Loughborough CRCC

CRCC member Arianna Maiorani has been invited for a residency at Texas Tech University, USA, jointly funded by the College of Media and Communication and the College of Visual and Performing Arts and hosted by Professor Erik Bucy.

The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture in collaboration with the Migration, Borders and Mobility research group are delighted to host the screening of the short film No Release. Wednesday 3rd December 5-7pm Edward Herbert EHB002, Loughborough University Link below.

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

Call for Papers – Counter-Research Symposium King’s College London | 27 February 2026 Deadline for abstracts: Friday 21 November 2025 kcl.ac.uk/events/counter…

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

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

📢 Online workshop abstract deadline approaching 📢 Michael Skey is leading the online workshop Mediatization Research IX: Youth, Sports and Media on 5th December 2025. Deadline for abstracts is 27th October 2025 umcs.pl/pl/towards-dev…

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.

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

Tourism as Memory-Making is the new book by CRCC’s @alenapfoser 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

🇬🇧 "Britain is becoming an 'island of strangers'—but immigration isn't to blame," argues @mskeylboro of @lboroCRCC in @ConversationUK. The real issue? Social disconnection, not who’s arriving. 👇 shorturl.at/l7jMg

Full results are available on the MFP’s designated website, mediafreedompoll.com.

🗣️ 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

⏳ 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

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'

Fantastic turnout at last week's Life in Politics event, hosted by the Political Communication theme @avkevins ! 🎉 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

We look forward to seeing many of you there! #ClimateChange #PoliticalCommunication #EnvironmentalResearch #Lboro

📰 “News avoidance & scepticism about anthropogenic climate change: Survey evidence from 18 countries” – Anthony Kevins & James Stanyer 🔥 “Triadic polarisation in climate debates: Climate change & culture wars in English-language tweets in COP26 & 27” – Dayei Oh & John Downey

🌍 “The role of civil society orgs in the EU & their responses to climate change-induced migration” – Judith Fortunova-Russell ⛽️ “The scale and influence of the fossil fuel industry in sport sponsorship” – Theo Frixou