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 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 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 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 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 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 Read more…
The VOICES consortium met for the first time on 2-4 March 2025. The meeting started with a one-day workshop at the premises of Helle Panke e.V. in Berlin. This was followed by Read more…
How do the people of Lauchhammer remember the industrial age and its decline? With this question in mind, students from the University of Greifswald travelled to Lusatia on 21 and 22 February Read more…
Prof. Lilleker was invited to be keynote speaker and drew on some of the data from the Rotherham storytelling cafes as well as responses to images posted to commemorate Silverwood colliery, a Read more…