Hayes Mabweazara
@dr-hm-mabweazara.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Sociological & Cultural Studies (Media, Culture & Society), School of Social & Political Sciences, University of Glasgow
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Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
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A conversation between Joe Rogan and Mel Gibson summed up 2025 for me – and not in a good way | George Monbiot
From merrily dismissing climate science, to promoting irresponsible health claims, the podcast was an unintentional warning for our times, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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December 27, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Today's column is on the relentless march of blithering idiocy, which includes denying climate science while your house is - literally in this case - burning down.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Here's a new special issue of Journalism Studies, edited by @dr-hm-mabweazara.bsky.social and @catherinehapper.bsky.social and dedicated to our former colleague Greg Philo. It revisits the core concerns of media sociology - power, ideology, bias - but broadens the focus beyond Europe and America.
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December 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Here's a new special issue of Journalism Studies, edited by @dr-hm-mabweazara.bsky.social and @catherinehapper.bsky.social and dedicated to our former colleague Greg Philo. It revisits the core concerns of media sociology - power, ideology, bias - but broadens the focus beyond Europe and America.
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What do we know about why people do or don't trust media sources in the digital age? @catherinehapper.bsky.social explores what the research tells us in this new contribution to @uk.theconversation.com
What a decade of research reveals about why people don’t trust media in the digital age
How did we go from an era of high trust in 20th-century media to such low levels of trust today?
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December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
What do we know about why people do or don't trust media sources in the digital age? @catherinehapper.bsky.social explores what the research tells us in this new contribution to @uk.theconversation.com
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New publication!
1/2 Check out Lluis de Nadal's new article on social media's role in the growing backlash against climate action.
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Low-emissions, High Tensions: Social Media Groups and the Escalation of Climate Obstruction
Backlash against climate policy is rare, but it is growing as policies become more present in everyday life, and resistance is becoming more confrontational. In the UK, this includes property destr...
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December 4, 2025 at 5:12 PM
New publication!
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New publication from GUMG members Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and @catherinehapper.bsky.social revisiting the Sociology of News (special issue) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/2...
Journalism Studies
Rethinking the Sociology of News: Global Empirical and Theoretical Perspectives. Guest Editor: Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara & Catherine Happer. Volume 26, Issue 16 of Journalism Studies
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December 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
New publication from GUMG members Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara and @catherinehapper.bsky.social revisiting the Sociology of News (special issue) www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjos20/2...