I have a new journal article published today in Media, Culture and Society, titled ‘Roots and fields: excursions through place, space, and local in hyperlocal media’. I’m really pleased to have something appear in MCS. Before I became more immersed in media and cultural studies, it was the one journal I really looked to as … Continue Reading
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New paper published on ‘Circulating cities of difference’
In what must be surely the fastest turnaround from final manuscript submission to publication I will ever experience, a paper of mine has just been published in JOMEC Journal. Originally a book chapter in a unpublished edited book, this paper has now been significantly revised before as well as after peer review, just in time … Continue Reading
New article published: The journalistic field and the city
I’ve just learned that, surprisingly rapidly, my article ‘The journalistic field and the city: some practical and organizational tales about the Toronto Star’s New Deal for Cities’ has been published in the urban sociology journal City and Community. When I say rapidly, I mean from the point of acceptance. Otherwise, it has been a long … Continue Reading
Video of The Politics of War Reporting critical symposium
Above you can view the video of the critical symposium held last month to mark the launch of Tim Markham’s new book The Politics of War Reporting: Authority, Authenticity and Morality (Manchester University Press), which I chaired and helped organise. The panelists, who brought forth some great and critical points for debate and discussion, were: … Continue Reading
The Politics of War Reporting: A Critical Symposium
In about a month’s time I will be chairing the below event, a sort of AAG-style ‘author-meets-critics’ type of twist on the book launch. The idea being, basically, a sort of ‘thou shall be subjected to criticisms and debate prior to any wine or celebration’. Tim, it so happens, was very receptive to this idea. … Continue Reading
Media and cities in the Global South: questioning the questions
I recently participated in an Urban@LSE sponsored event titled Visible Cities: International Media Portrayals of Cities in the Global South. This event – a full video recording of which is available above – brought together urban geographers, media theorists and practical journalists to discuss how media tend to portray cities in the Global South. I … Continue Reading
Being a multidisciplinary researcher – with help
Bradley Garrett, author of Place Hacking – a key blog for urban explorer geeks with an added tinge of bravery – has recently announced he’s started up a very interesting business venture: Academic Media Productions, basically an audio/visual media service that partners with academic researchers. Last year I seemed to get quite worked up about … Continue Reading
Three new positions in media and cultural studies
I’ve been surprised of late to see a lot more UK academic jobs than the current HE climate would suggest. And now it’s my own department’s turn it seems to enter into the fray. This week, we in the Department of Media and Cultural Studies at Birkbeck, University of London are inviting applications from outstanding … Continue Reading
Easy how-to guide on constructing a news clip
This is really brilliant stuff. Charlie Brooker on his excellent BBC show Newswipe (which I think is easily superior to The Daily Show) encapsulates how to construct a news clip. It rests on the idea of news clips having an easily recognizable form; which reminds me of the classic debates in studies of media effects … Continue Reading