Joanna Callaghan is a filmmaker and Senior Lecturer in Film Production at the University of Sussex. This week, Joanna shares her…
Author: Re.framing Activism
Egypt’s First Hyperlocal Paper: A New Route to Fostering Community Activism and Citizen Engagement
Heba Elsayed is a research fellow at the University of Oxford. Heba’s research interests have centred around media and identity…
Small resistances to Big Data: Protecting – and politicising – personal data trails
Tanya Kant is a doctoral researcher in Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Media, Film and Music at the…
Anti-War Activism
As the United States of America threaten air strikes on Syria, anti-war protests have taken place across the globe. This week, we’ve…
#occupygezi: Protest Posters Progress
Yaman Kayabali is a postgraduate student in the Art History and Museum Curating program at the University of Sussex. Prior…
#occupygezi: Gezi Protests in Turkey
Yaman Kayabali is a postgraduate student in the Art History and Museum Curating program at the University of Sussex. Prior…
Abandoning Spirituality, or Abandoning Sexuality? Mediation Between Faith and Identity within LGBTQ Activism
Emily Daina Šaras is a Massachusetts Promise Fellow in youth empowerment and social justice, working with disadvantaged teens at a…
Celebrity Politics: Image and Identity in Contemporary Political Communications by Mark Wheeler
Mark Wheeler is a Professor of Political Communications at London Metropolitan University. Mark’s research interests include the political economy of…
G8 Resources
Last week, the G8 summit was held in Northern Ireland. Media coverage leading up the events, focused on a police…
The Newspapers, if they did not Remain Silent, rushed to Fabricate Wrongdoings by the protestors
Işınsu Engindeniz is a Masters student of Journalism and Media Studies at the University of Sussex. She has recently returned to…
Movement Praxis Prefigures System Change
James Anderson is a Ph.D student in Mass Communications and Media Arts at the Southern Illinois University Carbondale. His research…
Examining Celebrity Activism and Social Media: Lady Gaga, Fandom and Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
Lucy Bennett is the co-founder of the Fan Studies Network. She graduated with a PhD in online fandom at JOMEC,…