Month: January 2014

Communications Management Cultural Studies Journalism Media 

Where would we be without Alain de Botton?

January 30, 2014January 31, 2014 Richard Sambrook Alain de Botton, author, book, education, entrepreneur, journalism studies, media, Natalie Fenton, news, Newsnight, Philisopher, social meaning

Posted by: Dr Kerry Moore On Wednesday evening, after an afternoon of lecture preparation to teach my Year 2 Journalism,

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Communications Management Cultural Studies 

Marking and Mediating the Centenary

January 30, 2014January 31, 2014 Jenny Kidd anniversaries, BBC, Britain, Centenary, coverage, First World War, great war, history, media, Museum, press

Posted by: Dr Jenny Kidd The First World War Centenary media coverage will soon be coming thick and fast, with

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Communications Management Media 

Two sides to Twitter – How to defeat the “Trolls”

January 27, 2014January 28, 2014 Richard Thomas abuse, banter, Beth Tweddle, Caroline Criado-Perez, defeat, racism, social media, social network, Stan Collymore, strategies, trolls, Twitter

Posted By: Richard Thomas Dr. John Jewell has already posted about the Twitter abuse experienced by sportspeople Stan Collymore and

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Communications Management Media Public Relations Sports Journalism 

The XLVIII Super Bowl and Advertising

January 26, 2014January 27, 2014 John Jewell Advertising, audience, Brands, broadcast, public relations, ratings, slots, Super Bowl, Television, United States

Posted by: Dr John Jewell On February 2nd, the US holds its most watched and celebrated sporting event: the Super

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Journalism Local Journalism Media 

Nurturing Community Journalism

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 Sara Moseley Cardiff, Centre for Community Journalism, Community, community newspaper, Gwladigidol, hyper-local, journalism, local journalism, ofcom, PoblCaerdydd, Port Talbot, Tafwyl

Posted by: Sara Moseley Access to independent information about what is going on locally is essential to the working of

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Communications Management Media 

Twitter Abuse Continues to Occur

January 22, 2014January 22, 2014 John Jewell abuse, Beth Tweddle, homophosm, racism, sexism, Sky Sports, social media, Stan Collymore, storify, Twitter

Posted By: Dr John Jewell On Saturday, ex footballer Stan Collymore’s asserted on his talk sport radio show that Liverpool’s Luis

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Journalism Media 

Me and Mrs T

January 20, 2014January 21, 2014 Richard Thomas BBC, Galloway, legacy, Margaret Thatcher, media, opinion, PhD research, public service broadcaster, representation, state funeral, thatcherism

Posted By: Richard Thomas I am currently engaged in ongoing research with Dr Stephen Cushion looking at television news coverage

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Journalism Media 

Sections of the tabloid press encourage us to hate, envy and fear. This matters.

January 15, 2014January 17, 2014 John Jewell benefits, Britain, cuts, envy, European Union, fear, hate, Immigration, Isolation, journalism, media, National Centre for Social Research, romanians, tabloid, tabloid journalism, tax payers, welfare

Posted by: Dr John Jewell 2014 began with the by now tediously predictable stories of hordes of Romanians and Bulgarians ‘flocking’

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Communications Management Media 

Why Facebook Censorship Matters

January 13, 2014January 17, 2014 Lina Dencik anarchist memes, censored, Censorship, Communication, Community, crackdown, Facebook, Free Speech, Freedom, moderation, police, social media, violence

Posted by: Dr Lina Dencik   As Facebook decides to close down the page for the popular Anarchist Memes in

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Communications Management Media 

The 84-85 miners’ strike and media communication.

January 6, 2014January 29, 2014 John Jewell Arthur Scargill, coal, journalism, media communication, media coverage, miners strike, National Archive, National Union of Mineworkers, power stations, Thatcher, trade unions

Posted by: Dr John Jewell On the 3rd January, the National Archive released nearly 500 previously unavailable government files from 1984,

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