[MEDIA] Could TikTok teens actually make a difference in elections? @GetTheFocus
I chatted to a journalist from The Focus last week: Dr Bex Lewis, an expert in digital marketing and digital culture at Manchester Metropolitan University, says that humour as a way of critiquing our elected officials, is a longstanding British tradition. The risk with these videos in particular, she said, is that humouring Boris Johnson […]
[SPEAKER] Interview with @VaughanParkChapel on Instagram
Normally, with the Vaughan Park scholarship, a public lecture happens towards the end of the scholarship. Obviously, this has not been the scholarship as planned, but one of the things that has happened is that have helped Sapati get going with an Instagram account for Vaughan Park Chapel – and we decided that we’d do […]
[MEDIA] Talking to Graeme on Coast Access Radio #NewZealand
Late last week I spoke to Graeme Joyes on Coast Access Radio (I think it was Friday morning!) about my research, what I’m doing in New Zealand, and of course a bit of COVID19 came in there (we chatted for 38 mins): Coast Access Radio Website // Facebook
[MEDIA] Are Mobile Phones Good/Bad for Us? The O2 Outage with @BBCRadioManc
Whilst waiting for more scan results, I’m sleeping pretty heavily. I awoke at 9.10am – to a text from BBC Radio Manchester asking if I could comment on the O2 data outage, and whether we’re too reliant on our mobile phones? I spoke about this #o2down on @BBCRadioManc this morning – https://t.co/tdduFljIfl – about 27 […]
[MEDIA] Talking ‘Smartphones cause family row every single day in British homes, study finds’ with @PremierRadio
A new study by Common Sense Media, introduced as: The New Normal: Parents, Teens, and Mobile Devices in the United Kingdom surveyed 1,200 U.K. parents and teens about their mobile device use and digital media habits. In addition to mobile devices being a daily source of distraction — and, at times, conflict — the results show […]
