📌WP5: This work package assesses the everyday level & the mainstreaming of radical ideologies trough media & popular culture, drawing on cultural studies, digital methods & literary methodologies

➡️Read the reports here: dradproject.com/reports/d5-1-v…

Fellowships and scholarships are being announced in support of scholars and students from Gaza (and elsewhere in Palestine.) They are mainly in Europe. Below are two with deadlines soon. Here is a link to a list of others: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Neil Turner 1941-2024. You will be missed.

Brunel UCU #ucuRISING @UCU UCU London Regional Office

I want to express my sincere gratitude to Current Sociology. It feels great to be acknowledged this way. I am very happy that this piece from the LGBTQI+ Intersectional Lifecourse (In)equalities project is gaining traction within the research community and creating impact.

Excellent PSA Media and Politics Group panel The Political Studies Association by Asma Khurram Chaudhry 🇵🇰 Katy Parry and Jen Birks on misinformation and political narratives looking at TikTok misinformation, Conservative leaders’ storytelling and political semiosis of popular culture related to post-military operation in Kabul

Our second paper from Billur Aslan Ozgul and Ozge Ozduzen is on mastodon and bluesky focuses on the emotional trajectories of anti-lockdown protesters towards the news PSA Media and Politics Group #PSA24 focusing on importance of offline communities as well as online practices

We hope everyone participating in #PSA24 has a great time!

Our Media and Politics Group panels are starting strong with 'Political polarisation, populism and emotion', featuring Patrícia Rossini / [email protected] Billur Aslan Ozgul Ozge Ozduzen is on mastodon and bluesky and Dr. Lluis de Nadal

Erman Örsan Yetiş working at Sheffield Politics and International Relations has set up a new page (@rampdown) and website sites.google.com/sheffield.ac.u… highlighting his important work on psychosocial frameworks for engaging migrant communities to understand and prevent gender-based violence. Give it a follow.

📢📢 Ozge Ozduzen is on mastodon and bluesky presenting D.Rad's fascinating and important work on TikTok and far right radicalisation in the UK
for the WRSSDTP! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Had the opportunity to hear Ozge Ozduzen is on mastodon and bluesky speak about this fascinating research today as part of WRSSDTP event ‘Working Beyond Disciplines 2024’ at Sheffield Hallam University. Of interest to anyone keen to research any area of #digitallife

📚Spatial aspects of de-radicalisation processes in London

📌Untangling complexities of Windrush Square's colonial past & present dynamics. Co-participatory insights & policy recommendations Henry Staples Ozge Ozduzen is on mastodon and bluesky Vania Rolon Nelli Ferenczi

➡️dradproject.com/?publications=…

I am happy to share that our article 'Building Party Support Abroad: Turkish Diaspora Organisations in Germany and the UK' is officially live in Politics and Governance with my age old, precious friend Öykü Öykü (Inci) Yener-Roderburg (英吉) | she/her and you can find the details below…

Fire from @Jadaliyya Co-Editor, Noura Erakat Noura Erakat, as she addresses the Rafah evacuation orders, failure to end the slaughter, and media complicity on the BBC last night [Original/Live version with Captions]

Sadly, University of Kent has announced plans to axe a number of smaller departments, including philosophy. We perform well on all measures, including student recruitment. But smaller subjects have less clout and are easiest to cut. Help us shout out our value to the uni! They need to hear

Completely forgot about this platform, just came back to say that I am honoured to vote for Vicky Blake UCU @vickyblake.bsky.social as the next General Secretary of UCU for many reasons especially due to her grassroots activism and understanding of more empowerment for local branches, here is her manifesto:

Multimodal online dissident culture in Instagram: A critique of the Turkish economy” başlıklı Özen Baş ile makalemiz International Journal of Cultural Studies dergisinde yayınlandı. Linkten ulaşabilirsiniz:
doi.org/10.1177/136787…
Ozen Bas KHAS VCD KHas İletişim Fakültesi KadirHasÜniversitesi

Another article published in our special section on Visual Studies on visual radicalisation looking at competitive authoritarian contexts (Hungary and Turkey), studying how DIY media (videos) can serve as informal tools for state-led radicalisation:
tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108…

How is it even possible that a court denies a large group of workers the right to unionize? Horrendous!