Campus looking blooming gorgeous in the sun 🌺 ☀️

🎭🎥 Our two wonderful students, Rosa and Victoria, took over over the Communications Instagram live from the 2025 London Comedy Film Festival (LOCO). Head over to our Instagram, @uniofexetercomms, to see all the brilliant content they created! ✨

📖 Just received my author copy from the publisher today! If you're interested, feel free to take a look and help spread the word. And of course, all kinds of feedback and critique are more than welcome! link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…

Next up, in our Meet the GEMS series, the wonderful Dr. Hanne Stegeman ✨

Get to know The Centre for the Study of Gender, Media, and Sexuality (GEMS)! First up, GEMS Lead, Dr. Woori Han 🏳️‍🌈

Our Manifesto for a Just Future 💭

The Centre for Gender, Media and Sexuality and the Critical AI Centre's statement on trans rights 💙

Welcome to the Bluesky page for GEMS in the Communications programme at the University of Exeter 🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️ Find us at: cdf.exeter.ac.uk/communicatio... About us:

Congratulations to Dr Sanja Vico on the publication of her new book, 'Doing Nation in a Digital Age' ✨ 📚 Sanja recently delivered a successful book launch, which can be found on YouTube (viewers are advised to skip to the 6.20 mark): lnkd.in/g7PiMiWj

⭐ New Lecturer: Dr. Mona Elswah⭐ We are very excited to welcome @monaelswah.bsky.social to the Communications team!

Communications at Exeter has come a long way since 2021 🔥 ...and, we're very excited for the future of Communications at Exeter! www.tiktok.com/@exetercomms...

It's the end of Term 2! Here is another completely unedited selfie of the Communications team to say that we hope you have a wonderful Easter break! Have a rest over spring/summer and enjoy the sunshine, either in Exeter or at home 🌞✨️⛱️

...it's nearly time to announce the winner of the Communications Challenges Best Documentary 2025! Who will be the winning team?! ✨ 📽️ 🍿

Our brilliant colleague Dr. Medrado will be speaking at the Oxford Internet Institute on Tuesday 25th March 👏✨️ This two-day workshop aims to highlight approaches from the Global South in the field of Internet, Data and AI Studies 🌎

The Drama discipline led the Communications Drama and Film Joint Seminar Roundtable: The way the world could be – utopias and conditions 🌏 www.linkedin.com/in/exetercdf...

👏 New publication day: Congratulations to our new Comms colleague, Dr. Hanne Stegeman, for her co-authored paper with Dr. Kate Hardy.

Students on the Coffee and Comms podcast sat down with Dr. Patrick Gildersleve for a conversation about his research ✨☕ open.spotify.com/episode/20gs...

Annnnnd that's a wrap on the Communications Challenges Exhibits for 2025! The students have done a brilliant job of putting together exhibits on a social justice issue, from LGBTQ+ rights to the anti-fur industry, reproductive labour to the LA wildfires 🌎 ✨️ www.linkedin.com/posts/exeter...

✨ Welcome to our new Lecturer in Media and Communications, Dr. @hannems.bsky.social ✨

CRAIC (our new research centre for Critical AI Studies) went to Amsterdam for a research trip! Lots of fruitful conversations were had, and ideas were exchanged with colleagues in the Netherlands ✌️✨ www.linkedin.com/posts/exeter...

'Talking rings and talking cradles' 🎶 Calling all Swifties and Swiftie-adjacent students, you're invited to this lecture on the 19th March! Link: lnkd.in/gEpPRChq

So excited to announce that in April I’ll join @uniofexetercomms.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Curation on the project ‘Women’s Screen Work in the Archives Made Visible’! I’ll be working w/ project lead @helenexeter.bsky.social & a wonderful team; still pinching myself.

Students on the First Year module, Communications Challenges, are working hard on their creative portfolios and upcoming exhibits ✨️ This group, Behind the Seams, are focusing on the fast fashion industry's impact on workers and the climate 🌎 look out for these flyers around Exeter city centre...

