🗞️ Happy to finally share this special review, out in @journal-of-comm.bsky.social. Special thanks to @vstetka.bsky.social @sabinamihelj.bsky.social @newsprof1.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social @melbunce.bsky.social, and thanks for inviting me @jeffpoole.bsky.social @sonnevend.bsky.social! 👉👉

Media capture, academia capture? Rising authoritarianism and public knowledge capture

Recent political and media trends challenge various disciplinary axioms and popular scholarly intuitions. For instance, is media good or bad for democracy?

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Our new paper out today - suggesting politician’s (mistaken) beliefs about the media may be influencing aid policy.

Paul Clist@paulclist.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New paper with @martinscott2010.bsky.social on development aid, politician's decisions and media influence. Aid allocation research tends to focus on how the aid budget gets divided. We look at how politicians make decisions about the size of the aid budget. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Bittersweet to have won ISA's Best Book in International Communication,together with @martinscott2010.bsky.social & @melbunce.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and the Voice of America (OUP 2024). Huge honour, but we would have loved things to have got better, not worse.

International Studies Association@isanet.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Please join us in congratulating the 2025–2026 ISA Award recipients. We are proud to recognize this year’s honorees across ISA sections, caucuses, and regions. To see a complete listing of the 2025-2026 awardees click here: isanet.org/News/ID/6651... #ISA2026

What did it look like the first time Trump tried to capture the media - and what does it tell us about what's coming next? global.oup.com/academic/pro... by @katewright.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social @melbunce.bsky.social

I love "solutions journalism." This is a style of journalism that focuses on what worked to solve a problem. I often combine it with a global focus, leading to what @martinscott2010.bsky.social dubbed "humanitarian journalism."

"Baltic countries lead the way in supporting #mediafreedom internationally, according to new index"

University of East Anglia (UEA)@uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Prof @martinscott2010.bsky.social from @developmentuea.bsky.social has authored a report alongside a group of academics from UEA and @citystgeorges.bsky.social on how the Baltic states have emerged as global leaders in promoting media freedom internationally. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4huRi9b

Its out! Our new Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which ranks 30 countries on how actively they support #mediafreedom beyond their borders through diplomatic, funding and safety initiatives. Key findings here: jdem.org/the-imfs-ind... Full report here: jdem.org/wp-content/u...

On 24th October, we are launching a new #Index on International Media Freedom Support (IMFS) - which evaluates and ranks countries based on their support for #mediafreedom globally. It highlights well performing states in #diplomacy #funding + #safety + some concerning trends lnkd.in/e_gC_Q-m

We won!

Kate Wright@newsprof1.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Well, there's a surprise! Just won Outstanding Monograph of the Year from @meccsa.bsky.social for Capturing News, Capturing Democracy @oxfordunipress.bsky.social with @martinscott2010.bsky.social and @melbunce.bsky.social

📢 Job alert! Our school is hiring a Teaching Fellow in Global Development. 🗓️ 6-month post starting Jan 2026 💰 £38,784–£46,049 🌍 Focus: Geography & Global Development 🧭 Includes UK field course on legacies of empire Apply by 22 Sept 2025: vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/17...

Our own @martinscott2010.bsky.social has published a new policy brief for the #G20, calling for stronger support for independent, diverse, and financially viable media. Part of the #M20 initiative ahead of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg. Read it here: media20.org/wp-content/u...

🎪 Heading to #LatitudeFestival? Catch UEA @martinscott2010.bsky.social (DEV) & Anshuman Mondal (Literature) on Sunday at 14:20 at The Listening Post. They’ll talk Freedoms in a Fractured World—a vital convo on free speech, #media & #democracy. Read more: www.latitudefestival.com/artists/uea-...

Artist | UEA: Freedoms of Speech in a Fractured World

UEA: Freedoms of Speech in a Fractured World

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"Frontex collected personal data for years through covert interrogations of migrants after their arrival in Europe that lacked basic legal guarantees" Apostolis Fotiadis, @stavinoha.bsky.social + Lola Hierro expose another scandal involving Frontex and migrants' rights elpais.com/internaciona...

Honoured that Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and @voanews.com.web.brid.gy was a finalist for the @aejmc.bsky.social prestigious Tankard award. @melbunce.bsky.social @martinscott2010.bsky.social and I are delighted. Our hearty congratulations to @gwynmell.bsky.social!

AEJMC@aejmc.bsky.social · last yr.

