The winter ceremony took place on Wednesday 18th December at a very windswept Bay Campus –…
Month: December 2019
Drag me to Hell !
by Sarah Crowther, Lecturer in PR & Media Last Summer I was invited to attend Paracinema…
Remixing journalism: the power of satire as an alternative fourth estate
Dr Allaina Kilby is a lecturer in Journalism in the Media and Communications department. Her current research interests…
The perils of “being-there” in virtual reality journalism
Dr Leighton Evans is Senior Lecturer in Media Theory at Swansea University. He has written and…
England win Men’s Cricket World Cup in a last-ball thriller – now will the country see more matches on free TV?
Richard Thomas, Swansea University To say, “cricket was the winner” doesn’t really cover it. England’s astonishing…
BBC caught in the crossfire: why the UK’s public broadcaster is becoming a big election story
Richard Thomas, Swansea University and Declan McDowell-Naylor, Cardiff University The final week of campaigning for the…
How the Trump brand is faring, two years after the president’s inauguration
Sian Rees, Swansea University Donald Trump’s presidency has been a rocky one to say the least.…
In defence of media studies…it is the most relevant of contemporary degrees
As many university media departments waited, telephone receivers in hand and cursors hovering over spreadsheets for…
COAH Students go to Beijing !
In June 2019, 11 students from the Swansea University’s College of Arts and Humanities (COAH) arrived…
Jon Stewart: journey from satirist to political advocate is no laughing matter
Allaina Kilby, Swansea University When Jon Stewart quit the Daily Show, the satirical news and comedy…