During the 2020-2021 academic year, the Department of Media and Performance launched a fully online Research Seminar Series in Media, Journalism, and Film.
20/01/21 - Guy Harrison. "On the Sidelines: Gendered Neoliberalism and the American Female Sportscaster"
27/01/21 - Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola. “Of Fame, Feminism and Fragility: Nigerian Celebrities and Social Change”
03/02/21 - Josh Shepperd: “Theodor Adorno, Paul Lazarsfeld, and the Public Interest Mandate of Early Communications Research, 1935–1941”
10/02/21 - Rebecca Williams. “Creativity, Connection & Coming Home: Theme Park Fandom and the Coronavirus Closures”
15 October 2020: David Arditi (University of Texas at Arlington):
“Getting Signed: Record Contracts, Musicians, and Power in Society”
29 October 2020: Victor Pickard (University of Pennsylvania):
“Democracy Without Journalism? Confronting the Misinformation Society”
19 November 2020: Robert (Ted) Gutsche Jr. (Lancaster University):
“Journalism and Politics After the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election”
26 November 2020: Tanya Kant (University of Sussex):
“Making It Personal: Algorithmic Personalization, Identity, and Everyday Life”
3 December 2020: Anamik Saha (Goldsmiths, University of London):
“Media ‘Diversity’ and Racial Capitalism: A Case Study on the UK Publishing Industry”
10 December 2020: Ranjana Das (University of Surrey):
“The Digital Turn Amidst COVID-19: Impacts on Pregnancy and Maternity”
20 January 2021: Guy Harrison (University of Tennessee)
"On the Sidelines: Gendered Neoliberalism and the American Female Sportscaster"
27 January 2021: Rosemary Oyinlola Popoola (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
“Of Fame, Feminism and Fragility: Nigerian Celebrities and Social Change”
28 January 2021: Christopher Ali (University of Virginia, USA):
“Rural Broadband in a Time of COVID: Lessons Learned and Not Learned”
3 February 2021: Josh Shepperd (University of Colorado):
“Theodor Adorno, Paul Lazarsfeld, and the Public Interest Mandate of Early Communications Research, 1935–1941”
10 February 2021: Rebecca Williams (University of South Wales):
“Creativity, Connection & Coming Home: Theme Park Fandom and the Coronavirus Closures”
11 February 2021: Dağhan Irak (University of Huddersfield):
“Athletes and Politics: The Fallacy of ‘Stick to Sports’ as a Global Phenomenon”
25 February 2021: Ashley Hinck (Xavier University, USA):
“Disciplining the Citizen: The ‘Fan-as-Citizen’ Discourse in US Politics, 2015-2019”
11 March 2021: Errol Salamon (University of Huddersfield) and Karin Assmann (University of Georgia, USA):
“Organizing Newsrooms in the Digital Age: Workers and Audiences”
18 March 2021: Ruth Stoker (University of Huddersfield):
“The Role of Local Communities in Defining Journalism Ethics”
22 April 2021: Alfred L. Martin, Jr. (University of Iowa, USA):
Book Talk: The Generic Closet: Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom