MeCCSA Live Blog

A reminder that this afternoon's keynote will be at 14:30 in Clothworkers Centenary Hall, School of Music. The talk is titled 'Resetting Journalism in the...

Time for a late lunch over at the Parkinson Court as MeCCSA 2017 nears conclusion. I'm not sure if the fat lady is about to...

We are now entering the final stages of this year's MeCCSA conference. But don't worry, its not all over yet! From 13:40 there will a...

A somewhat bleak prediction from Mark Margaretten re the prospects of politicians playing it straight. Social media was supposed to open channels between politicians and the...

Panels across the university are now starting to enter the Q&A stage. Lots of questions being asked here at Panel 6A!

Imagine presenting your media theory and Professor Jay Blumler turns up and sits in the front row. No pressure.

PhD researcher Ganzi Muhanguzi has picked up on Dr Chris Patterson's claim of an unprecedented build-up of US military in Africa. Politics in the USA...

Melanie Kennedy (University of Leicester) completes panel 6A's line up, concluding with her talk, "People forget [...] that we're actually human beings with feelings. They...

University of Leeds masters student Gabriela Muggenburg can see parallels between populist ideology in South Africa and Mexico, after hearing from PhD researcher Lone Nerup Sorensen....

Mel Bunce (City, University of London) refers to a quote from Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche in her research, "The international news coverage of Africa: Beyond the...