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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 9d

New piece in @theconversation.com by Alex Hardy theconversation.com/as-the-uk-pl...

As the UK plans to introduce digital IDs, what can it learn from pioneer Estonia?

Estonia has more than 20 years experience of digital IDs.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 17d

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 17d

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 17d

Dr. Alyssa Grossman has an installation, 52 Stones: Redescriptions of a Colonial Archive, in the Out of Focus exhibition at Cologne’s Rautenstrauch-Joest Musem. The work consists of pigment prints and audio recordings in collaboration with Selena Mimball as part of the General Assn. collective.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 22d

Our new Leverhulme Early Career Fellow Ricardo Ferreira Ribeiro is featured in the most recent Leverhulme Trust newsletter www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr...

Leverhulme Trust Newsletter – September 2025

Flipsnack is a digital catalog maker that makes it easy to create, publish and share html5 flipbooks. Upload a PDF or design from scratch flyers, magazines, books and more.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · 25d

New publication from our Head of Department, Dr. Kay O’Halloran

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Constructing the prosecution-defense relationship through multimodal positioning: a corpus-based analysis of Chinese courtroom argumentation

This article investigates how group value negotiation is constructed through the multimodal positioning of public prosecutors, defense lawyers, and defendants in Chinese courtroom trials. A corpus-...

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Sep 11

Congratulations to Dr Antje Glück and her co-authors for winning Journal Article of the Year at MeCCSA 2025 for their Journalism Studies article 'Fighting Against the Machine: Inside a Solutions Journalism Campaign in UK Local Newsrooms'.

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#meccsa2025 | Dr Antje Glück

Very humbled to be awarded the best journal article of the year 2025 by #Meccsa2025 for "Fighting Against the Machine," an article having been a collaborative work with my fabulous COJO against COVID ...

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Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · Sep 2

🎉 Congratulations to our two colleagues who have been recognised in the highly prestigious National Teaching Fellowship (NTF) awards, including the Faculty's Dr Kerry Traynor from Communication and Media (@commmedia.bsky.social) news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/09/01/c... #AcademicSky

Dr Kerry Traynor (L) from Communication and Media and Dr Tünde Varga-Atkins (R) from the Centre for Innovation in Education

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jul 17

Stephanie Thomson, from the Department of Communication and Media, has been crowned winner of the 2025 University of Liverpool ‘Three Minute Thesis’ (3MT®) competition for her presentation “Femtech fertility ads: selling the illusion of reproductive control”.

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Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) 2025 winners announced - University of Liverpool News

Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) 2025 winners announced

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Next up: workshop on "Oracy, local dialect and language teaching: the case of Liverpool English" at Global Voices 2025 by @sofialampro.bsky.social, Victorina González Díaz & David Clay @sotauol.bsky.social @uolhsspgr.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social

Workshop participants in the SOTA library, pictured from behind, with presenters Sofia Lampropoulou and Victorina González Díaz at the front, with a screen next to them containing the title slide 'Oracy, local dialect and language teaching: the case of Liverpool English'

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Sofia Lampropoulou @sofialampro.bsky.social · Jun 30

@instantlinguist.bsky.social in action (!) on how we talk about multilingualism and why it matters at Global Voices 2025 @livunienglish.bsky.social @sotauol.bsky.social

Ursula Kania presenting in the SOTA library on 'how we talk about bi-/multilingualism and why it matters' as shown by the title slide projected on the screen next to her

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Dr Ursula Kania @instantlinguist.bsky.social · Jun 30

Looking forward to delivering the afternoon plenary at 'Global Voices: An exploration and celebration of language 2025'. I'll be exploring how we talk about bi/multilingualism - and why it matters. @sotauol.bsky.social @liverpooluni.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @livunienglish.bsky.social

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John E. Richardson @discodiscourse.bsky.social · Jun 30

Still energized by last week's wonderful workshop on CDS, organised at @commmedia.bsky.social by myself and @sofialampro.bsky.social
This slide from my talk with Tommaso Milani was received particularly well 😆

A powerpoint slide, quoting a book review: John adopted an “overtly outraged tone”, which “sometimes undermined the solid rigour of [the] scholarship and thus the power of his analysis. This is not to argue against passion in writing […but rather] to question the wisdom of parading one's emotions quite so publicly”.
The book was on Islamophobia.