Congrats to the AEJMC Tankard Book Award Winner: Racializing Objectivity: How the White Southern Press Used Journalism Standards to Defend Jim Crow, Gwyneth Mellinger, University of Massachusetts Press, 2024. Also congrats to the two finalists! #AEJMC25 #AejmcAwards

Only 17% of articles in the Journal of Communication (1961-2016) are qualitative! What?!

Jess Maddox@jessmaddox.bsky.social · last yr.

Shocking numbers from TJ Billard's ICA presentation on the lack of qualitative research in communication journals.

Thrilled to have received the "honourable mention" (runner up place) from the Journalism Studies division of #ICA2025, together with longstanding coauthors @martinscott2010.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social. Our hearty congratulations to the overall winner @ruthmoon.bsky.social!

Not many of these posts around at the moment, so a big opportunity...

Richard Stupart@richardstupart.com · last yr.

**Academic position klaxon** My department (who are awesome, btw) are hiring for my replacement for a year while I am away on fellowship. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI734/l...

*NEW ARTICLE*: What do #journalists think of the international media freedom campaigns that aim to support them – like the #MediaFreedomCoalition - and how might their perspectives help us better understand the impacts of such initiatives? We try to answer here... ijoc.org/index.php/ij...

Just found out that our book - "Capturing News, Capturing Democracy: Trump and Voice of America" has been shortlisted for the MeCCSA Monograph of the Year award. @newsprof1.bsky.social + @melbunce.bsky.social See here for all the shortlisted articles/books www.meccsa.org.uk/meccsa-outst...

Consider submitting a paper to our workshop “AI x Crisis: Tracing New Directions Beyond Deployment and Use,” which will take place at the Aarhus Conference (Critical Action, Theory, and Practice in Computing) on August 18-19! More information: sites.google.com/view/ai-x-cr...

#WorldPressFreedomDay: Africans want a media that watches over government. Check out @afrobarometer.bsky.social’s latest survey in this week’s issue of The Continent.

This is such a clear, compelling account of the collapse of democracy in the US. I strongly recommend listening

Claes de Vreese@claesdevreese.bsky.social · last yr.

Competitive authoritarianism 🇺🇸 Strongly recommend listening to or reading this @npr.org interview with Steven Levitsky. Sharp analysis (in part based on the @foreignaffairs.com piece) on why they define the current US situation as ‘competitive authoritarianism’ www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...

We are looking for a Teaching Fellow in #GlobalDevelopment with a particular focus on #Media and #Communication Deadline: 20th May 2025. Start Date: 1 Sept 2025 for 11 months See here for more details about the role - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT311/t... Please share with anyone who might be interested

Conservation in a Connected World 🌍 DEV’s Rachel Carmenta recently presented her Connected Conservation model (Biological Conservation, 2024) at @zslofficial.bsky.social Science and Conservation Event, exploring how #conservation must address wealth as a root driver of #climate crises.

New #OpenAccess #BookChapter Alert! 🔓📚 Interested in intergenerational #learning and decolonising #literacy? Check out the work by DEV Anuprita Shukla exploring how Nepal & India are rewriting literacy traditions across generations. Part of the UNESCO edited collection on family learning.

New study alert 📄 Associate Professor David Girling (DEV-UEA) & Deborah Adesina analyse 589 UK charity mail images: • 51% depict Africa • 59% feature Global South women/children • Reveals gaps in family representation Full report: charity-advertising.co.uk/wp-content/u...

New Report Published! We're happy to release Small World, written by @martinscott2010.bsky.social Prof. Scott looked at the range of international coverage on the public service channels between 2023-24. Some of the results were expected. Others were surprising and alarming. Read more below 👇

Small World - International factual programming on public service channels

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of the UK’s Public Service Broadcasters (PSBs) in covering global events through current affairs and other factual programmes on television channels. To a...

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I've got a new report out today - on international factual programming on UK TV in 2023-24. Key finding: Travelogues dominate (58%) and 'male, stale and pale' presenters feature very heavily. Covered nicely in The Times - www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art... Full report: ibt.org.uk/reports/smal...

Got views on how humanitarianism should be improved? Contribute to this deliberative democracy tool...

Ben Parker@benparker140.eurosky.social · last yr.

Eg about the process of reform: “The existing aid system does a good job of saving lives and alleviating suffering. Whilst reform is needed now is not the time.” “Knee-jerk reform triggered by current instabilities won't help. We need a clear future state in mind based on solid foresight work.”

Eg about the process of reform: “The existing aid system does a good job of saving lives and alleviating suffering. Whilst reform is needed now is not the time.” “Knee-jerk reform triggered by current instabilities won't help. We need a clear future state in mind based on solid foresight work.”