Working with contemporaneously produced text & talk: A hybrid problematising workshop
Held on Friday May 22nd, Loughborough University & Online Workshop convenors: Emma Richardson, Sarah Atkins, and Alexandra Kent This workshop, hosted by…
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Constructing Vulnerability Symposium
The CRCC, alongside the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG), hosted the symposium: ‘Constructing Vulnerability’ on Thursday 21st May at Loughborough University. The…
Empire of Influence: Rupert Murdoch and the Crisis of Deliberative Democracy
The CRCC are delighted to invite you to join this talk by Professor Graham Murdock – part of a series of events…
Professor Helen Wood plenary talk: Care in UK reality TV
Thursday, May 14 | 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM | Hybrid event (in-person & online) The Centre for Research in Communication and…
Event: Sites of Hostility and Resistance: Navigating the Digital LGBTQ+ Public Sphere in Hungary
Sites of Hostility and Resistance: Navigating the Digital LGBTQ+ Public Sphere in Hungary Date: 5th May 2026Time: 5pm-7.30pm (UK time)Registration: This event…
CRCC Event: Constructing Vulnerability
The CRCC, in collaboration with the Discourse and Rhetoric Group (DARG), are proud to announce 'Constructing Vulnerability', a hybrid symposium on the…
New publication: Art History and Artificial Intelligence: Looking at Images in an Algorithmic Culture, Kathryn Brown (Ed.)
CRCC member Kathryn Brown has recently edited a new book: Art History and Artificial Intelligence: Looking at Images in an Algorithmic Culture…
How Disinformation Gets Under Our Skin
Author: Ali Bilgic (Professor of International Relations and Middle East Politics, Loughborough University) Over the past few years, I’ve increasingly found myself…
CA Day: Conversation, community & cake
CA Day 15th December 2025 Celebrating its 18th year, CA (Conversation Analysis) Day was––as ever––a celebration of the global appeal of conversation…
CRCC member Arianna Maiorani invited for residency at Texas Tech University
CRCC member Arianna Maiorani has been invited for a residency at Texas Tech University, USA, jointly funded by the College of Media…
Book launch event: Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire, by Alena Pfoser
The CRCC will be hosting a book launch event on Wednesday 3rd December for member Alena Pfoser's recent publication: Tourism as Memory-Making:…
Call for Papers – Counter-Research Symposium
King’s College London | 27th February 2026Deadline for abstracts: Friday 21st November 2025Keynote SpeakerNatalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths, University…
Book launch event: Cultural Policies in the Era of the Korean Wave by Taeyoung Kim
The CRCC will be hosting a book launch event on Wednesday 26th November for member Taeyoung Kim's recent publication: Cultural Policies in…
CRCC hosts international symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women and feminist critique’
The Centre for Research in Communication hosted the international, two-day symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women, and feminist critique’ on May 21 and 22.…
Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire: new book by Alena Pfoser
CRCC member Alena Pfoser has recently published a book entitled “Tourism as Memory-Making: Russian Tourism in the Shadow of Empire” in Palgrave…
Re-Defining Terrorism: new book by Itoiz Rodrigo Jusué
In Re-Defining Terrorism: Imaginaries of Radicalisation and Counter-Radicalisation, CRCC member Itoiz Rodrigo Jusué delivers a timely and thought-provoking exploration of how counter-radicalisation…
Media Freedom Poll highlights concerns over Elon Musk’s influence in Central Europe
Dr Vaclav Stetka – CRCC’s member and Reader in Comparative Political Communication –presented the key findings of the 2025 Media Freedom Poll…
Political Communication and Environmental Challenges
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…
CRCC Welcomes Local Councillors and MP
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture participated in several events on May 9th as part of a campus visit by Cllr.…
CRCC hosts ‘How Media Ownership Matters’
The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture was very happy to host a talk by Dr Timothy Neff (University of Leicester) this…
CRCC to host the symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’
