Jacob Johanssen (University of Westminster) – Psychoanalysis and Digital Media This talk begins with a brief introduction to the field of psychoanalytic media studies. Jacob Johanssen will argue why we should not lose sight of[...]

New MA course launching September 2019 We live in an age where almost everything of what we do is connected to data. Big data and datafication pose great opportunities but also risks for contemporary societies.[...]

Anamik Saha (Goldsmiths, University of London) – Making Race in the Cultural Industries Studies of race, media and ideology have long demonstrated how racial and ethnic minorities are represented in deeply damaging ways – either[...]

Sarah Banet-Weiser (London School of Economics) – Empowered: Popular Feminism and Popular Misogyny In 2017, we are living in a moment in North America and Europe where feminism has become, somewhat incredibly, popular. It seems[...]

Colin Sparks (Hong Kong Baptist University) – The Impact of Digital Technologies on the Newspaper Press in Mainland China This contribution reviews the impact of digital technologies on Chinese newspapers. The diffusion of the smartphone[...]