Yupei Zhao Univeristy of Leeds The Chair Yupei Zhao and Vice-chair Seema Hussain had meetings in Coventry with the organizers from Coventry University to discuss the progress for the MeCCSA PGN 2015 Conference. The conference will be held on the 2 and 3 July 2015 in Ellen Terry building, Coventry University. It is a very …Continue Reading

Milly Williamson Brunel University 2013/14 was an active year for the Women’s network. We kicked of the year with a well attended panel at the MeCCSA conference in Bournmouth in January 2014, entitled Essex: Formations of Gender, Class and Culture. Anita Biressi and Faye Woods critically engaged with the symbolic and lived significance of Essex, …Continue Reading

Stuart Price & De Montfort University Ruth Sanz Sabido Canterbury Christ Church Uni.     The MeCCSA Social Movements Network held its second major conference, entitled ‘Sites of Protest’, in Canterbury Christ Church University on 29 October 2014. The one-day event was supported by the Social Movements Network, CCCU, and Canterbury’s Media Discourse Group. It …Continue Reading

Alec Charles University of Chester On 5 November Chester’s Department of Media hosted a major symposium on the future of British journalism. The day-long conference discussed the future of local and regional newspapers in the current economic and regulatory environment, with particular reference to the ongoing changes in the news industry following the publication of …Continue Reading

Máire Messenger Davies University of Ulster Policy issues continue to engage our members, with letters to the press, blogs, articles and twitter contributions throughout the year, the year of the phone hacking trials (which continue) – see the previous issue of Three-D for further reports on the outcome of the Brooks/Coulson et al trial: https://www.meccsa.org.uk/nl/three-d-issue-22/. …Continue Reading

Tim O’Sullivan De Montfort University Welcome to the final issue of Three-D for 2014, a delightful pre-Christmas, pre-REF, pre-Conference issue, with articles and commentaries of interest to all working in the fields served by MeCCSA. The forthcoming Conference at the University of Northumbria is scheduled for January 7th – 9th and the programme is available …Continue Reading