The publication of the Index of Multiple Deprivation 25, 30 October 2025, by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) demonstrates continuing inequalities across the UK which has a severe impact on communities. The Index of Multiple Deprivations ranks neighbourhoods according to the extent of them experiencing multiple Read more…
The British-German VOICES team was represented with two presentations at this year’s MeCCSA Annual Meeting in Edinburgh: The conference also saw James Morrison awarded a runners-up certificate in the Best Edited Collection category of the 2025 MeCCSA Outstanding Achievement Awards, for the book Silenced Voices and the Media: Who Gets Read more…
As part of our ongoing research, members of our UK-team have submitted written evidence to a committee inquiry of the British Parliament. The inquiry on “Local bus services in England” asked for evidence on public transport across England to be submitted by 3 July 2025. Following on from the national Read more…
The VOICES paper “Lauchhammer – Death in Lusatia: Interpretive Power and Self-Perception in Post-Industrial Communities” by Andy Räder has been accepted for this year’s Annual Conference of the German Society for Media Studies in Paderborn. The presentation explores how the ARD crime series and its accompanying para-texts (web documentaries, interviews Read more…
The VOICES paper “How do different models of media regulation influence approaches to social inequality: A comparative qualitative analysis of key legal texts from Germany and the UK” by Anke Fiedler and James Morrison has been accepted for presentation at this year’s IAMCR conference in Singapore. In the talk, they Read more…
VOICES researcher Dr James Morrison has been shortlisted for a prestigious academic prize by the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA). His collection Silenced Voices and the Media: Who Gets to Speak? – co-edited with Professor Sarah Pedersen of Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen – has been shortlisted in the Read more…
Between icebreakers and penguins, we were present with a poster at the AHRC-DFG-funded “UK-German Arts and Humanities Bilateral Celebration Event” at the British Arctic Survey in Cambridge on 7-8 May. We heard exciting presentations from other AHRC/DFG-funded projects and had intensive discussions about the benefits of bilateral programmes such as Read more…
Two papers from our VOICES project team have been accepted for the 2025 MeCCSA Annual Conference, to be held in Edinburgh on 4-6 September!
Paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Visual Political Communication. Darren Lilleker & Maike Dinger (Bournemouth University) Abstract Art of all forms is inherently political, even if it does not pursue an explicitly political agenda. Who is and who is not depicted and what is commemorated and what is Read more…
Our first trip to the Teesside area was a opportunity to gain first insights into an area built around steel. The steel provided the basis for a thriving shipbuilding industry. It also made it a hub for other industries, not least the biggest chemical works in the country built by Read more…