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Dee Amy-Chinn It is with great sadness that we have to announce the death of our dear friend and colleague, Dee Amy-Chinn, on Thursday 3rd December. Dee joined Communications, Media & Culture at Stirling in 2009 from Oxford Brookes University. Her academic career began as Read More …
The death of Peter Dimmock, age 94, should be marked as the passing of a remarkable television pioneer. Among many firsts in television, Dimmock was the man behind the remarkable images of Queen Elizabeth II’s Coronation and the man who negotiated, smooth talked and cajoled Read More …
We are proud to announce that Sam Black Prize for Best Public Relations student in 2014/15 went to Dagur Skírnir Óðinsson, who has successfully completed and will graduate from MSc in Strategic Communication and Public Relations (Joint Degree with University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona) on 27 Read More …
By way of introduction, I have recently been appointed Honorary Professor in the School of Arts and Humanities at Stirling University and I wanted to offer a brief outline of my background and experience. I am a senior producer at BBC Scotland, starting my career Read More …
SMRI’s Greg Singh Visits the 4th Annual Liverpool Radical Film Festival As most of my research and teaching these days centres on psychosocial aspects of digital media and creative industries, it’s not often that I get asked to participate in events that engage more traditional Read More …
CMC research covered by Time, the New York Times and Social Media The recent publication of The State of News Photography: The Lives and Livelihoods of Photojournalists in the Digital Age has caused a great deal of debate in the industry worldwide. The study, which Read More …
The Jonathan Witchell Memorial Prize for Best Radio Feature 2015 has been awarded to Louise MacGregor, Jide Olanipekun, Elizabeth Ross and Martin Rowbottom. Their winning piece, “The Art of Storytelling” was produced last semester as part of their third year module in Radio Feature Production. Read More …
This year’s theme, ‘Books and reading in an age of media overload’, naturally led to much angst over the future of the book in age where smartphones, tablets and a range of other devices can provide users with instant gratification compared to the slow burn Read More …
There’s a fabulous story about George Brown, the former British Foreign Secretary in Harold Wilson’s first government. It’s almost certainly not true, but it should be. Brown was a drunk in an era when it was quite acceptable to be a senior member of Her Read More …
Fans of British comedy of the 1980s will be familiar with the involuntary and politically incorrect image that rushes into Reggie Perrin’s mind every time his mother-in-law is mentioned. His wife doesn’t see what he sees, but his face betrays the fact that something is Read More …