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 […]
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 […]
Keynote talk: Professor Jo Littler (Goldsmiths University) ‘From care to carewashing….and back again’ This one-day symposium – hosted by the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture – will showcase cutting-edge research on care from scholars at Loughborough University, as well as a number of invited external experts. In recent years, scholarship across a wide range of disciplines […]
A roundtable event, featuring world-leading feminist media studies scholars, will take place at Loughborough University and online on June 25. The panel of speakers will discuss the politics of believability around sexual violence in the current conjuncture, considering how digital media is now the primary site for struggles over what (and who) is considered “believable”. […]
Since the creation of the franchise in 2000, Disney Princesses have become a ‘phenomenon’ receiving international attention, admiration as well as criticism from both consumers and scholars. Although audience research has seen growing recognition recently, the investigation of audiences in Central and Eastern Europe and those of Disney animated features is greatly neglected by academics. […]