Day 2 of the Communications programme hosting academics and students from Zhejiang University of Technology. It was another exciting day of collaborative sessions and talks, plans for potential modules, and a trip to the wonderful Bill Douglas Cinema Museum 😀 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Day 1 of the Department of Communications, Drama and Film (led by the Communications programme) hosting academics and students from Zhejiang University of Technology. It was a jam-packed schedule of exciting papers, discussions and plans for collaboration 🌍 www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

🎪✨Meet the CDF Lecturers: Tony ✨🎪

A beautiful winter day in CDF... without a trending audio ✨ 🥶

✨ Meet the CDF Lecturers: Sanja ✨ www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

✨ Meet the CDF Lecturers: Evelyn ✨

Dr. Amelia Morris talks about her new module, 'Selling the Self: Influencer Culture and Digital Capitalism' ✨🤳 www.instagram.com/p/DFxMEVliB__/

We sat down with Professor Cathy Turner (Drama) to talk about her exciting new edited collection, The Routledge Companion to Site-Specific Performance, co-edited with Victoria Hunter 🎭✨️ www.instagram.com/p/DFwzU_6NwV...

We sat down with Professor Cathy Turner (Drama) to talk about her exciting new edited collection, The Routledge Companion to Site-Specific Performance, co-edited with Victoria Hunter 🎭✨️ www.instagram.com/reel/DFwzU_6...

In the Department of Communications, Drama and Film (CDF), we are always thinking of innovative approaches to learning. Here, Professor Fiona Handyside and Dr. Benedict Morrison outline their fantastic new module in partnership with The Sidmouth Donkey Sanctuary 🫏 www.instagram.com/p/DFsuaH7CruV/

Date for your diary: Masterclass with Rock & Roll cultural historian and best-selling author, Dr. Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, on cultivating a personal brand⚡ 4 - 6pm | TS2 | 20th March 2025 📆

Thanks to Dr. Esther Wright for delivering her paper, 'where (and what) is 'history' in video game production?' for the Communications Research Seminar 🎉 🎮 www.instagram.com/p/DFa0HZ-NCnR/

"To hell with a law degree, you breathe in and out just like I do. Respect gets respect" Thank you so much to Director Billie Melissa Rogan for delivering an inspiring guest lecture on the Communications Challenges module to first-year students. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

Thank you so much to @rollingstoneuk's Content Editor, Nick Reilly, for delivering another fantastic Masterclass on music journalism for Communications, Drama and Film students ✍️🎵 Nick also sat down with one of our wonderful students to talk about the industry ✨️ www.instagram.com/p/DFNRXyVNpPz/

📆 Date for your diary 📆 A seminar from the Research Centre on Gender, Media and Sexuality: Autonomy, Power and Gender ✨️ Room: TBC

Dates for your diary! Nick Reilly from Rolling Stone UK's Masterclass on Music Journalism (23rd January, 4-6pm, TS2) 🎶 Dr. Esther Wright's research seminar (29th January at 4.30pm, TS1) 🎮 CDF research seminar (12th February, 4.30-6pm, TS1) ✨️

A huge congratulations to our wonderful colleague, Dr. Zizheng Yu, for the upcoming publication of his book 'Consumer Video Activism in China: An Inquiry into its Origins, Dynamics, and Impacts' 🎉

30 seconds on campus without a trending audio: cold and sunny January edition 🌞 🥶 Ft the new @exeterfilmstudies cinema suite 🎥 @napoleon_thecampuscat 🐈 And @campercoffeeco ☕️

✨Communications Research Seminar: Dr Esther Wright✨ 29th January | 16.30 - 18.00pm | TS1 Alexander Building Come one, come all!

📀📝Music Journalism Masterclass with Rolling Stone UK's Nick Reilly 📝📀 23rd January | 4 - 6pm | Alexander Building (TS2) www.instagram.com/p/DDwd7vnNJww/

Dr Tony Lidington from @exetercomms.bsky.social shared his knowledge on the history of pantomime on The One Show! Watch again here🎭 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

It's been a jam-packed year for ExeterComms, here are just ✨some✨ of our 2024 highlights: www.instagram.com/p/DDpNBHrNUR...

Here is a super unedited selfie of the Communications team to wish you a wonderful festive break and a Happy New Year! 2024 has been an exciting year for the Comms programme and we cannot wait for 2025 🎉🎄✨

Campus is looking stunning for the last week of term 🎄🥶

In November, Charlie Craggs - powerhouse activist, author and actress - sat down with our wonderful student, Gigi, to discuss trans rights in the UK and the benefits/downsides of using social media as a tool in activism. Watch on TikTok here 👇🏳️‍⚧️✨ www.tiktok.com/@exetercomms...

There are some absolutely fantastic creative projects underway for the Selling the Self: Influencer Culture and Digital Capitalism module! This art piece, by Chris Hodges, maps the relationship between gym-fluencing and Britain's history of colonialism 🏋️ www.instagram.com/p/DDJ5ACCNg2...