Loughborough CRCC
@lborocrcc.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary communication & media research | International perspectives | Impactful insights
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Loughborough University's world-leading Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
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Loughborough University's world-leading Centre for Research in Communication and Culture
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
Brockington U005 and on Teams
Wednesday December 3rd, 16:00-17:00
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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
Brockington U005 and on Teams
Wednesday December 3rd, 16:00-17:00
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...
King’s College London | 27 February 2026
Deadline for abstracts: Friday 21 November 2025
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/count...
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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November 17, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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...
King’s College London | 27 February 2026
Deadline for abstracts: Friday 21 November 2025
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/count...
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
When: Wednesday November 26th, 16.00-17.30
Where: U005 Brockington, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Epinal Way LE11 3TU and on Teams
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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
When: Wednesday November 26th, 16.00-17.30
Where: U005 Brockington, Loughborough University, Loughborough, Epinal Way LE11 3TU and on Teams
Edited by Iliana Depounti and Simone Natale - special issue Decoding Artificial Sociality: Technologies, Dynamics, Implications is now published in New Media & Society.
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November 3, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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
journals.sagepub.com/toc/nmsa/27/10
📢 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...
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...
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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October 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM
📢 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...
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...
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.
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.
July 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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.
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.
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
Event recap is now live on the blog: shorturl.at/wqu2o
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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June 30, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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
Event recap is now live on the blog: shorturl.at/wqu2o
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
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
June 13, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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
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
🚨 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
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
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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June 11, 2025 at 9:26 AM
🚨 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
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
🇬🇧 "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. 👇
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The real issue? Social disconnection, not who’s arriving. 👇
shorturl.at/l7jMg
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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May 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
🇬🇧 "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
The real issue? Social disconnection, not who’s arriving. 👇
shorturl.at/l7jMg
🗣️ 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
Learn more about the event: shorturl.at/e8DSs
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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May 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
🗣️ 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
Learn more about the event: shorturl.at/e8DSs
⏳ 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
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
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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May 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
⏳ 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
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
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'
In the photo below Theo Frixou, one of the speakers, presents 'The scale and influence of the fossil fuel industry in sport sponsorship'
May 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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'
In the photo below Theo Frixou, one of the speakers, presents 'The scale and influence of the fossil fuel industry in sport sponsorship'
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.
Special thanks to Cllr Margaret Smidowicz, Dr Jeevun Sandher MP, and Cllr Naomi Bottomley for their brilliant contributions.
May 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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.
Special thanks to Cllr Margaret Smidowicz, Dr Jeevun Sandher MP, and Cllr Naomi Bottomley for their brilliant contributions.
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
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
May 6, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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
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
📢 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
@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
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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May 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
📢 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
@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
🎉 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 👇
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 👇
April 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
🎉 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 👇
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 👇
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
May 9th @lborouniversity.bsky.social
2pm Meet and greet in U005 with refreshments
3pm roundtable and Q&A
April 22, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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
May 9th @lborouniversity.bsky.social
2pm Meet and greet in U005 with refreshments
3pm roundtable and Q&A
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:
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:
April 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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:
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:
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
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
March 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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
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
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
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
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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February 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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
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
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
@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
January 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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
@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
'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
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
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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January 16, 2025 at 11:21 AM
'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
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