to truth but an affective force that can be examined ...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
CRCC member Arianna Maiorani has been invited for a residency at Texas Tech University, USA, jointly funded by the College of Media and Communication and the College of Visual and Performing Arts and hosted by Professor Erik Bucy.
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture in collaboration with the Migration, Borders and Mobility research group are delighted to host the screening of the short film No Release. Wednesday 3rd December 5-7pm Edward Herbert EHB002, Loughborough University Tickets: bit.ly/48xh61z
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Book launch: Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire, by Alena Pfoser Brockington U005 and on Teams Wednesday December 3rd, 16:00-17:00
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Call for Papers – Counter-Research Symposium King’s College London | 27 February 2026 Deadline for abstracts: Friday 21 November 2025 www.kcl.ac.uk/events/count...
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Counter-Research Symposium | King's College London
The Counter-Research Symposium is a one-day event organised by CRIMSON (Counter Research in Media Studies Organized Network), a new cross-institutional research network that centres research on margin...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Book launch event: Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave by Taeyoung Kim When: Wednesday November 26th, 16.00-17.30 Where: U005 Brockington, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Epinal Way LE11 3TU and on Teams
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Edited by Iliana Depounti and Simone Natale - special issue Decoding Artificial Sociality: Technologies, Dynamics, Implications is now published in New Media & Society. journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/10
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
📢 Online workshop abstract deadline approaching 📢 Michael Skey @lborocrcc.bsky.social is leading the online workshop Mediatization Research IX: Youth, Sports and Media on 5th December 2025 Deadline for abstracts is 27th October 2025. www.umcs.pl/pl/towards-d...
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Towards Development of Mediatization Research IX: Youth, Sports, and Media
Department of Mediatization, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin Wrocław Academic Centre and Academia Europaea Wrocław Knowledge Hub in partnership with ECREA TWG Communication and Sport announc...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
New publication alert 🚨 In China, everyday use of domestic apps like WeChat helps reinforce national boundaries—not through overt politics, but through habit. A new study by CRCC members explores how “ordinary” digital practices quietly shape nationalism.
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
We were thrilled to welcome a full audience to our symposium on 'Reactionary Politics, Women, and Feminist Critique.' Such a powerful event! Huge thanks to our incredible speakers and engaged audience 🌟 Event recap is now live on the blog: shorturl.at/wqu2o
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CRCC hosts international symposium 'Reactionary politics, women and feminist critique' - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
The Centre for Research in Communication hosted the international, two-day symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women, and feminist critique’ on May 21 and 22. It was co-organized with the Department for ...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Tourism as Memory-Making is the new book by CRCC’s Alena Pfoser. It offers a fresh framework for understanding memory in tourism, exploring imperial nostalgia & national pasts through ethnographic research in Tallinn, Kyiv & Almaty. Available open access shorturl.at/N1gMU
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
🚨 New Book Alert! Re‑Defining Terrorism by Itoiz Rodrigo Jusué explores how (counter) radicalisation is imagined, gendered & governed in everyday life. A must-read for anyone in security, media, or cultural studies. Read more: shorturl.at/MZGl7
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Re-Defining Terrorism: new book by Itoiz Rodrigo Jusué - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
In Re-Defining Terrorism: Imaginaries of Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation, CRCC member Itoiz Rodrigo Jusué delivers a timely and thought-provoking exploration of how counter-radicalisation ha...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
🇬🇧 "Britain is becoming an 'island of strangers'—but immigration isn't to blame," argues Michael Skey, @lborocrcc.bsky.social member, in @uk.theconversation.com The real issue? Social disconnection, not who’s arriving. 👇 shorturl.at/l7jMg
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Britain is already becoming an ‘island of strangers’ – but immigration isn’t the driver
Keir Starmer is right to highlight the decline of social cohesion, but wrong about the reasons for it.
