Delighted to announce our newspaper was awarded Highly Commended last night for Outstanding Contribution to the local London Community at the London Higher Awards. Thank you to our Hillingdon community for allowing us to tell your stories London Higher

Our Senior Research Fellow Ben O'Loughlin is in conversation with Alessandro Castellani for the latest installment of the CIS Communicating International Security podcast, talking about 'War & Disinfo: Strategic Ambiguity. Where Does the Truth Stand.' open.spotify.com/episode/6oRZmS…

📢New article alert Erman Örsan Yetiş Erman Örsan Yetiş and I just published this new article on anti-gender movements in Turkey entitled "Anti-genderism in Turkey: Masculinist entrenchment through cultural intimacies": sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

'The Bell Rings', a film on the affective push and pull of ethnonationalism in Hungary made by our own Katalin Halász (@am_vis) & landeck andreas is competing for Best Documentary at the 2024 Asti Film Festival - Good luck Katalin! buff.ly/3ZkoGbr #BruMedia #BruSoc

My new article -- in a literature journal! -- here: Carter, Porter, Herrera: Overcoming Mythology to Achieve Agency (Sometimes) Effectively #anythingispossible 😮 tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🎓Huge congratulations to our Political Communication MSc and Media and Communication MSc students on their graduation! 🌟 Wishing you all the best for the future! 💙 #Brunelgraduates #Brupolcomm #Brumedia

Really pleased to share this new article, written with Sharon Lockyer, where we examine intersectionality in stand-up comedy. Comedy Studies European Journal of Cultural Studies (EJCS) Intersectionality and the Construction of Humour in Contemporary Stand-up Comedy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism's Dr Billur Aslan Ozgul (Billur Aslan Ozgul) discusses why protesters engage in misinformation on social media - Next Mon 13 Jan 1-2pm, as part of 'Is Regulation Keeping up with Changing use of Online Digital Communications?': buff.ly/49xdzPI

Next up on our course showcase this week is BSc Media & Communications - Interested in applying? Full details here: buff.ly/3OXDG9b #BruMedia

Can’t wait to welcome @bilgeyesil1 to Northwestern Qatar and learn with her!

All current 3rd year students - don't forget to complete the National Student Survey! You can fill out your responses here buff.ly/2FmemmU & get in touch with your tutor if you have any questions beforehand! #BruSoc #BruMedia #BruJourno

Brunel Sociology, Media, Comms & Journalism's Katalin Halasz has a new chapter in 'Capacities To: Affect Up Against Fascism' - over 40 essays & creative works that explore approaches for creating counter-movements in our increasingly authoritarian age - free download available here: buff.ly/4hljg6a

Tomorrow is UCAS deadline day! Hear from one of our current Media Studies students as to why you should consider applying to Brunel, then follow this link to all our courses and social media: buff.ly/4fQ3VJX #BruMedia #BruSoc #BruJourno

Fantastic film by one of our media students, 'The Weight of Witnessing: From Aleppo to the World'.

🚨 New Article Alert! 🚨 Our latest paper with BogdanIanosev & Ozge Ozduzen is on mastodon and bluesky, published in European Politics and Society, explores how Manichaeism & conspiracy theories fuel populist storytelling in anti-lockdown/anti-vaccine protests. We uncover 4 key narratives in these protests: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

The BBC has finally made the protests in Turkey its top headline. It also references X, which shut down 700 opposition accounts in Turkey that supported democracy and called for the release of İmamoğlu, the jailed opposition candidate. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest politico.eu/article/musks-…

The X account of Istanbul’s twice-elected mayor and opposition presidential candidate Ekrem İmamoğlu has been blocked in Turkey. After failing to silence him through imprisonment, Erdoğan’s government now resorts to digital censorship. A striking example of how Turkey’s