Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
Reader in TV, who watches TV and sometimes makes some with her students at Edge Hill University. Interested in the role of media in communicating climate change. Also interested in questions of inequality and television. Also posts pretty pictures. .. more
Reader in TV, who watches TV and sometimes makes some with her students at Edge Hill University. Interested in the role of media in communicating climate change. Also interested in questions of inequality and television. Also posts pretty pictures.
Communication & Media Studies
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Art
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What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
Absolutely. @teamlabouruk.bsky.social it would be good to emphasize the role of the BBC in public life and our commitment to freedom of the press.
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
P.S. this is an awesome programme that is super timely and asks really important questions. Please watch www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002hytj
Watching @davidolusoga.bsky.social 's #Empire on #BBC which is great as always. Love the interviews with descendants discussing the impacts of the events on generations of their ancestors. But mostly jealous because he got to travel to all these interesting places.
That is the best write up of the film I have ever read.
I brushed my hair this morning and then I decided to cycle 3 miles against the wind. So glad it was largely downhill. Otherwise I would probably have collapsed... #StormBenjamin
Critical Studies in Television Conference 2026 - Television Studies Research Group
Slow Online Conference6-17 July 2026 We invite papers on all aspects connected to television, but this year we want to pay particular attention to the feeling of crisis that envelops us and television...
sites.edgehill.ac.uk
It's CFP time for the Critical Studies in Television conference 2026. All papers on TV welcome , but conference theme is 'Crisis'. sites.edgehill.ac.uk/tvresearchgr...
Wow. Tolles Bild!
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Oct 8
Edge Hill's Student Film Project keeps Wavertree CC in the game
YouTube video by Edge Hill University Research & Knowledge Exchange
youtu.be
My students made this film about a local #cricket club. If you need something to make you believe in the #goodness of people again, this is it. Feel free to support the club as well. youtu.be/sczf9HCeYE0?...
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Oct 6
I think it must be Wednesday. I looked at my calendar yesterday, it said Sunday, but I was in the middle of some CPD course. So it can't have been.
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 30
This the kind of message politicians need to send:
When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."
When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."
Yes please. More of this, please, @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. I may not be a doctor, but I teach students at a university. And I try my best for them. We all contribute. That includes the lovely people in the corner shops who help their communities with a vital local shop and many more.
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Best for Britain
@bestforbritain.org
· Sep 30
This the kind of message politicians need to send:
When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."
When asked about Reform UK's plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain, Wes Streeting answered: "Nigel Farage says go home, I say you're home."
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 28
I went to Portland in 2002. It was the US city where I felt safest. It seemed like a relaxed, open kind of place. When I asked someone for directions, they didn't gasp or were surprised, but rather smiled and showed me the way. It must have changed a lot, then, as Trump clearly never lies....
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 22
Reform plans to scrap indefinite leave to remain for migrants
The party says scrapping the scheme and restricting migrant access to benefits will save hundreds of billions of pounds.
www.bbc.co.uk
Dear Reform, you are not very clever, are you? You don't know what migrants contribute to this country, do you? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 18
So free speech is for saying horrible things about people we don't know and bringing real fear to their lives, but is not about behaviour we can observe directly by powerful people who don't like what we are saying?
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Good luck to you all, then. Maybe they won't last long.
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 17
Do any Americans on here like the orange person back who is DEFINITELY NOT in the Epstein files? I don't feel comfortable having him here. Also, I really don't understand how people can believe that he isn't guilty of all kinds of horrible sex crimes. He has admitted to it... 🤷
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 14
Police hurt during Tommy Robinson's Unite the Kingdom rally in London
Some 25 arrests are made after
www.bbc.co.uk
I wonder how proud George Osborne is about his legacy. Austerity bred discontent and a sense of disenfranchisement. And this is exploited by rich folk such as Lennon Yaxley, i.e. Tommy Robinson and Nigel Garage to do this. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 5
Angela Rayner resigns after underpaying tax on Hove flat
Her departure comes after the PM's ethics adviser concludes that she breached ministerial rules.
www.bbc.co.uk
A woman on the left, persistently hounded, eventually resigns for underpaying tax. At the same time, the man who avoids taxes on his second job, who doesn't work for his constituency, rarely attends parliament, is hailed as potentially next PM. #DoubleStandards
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Sep 1
a black and white photo of a woman smiling and saying `` instant relief '' .
ALT: a black and white photo of a woman smiling and saying `` instant relief '' .
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The loud sigh you can hear? It's the collective outbreath of parents seeing their children return to school after 6 weeks of juggling work and childcare.
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 23
So glad you had a great time. It has become my wonderful home. Do come back ☺️
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 23
So good to see so many of us here to embrace immigration and reject hate #Liverpool #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 22
FBI searches home of John Bolton - live updates
Agents and police vehicles have been seen at Bolton's home in the Washington DC suburb of Bethesda, Maryland.
www.bbc.co.uk
Another day, another moment when all you can do is wish Americans good luck and strength in their resistance. It's not looking good.... www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr...
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Yup, devastating. How can we make our voices heard? Any thoughts?
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 21
At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family
Mohanad was a medical student in Sudan, but he had to leave in secret, hiding in a vegetable truck, until he reached Libya, where he was kidnapped repeatedly. That was only the start of his perilous j...
www.theguardian.com
Please read.
At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
At 19 I had to flee my country, afraid for my life – without even saying goodbye to my family www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 20
Open letter BBC Written Archives - August 2025
Join the campaign to protect the future of independent research at the BBC Written Archives Centre The following text is an open letter expressing the concern of historians and researchers about chan...
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Openness and transparency are important elements to facilitate research. This is being taken away by changes to the BBC Written Archives Centre, not to speak of the utterly behind-lock-and-key practices of the streamers. Please consider adding your name to this letter: tinyurl.com/bbcwaccampaign
Elke Weissmann
@tellyelk.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Please watch and understand: these are human beings, these are children, these are mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers.