New article co-authored by @craighaslop.bsky.social (among many others) in Journal of Gender Studies! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Beyond the manosphere: a panel discussion exploring the wider phenomenon of male-centred online communities

The manosphere is a loose network of anti-feminist and more broadly reactionary male-centred online spaces, influencers and communities. A range of scholars, activists, practitioners and policy mak...

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@discodiscourse.bsky.social just published an analysis of a short story by a U.S. neo-Nazi organisation in Language in Society www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

'Cutting through the noise: The legitimacy of the European Convention on Human Rights in the British press' by @katiabalabanova.bsky.social & Gemma Horton 🔗 buff.ly/LEgf1TB @commmedia.bsky.social, @sotauol.bsky.social, @livunihss.bsky.social, @digipol.bskysocial, @sheffielduni.bsky.social

📰 University academics Drs Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova and @richardstupart.com, both from @commmedia.bsky.social, attended the UNESCO World Press Freedom Day in Lusaka, Zambia recently to share their research into journalist safety and press freedom. Read about their work here ➡️

Liverpool academics present their work at UNESCO World Press Freedom Day - University of Liverpool News

Liverpool academics present their work at UNESCO World Press Freedom Day

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Auspicious day to post this so here it is! 'Memes and politics in the UK: from piggate to partygate and beyond' is out now! link.springer.com/book/10.1007... I loved writing this and I hope you'll all love reading it. Check out the cover, description and endorsements here! 📖 Buy it!! 😅

Brand new publication co-authored by faculty member @rosalynd.bsky.social! www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcomm...

Experimentation on TikTok, Standardisation on Reels? Party Short-Form Video Use in the 2024 UK General Election | Article | Media and Communication

Rosalynd Southern, Niamh Cashell, Liam McLoughlin, Ploykamol Suwantawit

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Another comparative study by @harm365.bsky.social & @rosalynd.bsky.social examines how UK women politicians are received by social media audiences using replies. They find platform effects around incivility, insults and gendered othering and offer a generative framework for equity-focused research.

Twitter to Yell at Them, Facebook to Ask Questions and Instagram to Show Support? Exploring Platform Effects in Responses to Women Politicians On Social Media

Previous research has shown that women politicians are often subject to more incivility, hate speech, and sexualized abuse on social media. Until now, studies tend to analyze one platform, and ther...

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Women are beating men at the ballot box, but we’re far off gender equality in local government. I followed-up my last analysis back in April with the updated @democracyclub.org.uk 2026 Local Election results. 👇👇 leelum.com/politicsmedi...

Women are beating men at the ballot box, but we’re far off gender equality in local government: Gender and the UK 2026 Local Elections - Leelum

In the local elections, women out-polled men. Paradoxically, men remain overly represented. The reason is simple: no single political party managed gender equality in the number of women candidates st...

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Dr Liam Mcloughlin ☕@leelum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I took the full list of candidates in the Local Elections in May & undertook an approach to infer gender. The analysis suggests little movement in the % of women standing for each party, but recent polls suggest a decline in the total % of women in local government. leelum.com/politicsmedi...

Dear colleagues, we are delighted to invite you to our DigiPol research seminar given by DigiPol visiting fellow Tomás Dodds. Wednesday 3.30pm to 5pm School of the Arts Library or email rsouth@liverpool.ac.uk to join online. Abstract below. Please re skeet!

💥Upcoming event! 💥"The Politics of Platform Regulation" 🕒 2 Dec @ 3-4:15pm GMT Join us in our discussion w Robert Gorwa @gorwa.ca to talk about his recent book on "how governments shape online content moderation" + strategies to combat harmful content Sign up 👉 www.tickettailor.com/events/techn...

Yesterday we launched our SaferPolitics toolkit and training resources which are designed to support politicians and their staff with online safety based on research by @rosalynd.bsky.social & I. Find out more 👇 saferpolitics.org @digipol.bsky.social @commmedia.bsky.social

I'm excited to attend the launch event of the Safer Politics Online Safety Tool Kit, headed up by my brilliant colleagues in @commmedia.bsky.social @harm365.bsky.social @rosalynd.bsky.social

NEWS I Launched today in the @sotauol.bsky.social library, a vital new online safety resource for political parties and their communications teams. Read more ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/09/u... @digipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @local.gov.uk

Here we go - looking forward to Yannis Tzioumakis inaugural professorial lecture to a packed School of the Arts library! @sotauol.bsky.social

Brilliant initiative and work from my dear colleague Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova (as well as Mark Pogson, @harm365.bsky.social, and @rosalynd.bsky.social)!

DigiPol: Centre for Digital Politics, Media and Democracy@digipol.bsky.social · last yr.

This week, as part of World Press Freedom Day, DigiPol director Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova and team launched the Global Index on Journalists' Safety based on data from the Worlds of Journalism Study and Unesco Data on journalist killings. Read more here- news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/08/u...

'Beyond the Manosphere: Exploring the Wider Phenomenon of Male-Centred Online Communities' 3rd June 4-6pm (Online) Our @craighaslop.bsky.social will be on this exciting panel exploring the ‘manosphere’. It's free and online! www.eventsforce.net/cugroup/fron...

This week, as part of World Press Freedom Day, DigiPol director Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova and team launched the Global Index on Journalists' Safety based on data from the Worlds of Journalism Study and Unesco Data on journalist killings. Read more here- news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/05/08/u...

Starting now! Kate Gilchrist giving the DigiPol seminar on menopause and advertising. Fascinating so far!

📢📢 WE ARE RECRUITING PARTICIPANTS📢📢 If you are interested in Dungeons and Dragons or TTRPGs more generally and would like to be involved in research seeking to create accessible and inclusive games and resources for players and GMs then check out this #CFP @commmedia.bsky.social

Fab turnout for the Queer Screen Cultures Showcase for LGBTQ+ History Month! Fab work by @garyneedham.bsky.social and Hannah Spaulding for pulling this together 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

📣 New artilcle from Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova, Mark Pogson and colleagues 'Media Capture, Survival of the Corruptest and Journalistic Agency: The Case of Bulgaria' published in International Journal of Press/Politics. Available open access here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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After *that*, I'll be a British Academy fellow down in South Africa for a year from September, researching rural journalism in South Africa and making myself generally useful as a colleague to the South African Institute of International Affairs. 3/4

I've been lucky enough to be awarded a CODESRIA fellowship to visit the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Dar es Salaam in May/June. It's a grand full-circle meet up with Drs Mkoko and Dotto, with whom I was a baby MA student in Media at Rhodes University. 2/4

We're having a fantastic (hybrid!) panel on media and the war in Ukraine here at Liverpool next Thursday (27 Feb) with a screening of "1% of war" and Q&A with director Denys Khrystov afterwards. Registration is at: bit.ly/liverpoolmed...

Celebrate LGBTQ History Month with @commmedia.bsky.social! Enjoy queer films, videos and documentaries, curated by students from the Queer Film, Video, and Documentary module 🌈 📽️ Queer Screen Cultures Showcase 🗓️ Fri 28th Feb 1pm 📍 School Of The Arts Library 🎟️ www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...

Grab the popcorn 🍿 For LGBTQ history month our Department is hosting a showcase to celebrates Queer Screen Cultures! 🎥 📆 Friday 28th Feb 1-5pm 💸 Free Sign-up req. In show will be a range of queer films, videos, and documentaries curated by our students! www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...

Jill Hopke and I have a new research paper (open access) out now in Environmental Communication. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Climate Solutions and Climate Attribution in Extreme Heat Press Coverage: The July 2022 UK Heatwaves

Extreme weather events are short-term and have concrete impacts on local communities. This may make them easier to narrate for media outlets than the increases in global average temperatures. We us...

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Our next seminar is happening this week! Join us in person or online. Details below 👇 @commmedia.bsky.social

Antal Wozniak@antalwozniak.bsky.social · 2y ago

Please join us and Dr Travis Coan for our third DigiPol (@digipol.bsky.social) research seminar talk on 12 February, 16:00-17:30 (GMT) at the University of Liverpool in the School of the Arts Library. You can also join online, free tickets are available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...

Please join us and Dr Travis Coan for our third DigiPol (@digipol.bsky.social) research seminar talk on 12 February, 16:00-17:30 (GMT) at the University of Liverpool in the School of the Arts Library. You can also join online, free tickets are available here: www.ticketsource.co.uk/school-of-th...

DigiPol Seminar - Dr Travis Coan (University of Exeter) at School Of The Arts Library - University of Liverpool

Tickets are now available for DigiPol Seminar - Dr Travis Coan (University of Exeter) at School Of The Arts Library - University of Liverpool, Liverpool on Wed 12 Feb 2025. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

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