Communication and Media Research Institute

Orap, E, Sharp, R and Specht, D. 2026. “My place of power is my house”. Esri.

Michalis, M. and Nieminen, H. 2026. Competitiveness and artificial intelligence in the EU’s future strategy. in: Balčytienė, A., Bajomi-Lázár, P. and Sousa, H. (ed.) Digital media shadowing democracy: Technology, communication, and power Nordicom. pp. 239-258

Michalis, M. and Rozgonyi, K. 2026. Governing AI at the international and supranational level: Divergent approaches and implications for media governance. Journal of Digital Media & Policy. 17 (1), pp. 81-100. https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00199_1

Sakr, N. 2026. Edgy in the ‘right’ way: Meeting pent-up demand for youth-oriented local content on Saudi TV. Critical Studies in Television: The International Journal of Television Studies. 21 (1), pp. 96-113. https://doi.org/10.1177/17496020251378308

Rekret, P. 2026. Sensuous Abstraction: hip-hop, money and the popular. Journal of Cultural Economy. 19 (1), pp. 86-100. https://doi.org/10.1080/17530350.2025.2524535

Xin, X. 2026. Xinhua: Asserting global leadership. in: Boyd-Barrett, O., Aguiar, P. & Vukasovich, C. (ed.) Routledge Handbook of News Agencies Routledge.

Lodhi, A. 2025. Reading the Crisis Series 2. Stuart Hall Foundation

Jones, C.W. 2025. Decolonizing advertising . Royal College of Art. London. UK Royal College of Art..

Xiao, J. and Verdegem, P. 2025. Hype, Resistance, Power and Inequalities: Why Synthesizing Critical Perspectives Is Essential to AI Research. Sociology Compass. 19 (12) e70155. https://doi.org/10.1111/soc4.70155

Specht, D. and Kent, A.J. 2025. Geospatial Ethical Frameworks: A Preliminary Analysis of Current Models. The Cartographic Journal. 61 (4), pp. 315-327. https://doi.org/10.1080/00087041.2025.2580022

Sakr, N. and Block, P. 2025. The Media Diversity Index 2025: What the Pilot Index Highlights about the UK. London Media Diversity Institute.

Sakr, N. 2025. Pan-Arab TV Drama: State Controls and National Memory. in: Political Economy, Power and Cultural Heritage in the Arab World Boulder Colorado Lynne Rienner Publishers. pp. 89-110

Sakr, N. 2025. Power, money and Arab media: A not-so-simple saga. in: Freedman, D. and Klontzas, M. (ed.) Media Pasts and Futures: Critical Reflections on ‘Power Without Responsibility London University of Westminster Press.

Jones, C.W. 2025. The ‘romantic’ advertising tricks that give you unrealistic expectations of love. The Conversation.

Jones, C.W. 2025. Descolonizando la publicidad. in: Juris Tipa (ed.) El Racismo en los medios de communication en Mexico. Perspectives interdisciplinarians Universidad Ibero . Mexico City.. pp. 43-60

Jones, C.W. 2025. Descolonizando la publicidad a través de la diversidad: Estrategias prácticas para desafiar el pensamiento y las prácticas coloniales en la producción de campañas publicitarias dentro del espectáculo de la publicidad mexicana. PhD thesis Royal College of Art School of Communication

Denisova, A. 2025. Effective Climate Communication: Turning Eco-Anxiety into Eco-Action. London Palgrave Macmillan.

D'Arma, A., Michalis, M., Ferrell Lowe, G. and Zita, M-B. 2025. Public Service Journalism in Digital Markets. in: D'Arma, A., Michalis, M., Ferrell Lowe, G. and Zita, M-B. (ed.) Challenges and Developments in Public Service Journalism London University of Westminster. pp. 1-21

Gross, S., Musgrave, G. and Carney, D. 2025. Determinants of Anxiety, Depression and Subjective Wellbeing Among Musicians in Denmark: Findings From the ‘When Music Speaks’ Project . Scandinavian Journal of Psychology. 66 (3), pp. 429-445. https://doi.org/10.1111/sjop.13095

Verdegem, P. 2025. Understanding Data, Culture and Society. London SAGE Publications.

