The charm of illiberalism? Media and the rising alternatives to democracy Date: November 20, 2024 Time: 3:00-5:00pm Location: Brockington Building, Room U.0.0.5, Loughborough University and Online On 5 November 2024, a new president will be elected in the United States. The stakes for these elections are high — would it mark the return of former President Trump’s illiberal […]
Our colleague and CRCC member, and member of the Media, Memory and History research group, Dr Itoitz Rodrigo-Jusué, has been awarded a Vice-Chancellor Independent Research Fellowship (VCIRF) for her project Memory and (in)security: Narrating the past, creating the future in the Basque Country. Itoitz’s new research project will examine the impacts of recent memory initiatives […]
In May 2024, the CRCC hosted an international event on the topic of sportswashing at the Loughborough University London campus. It drew together scholars from a range of disciplines – including communication and media, politics, international relations, marketing, sociology and area studies – and countries, alongside journalists and representatives from activist organisations. The opening session […]
Liberal democracies across the world are facing a range of challenges, from the growing influence of illiberal leaders and parties to deepening polarization and declining trust in political elites and mainstream media. Although these developments attracted significant scholarly attention, the factors that contribute to the spreading of illiberalism remain poorly understood, and the communication perspective […]
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture and the Successful Transitions Under Environmental Change research theme will be hosting a research seminar on Political Communication and Environmental Challenges. The event will take place on May 14th from 10-11:30 in D201. The research seminar will be centred around empirical studies at the intersection between politics, communication, environment/geography, and sociology – with four […]
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture will be participating in several events on May 9th as part of a campus visit by Cllr. Naomi Bottomley, Dr. Jeevun Sandher, MP, and Cllr. Margaret Smidowicz. Schedule Highlights:
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture was very happy to host a talk by Dr Timothy Neff (University of Leicester) this week on How Media Ownership Matters. The event was held at Loughborough University (Brockington Building, B111) on Wednesday 5 February 2025. At the talk, Dr Neff gave an overview of his co-authored book […]
Loughborough University’s Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG) hosts its 13th Conversation Analysis Day on Monday the 16th December 2024, 9:30am-5:30 (followed by an evening reception with food and wine), supported by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture. Join us for a (hybrid) meeting comprising a series of paper presentations in an informal and friendly […]
In June 2024, the Centre for Research in Culture and Communication at Loughborough University hosted an interdisciplinary symposium on ‘Care’ – which in recent years has become an increasingly urgent issue for the social sciences, humanities and beyond. The day-long event showcased some of the cutting-edge research being carried out at Loughborough in Communication and […]
