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Book review: The Political Economy of Egyptian Media: Business and Military Elite Power and Communication after 2011, by Maher Hamoud

Book review

Sakr, Naomi 2025. Book review: The Political Economy of Egyptian Media: Business and Military Elite Power and Communication after 2011, by Maher Hamoud. Middle East Journal of Culture and Communication. 17 (4), pp. 389-392. https://doi.org/10.1163/18739865-01704003

African Media and Communication: Foundational Conversations

Book

Milton, V.C. and Mano, W. (ed.) 2025. African Media and Communication: Foundational Conversations. Routledge.

MEDIA DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MEDIA INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA

PhD thesis

Abbott, Susan 2025. MEDIA DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS: A CASE STUDY OF THE MEDIA INSTITUTE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA. PhD thesis University of Westminster Westminster School of Media and Communication https://doi.org/10.34737/wy80w

Understanding Data, Culture and Society

Book

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

Aesthetic Experience and Performing Arts in the Arab Region: Towards An Audience-Centered Perspective

Journal article

Sabry, T. 2025. Aesthetic Experience and Performing Arts in the Arab Region: Towards An Audience-Centered Perspective. Journal for cultural research. 29 (3), pp. 270-282. https://doi.org/10.1080/14797585.2024.2434827

Local news as political institution and the repercussions of ‘news deserts’: A qualitative study of seven UK local areas

Journal article

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

What distance learning students want from an AI Digital Assistant

Journal article

Bart Rienties, John Domingue, Subby Duttaroy, Christothea Herodotou, Felipe Maciel Tessarolo, Felipe Tessarolo and Denise Whitelock 2025. What distance learning students want from an AI Digital Assistant. Distance Education. 46 (2), pp. 173-189. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2024.2338717

Book Review: Organizing Occupy Wall Street: This is Just Practice by Holmes, Marisa 2023, Brooklyn, NY, Palgrave Macmillan and Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore, €42.79 (hardcover), ISBN 978-981-19-8946-9

Book review

Kavada, Anastasia 2025. Book Review: Organizing Occupy Wall Street: This is Just Practice by Holmes, Marisa 2023, Brooklyn, NY, Palgrave Macmillan and Singapore, Springer Nature Singapore, €42.79 (hardcover), ISBN 978-981-19-8946-9. Social Movement Studies. 24 (3), pp. 396-398. https://doi.org/10.1080/14742837.2024.2321140

'Lying Truly' in Autofiction Screenwriting

Conference item

Pitts, V. 2024. 'Lying Truly' in Autofiction Screenwriting. Screenwriting Research Network Conference 2024 "Conversation Beyond Script". Palacký University, Olomouc, Czech Republic 11 - 14 Sep 2024

Reading the Crisis: Cultural Identity and Diaspora (Stuart Hall Foundation)

Digital or visual media

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

Reading the Crisis: The Neoliberal Revolution (Stuart Hall Foundation)

Digital or visual media

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

Sonic Infrastructuring: Le Mardi Gras Listening Collective with DJs from Rubadub and Clyde Built Radio

Performance

Rekret, P. 2024. Sonic Infrastructuring: Le Mardi Gras Listening Collective with DJs from Rubadub and Clyde Built Radio. Glasgow, United Kingdom 07 - 23 Jun 2024

Le Mardi Gras Listening Collective with Nakul Krishnamurthy

Performance

Rekret, Paul 2024. Le Mardi Gras Listening Collective with Nakul Krishnamurthy. Glasgow, United Kingdom 07 - 23 Jun 2024

The Many of Any Past: The New 'World' Music

Performance

Rekret, Paul 2024. The Many of Any Past: The New 'World' Music . Camden Art Centre, London 09 May 2024

Reading the Crisis: The West and the Rest (Stuart Hall Foundation)

Digital or visual media

Lodhi, A. 2024. Reading the Crisis: The West and the Rest (Stuart Hall Foundation).

Conference Organiser - Designs on Television: Production design and television aesthetics

Other (Non-text)

Hogg, C. 2024. Conference Organiser - Designs on Television: Production design and television aesthetics.

Teaching media management and economics in China

Book chapter

Brown, C. 2024. Teaching media management and economics in China. in: De Gruyter Handbook of Media Economics De Grutyer. pp. 127-148

Student use of ChatGPT to prepare for assessments. PVC-S Challenge Study 4 Report

Report

Aristeidou, Maria, Maciel Tessarolo, F. and Coughlan, Tim 2024. Student use of ChatGPT to prepare for assessments. PVC-S Challenge Study 4 Report. Institute of Educational Technology (IET), The Open University.

The Media Diversity Index: A Pilot Study

Project report

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

The Ethical Turn in Cartography

Edited issue

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

Decoding myth-making through Semiotics in-order to Decolonize advertising

Book chapter

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

The Engine, the Garden, and the Oracle: Game Engines as Speculative Probes

Journal article

Alata, T. 2024. The Engine, the Garden, and the Oracle: Game Engines as Speculative Probes. The School of X. https://doi.org/10.34626/2024_xcoax/classof24_001

Clay Conversations

Other

Peters, T., Twomey, C., Cummings, P. and Brown, C. 2024. Clay Conversations. Ceramics Research Group.