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School of the Arts at University of Liverpool @sotauol.bsky.social · Jun 19

📶 What does it take to be digitally included in 2025?

A new national benchmark, with research led by Professor Simeon Yates from @commmedia.bsky.social reveals the digital access, skills and support UK households need 📱

Full story 👇
news.liverpool.ac.uk/2025/06/12/n...

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School of the Arts at University of Liverpool @sotauol.bsky.social · Jun 18

It’s that time! 🎓 Graduation reception bookings are officially open🍾

🧱 Architecture 📅 15 July | tinyurl.com/4a3a9rx4

🎙️ Communication & Media 🎶 Music 📅 16 July | tinyurl.com/7cy3j6jn

📚 English 🧠 Philosophy 📅 17 July | tinyurl.com/58sn7c6r

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a penguin wearing a graduation cap holds a diploma

ALT: a penguin wearing a graduation cap holds a diploma

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 10

#Dreamteam 😍

Yesterday @digipol.bsky.social hosted the launch of the Online Safety Toolkit - a training resource for all those working in politics and how to stay safe online.

Make sure to check it out here: saferpolitics.org

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University of Liverpool News @livuninews.bsky.social · Jun 9

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 ⬇️

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@digipol.bsky.social @livunihss.bsky.social @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social @local.gov.uk

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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · Jun 9

Great to be able to speak at the launch of @commmedia.bsky.social’s fantastic new saferpolitics.org website, a really practical resource for politicians and candidates who are dealing with the impact of online harassment and intimidation. And also to come second in the safer politics quiz.

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Cat Mahoney @catmahoney.bsky.social · Jun 9

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

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 5

🚨🚨Job Alert🚨🚨

Our dept has an opening for a 12-month full-time fixed term contact for a Lecturer in Media and Politics.

The role will cover teaching in areas of global news media & war, research methods, & digital media.

Deadline 30th June

👇
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNI734/l...

(pls share) #commsky

Lecturer in Media and Politics - Grade 7 at University of Liverpool

Apply for the Lecturer in Media and Politics - Grade 7 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 5

All are wellcome and Tea/coffee ☕ and lunch will be provided.

Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 5

[...] as safely as possible and in knowing what to do if they experience online abuse.

The project is in co-operation with the @local.gov.uk. Interim CEO of @jocoxfoundation.bsky.social Will Fletcher & @politicanimal.bsky.social, Policy Advisor at the @local.gov.uk will join us at the launch.

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 5

⭐Safer Politics project launch⭐

📆9th June
📍SOTA Library/Online
💸Free

@digipol.bsky.social's launch of the Safer Politics project which includes online safety toolkits & training to support political parties, politicians & staff in using social media [...]🧵

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 3

And finally (but not least) @craighaslop.bsky.social & Fiona O’Rourke's "Misogynistic and Homophobic “Banter” in UK Digitised “Lad Cultures”: Using Research and Homosocial Affect Theory in an Educational Resource to Tackle Harmful Masculine Norms"

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Communication & Media at the University of Liverpool @commmedia.bsky.social · Jun 3

What happens if we elect an anti-democratic leader to No.10?

Actually, it's not quite clear as written by Tom Nicholls in "Good Chaps and Guardrails" Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the HoL in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social

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Good Chaps and Guardrails: Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the House of Lords

The ‘good chaps’ theory of government relies on officeholders understanding and adhering to implicit lines preventing corruption and abuse of power. Boris Johnson's prime ministership showed some wea....

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