The Centre for Research in Culture and Communication at Loughborough University will host the symposium ‘Reactionary politics, women, and popular culture’ on 21st…
CA Day 2024, Monday 16th December (hybrid)
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…
‘Care: Critical Dialogues & Transdisciplinary Approaches’ event recap
In June 2024, the Centre for Research in Culture and Communication at Loughborough University hosted an interdisciplinary symposium on ‘Care’ - which…
CRCC to host ‘The charm of illiberalism? Media and the rising alternatives to democracy’
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…
CRCC member Itoitz Rodrigo-Jusué receives Vice-Chancellor Independent Research Fellowship
Our colleague and CRCC member, and member of the Media, Memory and History research group, Dr Itoitz Rodrigo-Jusué, has been awarded a…
First major international event on sportswashing hosted by the Centre for Communication & Culture at Loughborough University, May…
In May 2024, the CRCC hosted an international event on the topic of sportswashing at the Loughborough University London campus. It drew…
The Illiberal Public Sphere: new book by Václav Štětka and Sabina Mihelj
Liberal democracies across the world are facing a range of challenges, from the growing influence of illiberal leaders and parties to deepening…
CRCC to host ‘Care: critical dialogues & transdisciplinary approaches’ symposium on June 13th
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…
Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt: a roundtable discussion
A roundtable event, featuring world-leading feminist media studies scholars, will take place at Loughborough University and online on June 25. The panel…
CRCC member Anna Zsubori publishes book ‘Disney Princesses and Tween Identity: The Franchise in Illiberal Hungary’
Since the creation of the franchise in 2000, Disney Princesses have become a ‘phenomenon’ receiving international attention, admiration as well as criticism…
CRCC members co-publish book with the European Election Monitoring Center on Party Campaigning in European Parliamentary Elections 1979-2019
The Political Communication theme is delighted to announce the publication of a timely new book by members Dominic Wring and Nathan Ritchie(eds.)…
Forensic Conversations in Criminal Justice Settings: One-day Symposium
The criminal justice system encompasses a wide range of interactions, from police officers engaging with the public on the street to police…
CRCC member Vaclav Stetka leads the presentation of the 2024 Media Freedom Poll
Dr Vaclav Stetka – CRCC’s Political Communication theme lead and Reader in Comparative Political Communication – presented the key findings of the…
Rethinking Our Communicative Pasts: Radical and Reparatory Perspectives
The CRCC scholar Burçe Çelik, along with Anaïs Carlton-Parada (Loughborough University London) and Nelson Costa Ribeiro (Universidade Catolica Portuguesa) are co-organising a…
Jilly Kay appears on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour
Jilly Kay – a CRCC member and Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at Loughborough University – appeared on BBC Radio 4’s…
Digital activism for political participation: Women’s rights advocacy in Africa and the United Kingdom
Talk by Professor Innocent Chiluwa- Visiting Professor at the CRCC 30th April, at 1-2pm in WAV040 Wavy Top at Loughborough University and…
CRCC member Jilly Kay speaks at the international symposium ‘Log Out!’ at the University of Toronto
Jilly Kay – the co-lead of our Media, Memory and History theme and Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at Loughborough University…
Visual depictions of the Rohingya crisis: Exodus, cultural othering, genocidal aggression—and audience aversion to graphic portrayals
Talk by Professor Erik Bucy - US-UK Fulbright Scholar in Communication and Media, Loughborough University Respondent, Dr Ronan Lee - Leverhulme Trust…
CRCC welcomes visiting professor Dr Innocent E. Chiluwa
Professor Chiluwa will be visiting Loughborough University for the next six months and collaborating with members of the Language Social Interaction and…
CRCC Member Natalie-Anne Hall publishes book on Brexit, Facebook, and Transnational Right-Wing Populism
The 2016 “Brexit” referendum heralded an age in which disinformation and divisive messaging spread on social media play a significant role in…
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