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
🗣️ Our member Vaclav Stetka, also part of the Committee for Editorial Independence, presented the 2025 Media Freedom Poll in Bratislava—highlighting concerns over disinformation, regulation, and Elon Musk’s influence. Learn more about the event: shorturl.at/e8DSs
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Media Freedom Poll highlights concerns over Elon Musk’s influence in Central Europe - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
Dr Vaclav Stetka – CRCC’s member and Reader in Comparative Political Communication –presented the key findings of the 2025 Media Freedom Poll on 12 May in Bratislava (Slovakia), at an event featuring ...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
⏳ Almost sold out! Just a handful of tickets remain for Reactionary politics, women, and feminist critique. 21st & 22nd of May Keynote by Professor Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths) Secure your spot before it’s too late shorturl.at/cLdHb
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ONLINE ATTENDANCE: Reactionary politics, women, and feminist critique
ONLINE ATTENDANCE. A two-day symposium at Loughborough University and online, with a keynote by Professor Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths)
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
It's a wrap for the Political Communication and Environmental Challenges event. Thank you all for coming along ✨ In the photo below Theo Frixou, one of the speakers, presents 'The scale and influence of the fossil fuel industry in sport sponsorship'
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Fantastic turnout at last week's Life in Politics event, hosted by the Political Communication theme @avkevins.bsky.social 🎉 Special thanks to Cllr Margaret Smidowicz, Dr Jeevun Sandher MP, and Cllr Naomi Bottomley for their brilliant contributions.
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
You're invited! 🎟️ Join us online for a 2-day symposium on feminised popular culture & its entanglements with reactionary politics. 🗓️ 21-22 May 💻 Free & online 🔗 Register: shorturl.at/LW4kx
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
📢 The Centre for Research in Communication @lboroCRCC and Culture & the Successful Transitions Under Environmental Change theme are hosting a seminar on Political Communication & Environmental Challenges. 📅 May 14 🕙 10:00–11:30 📍 D201 Info: shorturl.at/FSRHM
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Political Communication and Environmental Challenges - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture and the Successful Transitions Under Environmental Change research theme will be hosting a research seminar on Political Communication and Environm...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
🎉 Calling all Loughborough staff and students 📣 We are excited to welcome Cllr. Naomi Bottomley, Dr. Jeevun Sandher, MP, and Cllr. Margaret Smidowicz to campus on May 9! It's going to be a full day and the schedule is below 👇
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Our Political Communication theme lead, Dr Anthony Kevins, will host an event with special guests including the Loughborough MP Jeevun Sandher @jeevunsandher.bsky.social May 9th @lborouniversity.bsky.social 2pm Meet and greet in U005 with refreshments 3pm roundtable and Q&A
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
New paper🚨 Michael Skey @lborocrcc.bsky.social and co-authors introduce Performative Participatory Research (PPR) — a creative, time-sensitive way to engage young people in research. From mock press conferences to social media campaigns, PPR can generate powerful insights. Available open access:
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
New publication alert 🚨 Hannah Thompson-Radford at @swanseauni.bsky.social and Michael Skey @lborocrcc.bsky.social examine how increased visibility can be a double-edged sword for female athletes. Download here open access shorturl.at/CVhoQ
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Does it matter who owns and funds the media? Dr Timothy Neff at the University of Leicester joined us on campus to discuss his upcoming co-authored book that addresses this timely issue. @lborocrcc.bsky.social would like to thank Dr Neff for his insightful talk shorturl.at/D5bBj
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CRCC hosts 'How Media Ownership Matters' - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture was very happy to host a talk by Dr Timothy Neff (University of Leicester) this week on How Media Ownership Matters. The event was held at Loughbor...
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
We are delighted to host a talk by Dr Timothy Neff, co-author of the book How Media Ownership Matters, @oxunipress.bsky.social, followed by a Q&A session chaired by @vstetka.bsky.social 🗓 Date: Wednesday, February 5th ⏰ Time: 2:00 PM – 3:20 PM 📍 Location: B111, Loughborough University
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Loughborough CRCC @lborocrcc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
'Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture ' One-day symposium 21st May 2025 @lborouniversity.bsky.social Keynote: Professor Angela McRobbie (Goldsmiths): ‘Top Girls No More? Gender After Neoliberalism and the New Far Right' Deadline for abstracts 22 January shorturl.at/EH6e5
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CRCC to host the symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’ - Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
Photo by Marisa Howenstine
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