[MEDIA] Question Health: The Big C with @UCLan, hosted by @iAmLaurenMahon #YouMeBigC
Question Health: The Big C took place at UCLan, Victoria Mill, Burnley on 6 February 2019. The full debate was broadcast on Showcase, SKY Channel 192 (Free Sat Channel 161) on Wednesday 10 April 2019, 7.00pm-8.00pm. The debate is hosted by Lauren Mahon from BBC 5 Live ‘You, Me and the Big C’. The panel […]
[MEDIA] Talking #ScrollFreeSeptember (@R_S_P_H) with @BBCBreakfast #BBCBreakfast
NOTE: There are two clips within this post, one from 7.20am, one from 9.40am. In May 2017, the Royal Society for Public Health produced a report #StateofMind looking at the correlation (though not necessarily causation) between young people’s social media use and mental health/wellbeing. The key findings were: 91% of 16-24 year olds use the internet for […]
[MEDIA] Discussing online trolling with @looknorthBBC
Find the video here, I am the second half of the interview, from last night on BBC Look North: Taken from BBC iPlayer (only available for 24 hours)
[PRESS] Comment: Youth, social media and the election #GE2017
For the 2015 election Dr Bex Lewis, Senior Lecturer in Digital Marketing, examined the role played by social media in the election and considered its influence on younger voters, specifically those within the 18-24 bracket. With the General Election of 2017 tomorrow, she returns to the topic and considers whether much has changed. Read full […]
[MEDIA] Discussing Gloucester Cathedral and Facebook

It definitely does seem to be the story of the day - I spoke earlier in the day for 4-5 minutes via Skype - always interesting to see what gets picked up and how it’s interpreted (see on iPlayer) - I’m at the last 20-30 seconds of this clip: