Amazing opportunity to learn, co-create, and collaborate with an awesome team.

Very excited about hosting the latest BSA media group event tomorrow- Media at Times of Crisis and Conflict. We have great presenters and opportunities for academic chat

Our guest edited special issue on the first pandemic of the information age is finally out. “Media, Trust, and Science in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic. Thank you to all the authors who contributed and to the journal editors at Journal of Digital Social Research jdsr.io/vol-5-no-3-2023

Simon Cottle explaining journalism studies and existential threat … at BSA , Media at Times of Crisis and Conflict

📢 ICYMI: Internship Are you a PSA ECN member studying toward your PhD? Want to gain experience in Westminster? Then this House of Commons internship opportunity may be for you! Applications are open until midnight on 24 September. Find out more: psa.ac.uk/psa/news/house…

We're looking for a researcher to join our team! Details below, closing date 27 Sept, interviews 12 Oct, please retweet. jobs.ac.uk/job/DCP217/res…

Huge congrats to my PhD student Agboola Odesanya on passing his PhD viva today. Thanks also to his examiners Prof Simon Cottle and Dr. Bernhard Forchtner. Agboola is picture here – post viva - alongside a sunny University of Leicester backdrop and his proud supervisory team.

For connoisseurs of media and scandal, I’d suggest ‘Scandal in Japan: Transgression, Performance and Ritual’ by Igor Prusa. Here’s my review: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

.Communications @UniofExeter is hiring: 1. Lecturer in Media and Communications. jobs.ac.uk/job/DJV181/lec… 2. Lecturer in Digital Media Governance. jobs.ac.uk/job/DJV172/lec… Please share and get in touch with any questions. Applications via the Exeter website by 14th October.

New article published on #OnlineFirst: Reporting to audiences in crisis: Disruption, criticism and absent hope in TV journalisms’ rendering of the impactful UK energy price rises by Julian Matthews journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Insightful talk on ‘how media ownership matters’ by Rodney Benson and -our own - Tim Neff at Leicester yesterday (ahead of the publication of their new book)

“[Scandal in Japan] demonstrates the cultural and media contexts as important to the formation and travel of scandals in Japan. But its significant conceptual claims are placed on the thin shoulders…” Read Julian Matthews’ review below. doi.org/10.1177/174997…

Job alert: I am recruiting a PhD student and a Postdoc (start date: 1 April 2025 for 3 years) to work with me on the project “Parliamentary accountability and EU action against democratic backsliding”. Happy to answer questions. Job ads👇and here: hhu.de/die-hhu/kontak…

🚨 Postdoc Job Alert! The Center for an Informed Public UW iSchool University of Washington is hiring up to two Postdoctoral Fellows to join us in #Seattle #PNW: apply.interfolio.com/157210. As a current postdoc here, I can’t recommend CIP enough - it’s an incredible community to be part of!

JOB OPPORTUNITY: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position in Digital Communication, at the University of Queensland. Closing date: 5 December. See: uq.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/uqcareers/job/…

Great postdoc opportunity with my terrific co-author Alex De Juan at Osnabrueck University, Germany. 3+3 years, fully funded. If you're working on political violence and/or authoritarian politics you should apply! Details: uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet/s…

KU Leuven is hiring/ open-rank professorial position in #anthropology with regional expertise in #Asia. Deadline: 28 Feb 2025 Spread the word :) kuleuven.be/personeel/jobs…

Irfhan and Zainab presenting on working at Ramadan FM for our media students today.

Have some research / thoughts to share on media in a scandalous age? Want to present in a friendly and encouraging environment? If so , submit your abstract by 21st Nov 2025- more details here: tinyurl.com/3j2tyses