Author Archives: Stuart Allan's personal blog

Chivers, T. and Allan, S. (2022) ‘BBC funding: licence fee debate risks overlooking value of UK’s public broadcasters,’ The Conversation, 19 January. “The proposed two-year freeze in the TV licence fee has prompted a lively debate about BBC funding… Here … Continue reading →

Pleased to share a discussion paper Tom Chivers and I have co-written: Chivers, T. and Allan, S. (2022) ‘What is the Public Value of Public Service Broadcasting?: Exploring challenges and opportunities in evolving media contexts,’ Creative Industries Policy & Evidence … Continue reading →

Hoping you are well. I’m pleased to say a conceptual article Chris Peters and I have co-authored has appeared in the journal Digital Journalism. DOI: 10.1080/21670811.2021.1903958 ‘Weaponizing Memes: The Journalistic Mediation of Visual Politicization’ Chris Peters & Stuart Allan This … Continue reading →

Sharing a reminder that the deadline for submitting an abstract to Cardiff University’s biennial Future of Journalism conference (@cardiffjomec) is this Friday, 5th March. Abstracts as first author (500-750 words maximum), with no more than two abstracts in total, should … Continue reading →

The inaugural issue of the new journal Digital War, edited by Andrew Hoskins and William Merrin, is taking shape. It was kind of the editors to invite me to contribute an article: ‘Im/partial inflections of 9/11 in photo-reportage’ Abstract: Photo-reportage … Continue reading →

Chris Peters and I have co-written a new article for the journal Communication Theory, published by Oxford University Press. Here is the abstract: “This article’s contribution to theory-building focuses on the everyday circumstances under which journalism encourages a civic gaze. … Continue reading →

Happy New Year! I am pleased to contribute to 2020 Vision: Forecasts for the year ahead from Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture with this post: With allegations of ‘fake news’ continuing to spark acrimony across the breadth … Continue reading →

Global Media and China Volume 4, Number 1, March 2019 Special Issue: Citizen Journalism in China Guest Editors: Xin Zeng, Stuart Allan, Savyasaachi Jain and An Nguyen Introduction: New perspectives on citizen journalism — Xin Zeng, Savyasaachi Jain, An Nguyen … Continue reading →

Delighted to announce the publication of a new book featuring chapters written by a remarkably impressive range of leading scholars: Carter, C., Steiner, L. and Allan, S. (2019) (eds) Journalism, Gender and Power. London and New York: Routledge. Journalism, Gender … Continue reading →