Celebrating the publication of our very own @sophiebishop.bsky.social's first book, 'Influencer Creep'! 🎉 We are hosting a book launch on the 19th November (followed by a drinks reception), and everyone is welcome: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/events... 📚 Order the book: www.ucpress.edu/books/influe...

If you're in Leeds, consider joining us for our first research seminar of the term! Daniel Sheppard (Birmingham City University) will be speaking about the role women have played in the politics and ideology of slasher film. 🗓️ TODAY, 3.45pm, Clothworkers North G.12 ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Media Frontiers - join us for Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions. With industry experts Hannah Britt, Hell Raymond-Hayling, Jennifer Estaris and Janay M. - hosted by Sophie Helen Bishop and Anamik Saha - 26 November 15.45-17.00 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/media-fron...

📢 Job Opportunity- join us as the Doctoral Focal Award Manager of the @ukri.org AHRC - Creative Bridges in the @leedsunimedia.bsky.social @universityofleeds.bsky.social with ‪@ccmpswarwick.bsky.social and @cimethods.bsky.social. Deadline 8 Sept. More here www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOJ060/d...

New CfP! 🚨📣 Excited to announce colleagues @leedsunimedia.bsky.social are organising a Race and Media conference on 22-23 April 2026. We're currently accepting proposals for papers/panels, including ones centred on creative practice. More details here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Really delighted to be working with Anamik Saha @davwright.bsky.social Sanjay Sharma on this initiative. If you're a UK researcher interested in a @ukri.org funded PhD on diversity and sustainability, then 👀 ⬇️ #ScreenIndustries #CreativeBridges #PhDTraining ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/news/a...

Joins us this Friday for our Critical Dialogues on AI event, featuring @joannegh.bsky.social , Tanaya Guha, Sanjay Sharma, Sebastián Lehuedé, @bheravi.bsky.social and our own @carolinabandinelli.bsky.social 👇

Join us at the annual Jay Blumler Lecture, Professor Shani Orgad ‘In Search for Ambivalence in Contemporary Media Culture’ Wednesday 14 May 2025, 5:30- 7pm, Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall. This is a free public event. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

Interested in the state of journalism in the UK? Especially keen to hear about local UK journalism? Save the date - 1st May 6pm - when @leedsunimedia.bsky.social will host the regional launch for our new @reutersinstitute.bsky.social report. Registration open here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

A new report on the intersection of creativity and technology – CreaTech – is published this week. Its findings, according to lead researcher Eliza Easton of Erskine Analysis reveal an unparalleled opportunity for economic growth, innovation and global leadership.

£7.24 - because she’s worth it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Protest memory and media in action!

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Awesome, well done Journalism graduates @leedsunimedia.bsky.social 🥳

Following a thirty-year career as an actor and writer before entering politics in 2016, West Yorkshire’s Mayor Tracy Brabin shares the journey of her career and her work to build a stronger future for her region’s creative industries.

If you're a scholar/student interested in media and culture, this one is for you: The 3rd edition of the influential textbook Representation is out, and it features a new chapter by our very own @nancyt.bsky.social, on 'Politics in and the Politics of Representation': ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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🎧 For understanding all the 'Alchemists of Communication' from politics, to strategy and planning, to public sector, to business. Stephen Coleman hosts 'The Sound of Politics’ and the sound of this podcast is awesome because of @carlhartley.co.uk ➡️➡️ open.spotify.com/show/7kjQ9fV...

The River Wye is dying—& the River Severn is going the same way. Blistered fish, algal blooms, sewage fungus sludging the riverbed. The only good news is the response: a “volunteer army” of citizen scientists & activists rising up to protect & heal the river. 👇💪 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Hooray great to see more research on this from @dbamman.bsky.social. Connects so well with ahc.leeds.ac.uk/directories1... with @imsanjay.bsky.social and Tanaya Guha #MLgaze

🌍🎉 World Unite Festival is here! 🎉🌍 Join us on campus this week as we host multiple events to celebrate the diversity we have here at Leeds. From singing and dancing, to sharing food together, to art workshops and more, everyone is welcome🫂 Here's a thread of some event highlights 👇

📢 ICYMI No viewer or listener left behind! Prof Catherine Johnson joins UK government efforts as 1.5 million people will continue to rely on traditional linear broadcasting by 2040 - 📺 Read all about it here: www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

THE FORGETTING ECOLOGY 'The UNREMEMBERED SELF is perpetually open to disruption and discovery, enmeshed in the data we have scattered... but it is also forged by a past made from us that we cannot recognise, an alienation of memory.' In The Remaking of Memory tinyurl.com/2xvz6zu6

NEW BOOK!! co-edited with the great Qi Wang: THE REMAKING OF MEMORY IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA Just published by OUP in US!! www.amazon.com/Remaking-Mem...

Congratulations to the University of Leeds students Olivia Davies and Emma Jackson, who were part of the broadcast. It's great to see theirs and other students' hard work, being rewarded in this way.

ICYMI 📣UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign report. Out Now!📣 While all eyes are still on the recent US election this report features 101 contributions of thoughts, reflections and early research insights on the 2024 UK General Election. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/news/article...

📣 Join us for the launch of The Anti-Racist Media Manifesto, where the authors explore transforming media systems to confront racism and offer key strategies for an anti-racist media future with Anamik Saha @gavant.bsky.social @francescasobande.bsky.social. More here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

@universityofleeds.bsky.social #academicsky

We are delighted to announce our next research seminar: "Algorithms of resistance: The everyday fight against platform power", with Tiziano Bonini and @emilianotrere.bsky.social Wednesday 20 Nov, 3.45–5pm (UTC), ONLINE 💻 Details and registration: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/events/event...

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Great starter pack on memory studies!

Communication Law and Policy: go.bsky.app/DqZiW7c Fandom: go.bsky.app/HAsWa2g

Film/Media History: go.bsky.app/12Wo3y5 TV and Pop Culture: go.bsky.app/QGgkZaB Film Studies & History: go.bsky.app/T6ed9Ez Digital/Platform Capitalism: go.bsky.app/QTFdAVR

New Media Art: go.bsky.app/BHSuXog Journalism & Mass Comm: go.bsky.app/B6ZayQf Mobile Journalists: go.bsky.app/9aSHpyj

Social Media Journalism & Research: go.bsky.app/3urfrLt South Asian Film and Media Studies: go.bsky.app/7n3AdXG Black Women in Tech: go.bsky.app/5upv7SQ Advertising, Media, and AdTech: go.bsky.app/3nvDare Major Media Outlets: go.bsky.app/2JyEju6

👉 The Media & Communication starter pack of starter packs 📺 🎞️ 📱 💬 Internet Studies: go.bsky.app/LVrPemK Internet Studies 2: go.bsky.app/KHmxfWf Internet Studies 3: go.bsky.app/9uYafGv Media Theory: go.bsky.app/RGLr16b Audience Studies: go.bsky.app/2CKVP4u

📣📣 Join our magical technician team, deadline 19th Nov jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

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Very excited to be able to recruit a fully-funded @mgsesrcdtp PhD position at the intersection of memory studies, eco & soc history & natural sciences. Pls direct promising students my way & share with your networks. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFR200/p...