Exploring Faculty and Student Perspectives on Generative AI: Implications for Classrooms of the Future

Journal article

Saunders, G., Bonmati Coll, E., Klemming, A., Sev, K. and Specht, D. 2024. Exploring Faculty and Student Perspectives on Generative AI: Implications for Classrooms of the Future. Review of Education Studies. 2 (4), pp. 55-76. https://doi.org/10.71002/res.v4n2p55

Creative Industries and Cultural Diversity: Part 2 - Crises, Diversities and London’s Cultural Ecosystem

Working paper

Bennett, T., Hannah Curran-Troop, Paromita Saha, Xanthia Mavraki, Si Long Chan and Andy Pratt 2024. Creative Industries and Cultural Diversity: Part 2 - Crises, Diversities and London’s Cultural Ecosystem. City, University of London. https://doi.org/10.21428/280621f1.ae4fcd28

Juanita Onzaga's Enchanted Materialism: Tomorrow is a Water Palace

Book chapter

Cunha, M. 2024. Juanita Onzaga's Enchanted Materialism: Tomorrow is a Water Palace. in: Rafael, J. and Brás, P. S. (ed.) Dive-In: Design in Projection Lisbon Esad-Idea.

Christmas adverts: decoding the trusted formula used to pull on consumers’ heart strings

Other

Jones, C.W. 2024. Christmas adverts: decoding the trusted formula used to pull on consumers’ heart strings. The Conversation.

Social Movements and the Self-mediation of Vulnerability on Digital Media

Book chapter

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.

St. Augustine's Batman: Hope, Gotham and the City of God

Journal article

Sergeant, A. 2024. St. Augustine's Batman: Hope, Gotham and the City of God. Journal of Popular Culture.

Constructing Reality: A Practical Pedagogy of Documentary Ethics

Book chapter

Hort, P. 2024. Constructing Reality: A Practical Pedagogy of Documentary Ethics. in: Stutterheim, K., Cammaer, G., Mortimer, R., Campbell, K. and Meissner, N. (ed.) The 21st Century Film, TV & Media School: Teaching Documentary for the 21st Century Sofia, Bulgaria CILECT. pp. 50-72

The people are missing: rethinking a collectivity that has come to pass through the traces of archive

Conference paper

Cepedal, E. 2024. The people are missing: rethinking a collectivity that has come to pass through the traces of archive. Archives of Radical Cinema. Radical Film Network Conference Madrid 2024. Madrid 19 - 22 Jun 2024

The relationship between AI-driven Algorithm, Online Platform and Regulation: Rethinking AI Development Bill in Taiwan (R.O.C.)

Conference paper

Wang, C.-A. 2024. The relationship between AI-driven Algorithm, Online Platform and Regulation: Rethinking AI Development Bill in Taiwan (R.O.C.). Taiwan Academy for Information Society Conference 2024. National Chiao Tung University, Hsin-Chu Country, Taiwan (R.O.C.) 09 Nov 2024 Taiwan Academy for Information Society.

Innovation amnesia: Technology as a substitute for politics

Journal article

Nathan Schneider 2024. Innovation amnesia: Technology as a substitute for politics. First Monday. 29 (11). https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v29i11.13668

From Erasure to Restoration: Antisemitism and the Visual Reverberations of a Revolutionary Pedagogy

Journal article

Aouragh, Miriyam 2024. From Erasure to Restoration: Antisemitism and the Visual Reverberations of a Revolutionary Pedagogy. Historical Materialism. 32 (2), pp. 223-263. https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206x-bja10059

Artificial Intelligence with Algorithm Improvement: Rethinking Users’ Autonomy on Digital Platforms

Conference paper

Wang, C.-A. 2024. Artificial Intelligence with Algorithm Improvement: Rethinking Users’ Autonomy on Digital Platforms. International Conference on New Culture of Signs and Media. Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea 02 Nov 2024 The Semiosis Research Center at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies.

Community Archives and Infrastructures

Other

Rekret, P. 2024. Community Archives and Infrastructures.

Comparing practical use and perceptions of GenAI in higher education with current published insights

Conference paper

Maciel Tessarolo, Felipe, Chris Edwards, Duygu Bektik and Denise Whitelock 2024. Comparing practical use and perceptions of GenAI in higher education with current published insights. EDEN 2024 Research Workshop & PhD Schools’ Masterclass. Timisoara, Romania 16 - 18 Oct 2024

Applying the Constructive Journalism Approach to Combat Chinese Information Disorder in the Digital Age

Journal article

Zhang, H. and Jiang, Ling 2024. Applying the Constructive Journalism Approach to Combat Chinese Information Disorder in the Digital Age. Journalism and Media. 5 (4), pp. 1526-1538. https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia5040095

Nationalism and social media in China: a case study of Chinese nationalist movement against Muslim minorities on Sina Weibo

PhD thesis

Liu, Y. 2024. Nationalism and social media in China: a case study of Chinese nationalist movement against Muslim minorities on Sina Weibo. PhD thesis University of Westminster Westminster School of Media and Communication https://doi.org/10.34737/wx2x4

Review: The Spanish Dancer (Blu-Ray)

Book review

Sergeant, A. 2024. Review: The Spanish Dancer (Blu-Ray). Journal of Film Preservation. 110, pp. 170-172.


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