Barclay, S., Barnett, S., Moore, M. and Townend, J. 2025. Local news as political institution and the repercussions of ‘news deserts’: A qualitative study of seven UK local areas. Journalism. 26 (9), pp. 1803-1821. https://doi.org//10.1177/14648849241272255

Lodhi, A. 2024. Reading the Crisis: Cultural Identity and Diaspora (Stuart Hall Foundation). Stuart Hall Foundation website, You Tube

Lodhi, A. 2024. Reading the Crisis: The Neoliberal Revolution (Stuart Hall Foundation). Stuart Hall Foundation website and You Tube

Sakr, N. 2024. The Media Diversity Index: A Pilot Study. Belgrade/London Media Diversity Institute.

Buckley, A., Specht, D. and Kent, A.J. 2024. The Ethical Turn in Cartography. The Cartographic Journal. 61 (4), pp. 253-255. https://doi.org/10.1080/00087041.2024.2559494

Jones, C.W. 2024. Decoding myth-making through Semiotics in-order to Decolonize advertising. in: Evripides Zantides and Sonia Andreou (ed.) Semiotics & Visual Communication ΙV: Myths of Today UK Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. 191-214

Kavada, A. 2024. Social Movements and the Self-mediation of Vulnerability on Digital Media . in: Hill, A. and Lunt, P. (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Media Audiences Routledge.

Xin, X. 2024. How are News Agencies Coping with Digital Disruption in the Age of Artificial Intelligence (AI)? The Case of Xinhua . in: Orgeret, K.S. and Mutsvairo, B. (ed.) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Digital Journalism Palgrave Macmillan. pp. pp 181–194

Meikle, G. 2024. Social Media: The Convergence of Public and Personal Communication. 2nd edition. New York Routledge.

Musgrave, G. and Gross, S. 2024. When Music Speaks - Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music Industry. Part 4 - Final Recommendations. Copenhagen, Denmark Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10984008

Musgrave, G., Gross, S. and Carney, D 2024. When Music Speaks - Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music Industry. Part 3 - Danish Music Creators' Working Lives and Mental Health Wants. Copenhagen, Denmark Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10984004

Musgrave, G., Gross, S. and Carney, D. 2024. When Music Speaks: Mental Health and Next Steps in the Danish Music lndustry. Part 2 - A Review of Models of Musicians' Mental Health Interventions. Copenhagen, Denmark Danish Partnership for Sustainable Development in Music. https://doi.org/zenodo.10808427

Medrado, A. and Verdegem, P. 2024. Participatory Action Research in Critical Data Studies: Interrogating AI from a South-North Approach. Big Data & Society. 11 (1), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517241235869

Michalis, M. 2024. Whither Public Service Media Governance: Looking Back, Looking Ahead. in: Padovani, C., Wavre, V., Hintz, A, Goggin, G. and Iosifidis, P. (ed.) Global Communication Governance at the Crossroads Cham, Switzerland Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 129-144

Michalis, M. 2024. Competition Law and Regulation. in: Puppis, M., Mansell, R. and Van den Bulck, H. (ed.) Handbook of Media and Communication Governance Edgar Elgar. pp. 472-485

Michalis, M. and D'Arma, A. 2024. Public Service Media as Enablers of Epistemic Rights. in: Horowitz, M.A., Nieminen, H., Lehtisaari, K. and D'Arma, A. (ed.) Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 97-109

Medrado, A. and Verdegem, P. 2024. AI for Social Good? Inspirations from Participatory Action Research (PAR) to Critical Data Studies. London University of Westminster.

Gimenez, J., Paterson, R. and Specht, D. 2024. Doctoral writing through a trajectorial lens: an exploratory study on challenges, strategies and relationships. Higher Education. 87, pp. 491-508. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10734-023-01019-7

Thussu, D.K. 2024. The Changing Geopolitics of Global Communication. London Routledge.

Jones, C.W. 2023. Semiotics and Media Studies. https://massolit.io/courses/semiotics