Guest lecture at Edinburgh university on mediated flag protests
Yesterday I delivered a guest lecture on the Media and Politics undergraduate course run by the University of Edinburgh. I discussed the mediated nature of flag protests, with a specific focus on my work on the 2013 union flag…
Interviewed about online abuse directed at Scottish journalists
This week my colleague Catherine Happer and I were interviewed about the normalisation of abuse against journalists in Scotland. The article, published in The National, explored how politicians delegitmise the media and dismiss…
Eighth review of Digital contention in a divided society published in Estudios Irlandeses
The eighth review of Digital Contention in a Divided Society has been published in Estudios Irlandeses . Sarah Ritt (University of Vienna) provides a very comprehensive reflection on the book's key themes.…
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Interviewed about AI misinformation in Scottish elections
I was interviewed by Jamie Mann (The Ferret) about AI misinformation and the upcoming Scottish Parliament election. This De-noiser explores the evidence on how AI misinformation has impacted elections to date. From chatbots to deepfakes,…
Interviewed about Trump administration’s social media activity
Photo by Markus Winkler on Pexels.com Last Friday I spoke to Hamish Morrison of The National. We discussed the Trump administration's use of neo-Nazi references on social media. In the past few weeks, several US agencies have posted…
Invited presentation at Memory, Conflict & Peace event
Yesterday I gave an invited presentation at an event entitled 'Memory, Conflict & Peace'. It was organised by the University of Glasgow's Memory Lab, an interdisciplinary initiative exploring how memories are made, stored and retrieved by…
TEN presentation on MCS Independent Research Project
Yesterday, I delivered a presentation at a symposium. The symposium, Leading Curriculum and Assessment Innovation, was organised by the University of Glasgow's Teaching Excellence Network. My presentation was titled ' Is a dissertation the best…
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New publication: entry in Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication
Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication I have an entry in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Communication, which was published this week. In ‘Belief Echoes’, I explore how and why people continue to believe false…
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Op-ed published in Scotsman on Sunday
Op-ed in Scotland on Sunday Yesterday I had an op-ed published in Scotland on Sunday. I discussed the toxic immigration debates on social media and the rise of Nigel Farage's Reform party online. My argument was that we should be more sceptical of what we see…
Really enjoyed delivering media broadcast training to @uofgsocsci.bsky.social colleagues today!
Great to share best practice, tips and advice from peers.
If you missed it, don't worry as we'll be offering it again or I can do individual sessions as needed.
Get in touch to find out more 😁
SPS Teaching Team Award
Photo by Clem_nat reproduced by Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International Yesterday I was delighted to hear that the Media Research Methods team had received the Teaching Team Award. This was part of the annual School of Social Sciences Learning & Teaching…
Invited presentation at event on social media and good relations in Northern Ireland
T:BUC Engagement Forum Yesterday I was an invited speaker at a Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC) Engagement Forum event. The topic was 'Social Media and its impact on Good Relations'. I spoke about my…
Presentations at MeCCSA 2025
This week I was at Edinburgh Napier University to attend the annual MeCCSA conference. The theme this year was 'Identity and Belonging', with a specific focus on how identities are mediated and mediate themselves. First, I was part of a Glasgow University Media Group…
Thanks for coming along :)
Can’t help but reflect on the *5 years of strikes* we did to defend our pensions, on this, the day USS announce their £10 billion surplus.
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Interview on Nicosia’s Green Line for 10DaysofConflictMemory series 2
UN Watchtower, Nicosia John Coster (Documentary Media Centre) interviewed me last week for series 2 of #10DaysofConflictMemory. We discussed my experiences walking the Green Line in Nicosia, Europe's last divided capital city.…
The Herald op-ed on racist violence in Northern Ireland
Yesterday I had an op-ed published in the Herald (Glasgow). It discusses the racist rioting seen in Northern Ireland earlier this month. I argued that politicians have to take responsibility for their role in producing a toxic political…
Join #VoC# ECRs & Emerging Scholars session June 25, 10:00-11:30 (CET) via Zoom, w. keynotes @profweiyu.bsky.social + @pauljreilly.bsky.social on navigating challenges of early academic life
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Registration: cts.ku.dk/tim-talks/20...
Consultation event on benefit cuts in Belfast is labelled a ‘ConsultASham’ by disability protestors - viewdigital.org/consultation...
Hold the front page! VIEWdigital and University of Atypical are taking part in the Bank of Ideas - viewdigital.org/hold-the-fro...
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Webinar: Turning Your PhD Thesis into a Book
On 25 June (9-10:30am GMT), I will be one of the keynote speakers (along with Weiyu Zheng, National University of Singapore) at a webinar as part of the Activism, Democracy & Social Justice series. The focus of my talk will be on how to publish…
Opinion | What AI Can’t Read: Ambiguities and Silences
By using AI for a task for which it is particularly ill-equipped—analyzing the testimony of Holocaust survivors—students deepen their own thinking, Jan Burzlaff writes. #HigherEd #EDUSky #AcademicSky bit.ly/4kv6UtA
Great to see this out - in this article I elaborate on passive and active academic facilitation of #illicittrade in cultural objects, taking Mary Slusser and Emma Bunker as examples #returnthegods @saa-aap.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social
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The UK govt is about to do two things which will likely make the university crisis much worse, markedly tightening the tailspin. One: cut international student numbers further. Two: link fees to inflation. (1/3)
