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Michael Higgins
@michaelhiggins.bsky.social
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Political Communications academic, hoarder of 60s soul vinyl, passable drawing room raconteur, bad runner. Books with Routledge, Bloomsbury, Open University Press, Cambridge University Press.

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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · 23d
Visiting Reader at @strathjmc.bsky.social Professor Angela Smith @alengasmith.bsky.social talks to our grad students about turning their PhDs into books @strath-gender.bsky.social
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Journalism, Media & Communication - Strathclyde @strathjmc.bsky.social · Feb 21
📰 Publication Alert! 🎉
The latest issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism is on Broadcast Talk and Journalism and is guest-edited by Michael Higgins & Martin Montgomery (Strathclyde) alongside Joanna Thornborrow (University of Western Brittany, France). journals.sagepub.com/toc/JOU/curr...
Journalism - Volume 26, Number 3, Mar 01, 2025
Table of contents for Journalism, 26, 3, Mar 01, 2025
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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · Mar 3
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Toxic Masculinity and Banal Populism
Should we be worried about the political implications of aggressive, toxic forms of masculine behaviour on media? How does toxic masculinity help us understand the excesses of contemporary political ...
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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · Jul 14
Welcome to Professor Angela Smith @alengasmith.bsky.social who starts as Visiting Reader at @strathjmc.bsky.social from today!
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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · Mar 3
@alengasmith.bsky.social on the politics of toxic masculinity
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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · Mar 3
link.growkudos.com/1f3ufd5z8qo
Toxic Masculinity and Banal Populism
Should we be worried about the political implications of aggressive, toxic forms of masculine behaviour on media? How does toxic masculinity help us understand the excesses of contemporary political ...
link.growkudos.com
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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · Feb 21
Just out. Includes article on news talk and satire by @alengasmith.bsky.social
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Journalism, Media & Communication - Strathclyde @strathjmc.bsky.social · Feb 21
📰 Publication Alert! 🎉
The latest issue of Journalism: Theory, Practice & Criticism is on Broadcast Talk and Journalism and is guest-edited by Michael Higgins & Martin Montgomery (Strathclyde) alongside Joanna Thornborrow (University of Western Brittany, France). journals.sagepub.com/toc/JOU/curr...
Journalism - Volume 26, Number 3, Mar 01, 2025
Table of contents for Journalism, 26, 3, Mar 01, 2025
journals.sagepub.com
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PSA Media and Politics Group @psampg.bsky.social · Jan 8
Next, we're hearing from Maike Dinger from her research with Michael Higgins on authenticity and personalisation of Scottish politics in UK GE2024. @maydinger.bsky.social

#PSAMPG2025
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Michael Higgins @michaelhiggins.bsky.social · Nov 14
An Elon free zone. Glory be.
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