MeCCSA Live Blog

For posterity, the wonderful Jen Carlberg has supplied this report on the closing keynote of the MeCCSA conference 2017. Until next year. Professor Barbie Zelizer,...

The time has come to say goodbye to MeCCSA 2017. It has been a huge success and everyone at the university would like to thank...

With Trump and Brexit marketed with "Make America Great Again" and "Making Britain Great Again", we are reminded of the true nature of the 'greatness'...

Make America Great Again? Make Britain Great Again? Move over, J Brambila has the real slogan to be considered! Shall we say: let's make journalism...

Here are a selection of some great pictures from this week's conference. Many thanks to all of those who have sent in or tweeted images....

The keynote refers to UK and US coverage of Trump and Brexit, with the post-war 1940s and 50s being considered in her research. @bzelizer: UK...

Barbie Zelizer explains how 2016 was one of the worst years for Anglo-American journalism. Today: angry public. What is journalism is for?2016 is 1 of...

Barbie Zelizer (University of Pennsylvania) starts her talk by looking at the "Anglo-American Imaginery". @bzelizer on the beginnings of the Anglo-American imaginary that helps us...

Dr Katy Parry has begun the final instalment of  MeCCSA 2017 by thanking everyone involved. Thanks go to the student helpers, Sarah-Joy Ford, who has...

The final keynote of MeCCSA 2017 is about to begin. Barbie Zelizer's 'Resetting Journalism in the Aftermath of Brexit and Trump' will conclude this year's...