News Items
- Leicester academic predicts a future for newspapers Apr 19, 2011 02:20 PM
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Announcing the UK News Media Review
- Several members of the News and Journalism Research Group have been collaborating over the past few months to compile an overview of key developments, events and issues that have emerged during the past year relating to the UK news industry, its outputs and its audiences.
- Report on Google Big Tent event
- In conjunction with Privacy International and Index on Censorship, Google invited a range of media scholars, business people, journalists, NGO representatives, politicians and digital enthusiasts to discuss issues relating to freedom of expression in online spaces and the role of new media in global activism at its inaugural Big Tent UK, held on the 18th May.
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Lecturer wins Student Union Teaching Award
- Media and Communication lecturer Dr E Anna Claydon has won one of four university student union awards for the quality and innovation of her teaching.
- Recent Study on Journalists' Malpractice
- Media and Communication lecturer Roger Dickinson is interested in journalistic practices and the way that journalists learn to do their work, and has recently published a book chapter on the topic of journalists' malpractice.
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Call for papers - Caught in the Frame: Frame Analysis as Contemporary Media Scholarship
- Wednesday 19th September 2012, 9.30am – 4.30pm Bankfield House, University of Leicester This event seeks to examine critically the relevance and value of frame analysis, take stock of its contribution and provide contemporary examples of its application. We welcome papers from ongoing research, already published studies, and discussions of frame theory or method.
