Author Archives: Stuart Allan's personal blog

Joined by several of my Cardiff colleagues, we’re looking forward to meeting up with friends – old and new – in Prague for what promises to be a lively set of discussions. Please say “hello,” if you happen to be … Continue reading →

I am very pleased to be participating in this conference organised by Anne Gjelsvik and Mette Mortensen: PhD School at the Faculty of Humanities at University of Copenhagen Mediated visibility has become central to the way political and social conflicts … Continue reading →

From Cardiff University News: The Sir Martin Evans building will host this year’s conference. This month’s Future of Journalism conference, hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies (JOMEC), will focus on the topic ‘Journalism in a Post-Truth … Continue reading →

Call for papers: V International Conference Translating Voices Translating Regions ‘Minority languages, risks, disasters and regional crises’ Dates: 13-15 December 2017 Venue: Europe House, London Times: 9:30-16:30 Website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/centras/translation-news-and-events/v-translating-voices The Centre for Translation Studies announces the V International Conference Translating … Continue reading →

Call for Papers – “The Future of Journalism: Journalism in a Post-Truth Age?” Thursday 14th and Friday 15th September 2017 Cardiff University, UK We are delighted to announce the sixth biennial conference – The Future of Journalism – to be … Continue reading →

Chris Peters and I are pleased to see our article, ‘Everyday imagery: Users’ reflections on smartphone cameras and communication,’ appear in Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. Here’s the abstract and link to the pre-publication version: User-based research … Continue reading →

Congratulations to Chris Peters and Marcel Broersma, and their contributors, on today’s publication of the edited collection Rethinking Journalism Again: Societal Role and Public Relevance in a Digital Age. I was very pleased to provide one of two ‘Afterwords,’ the other by … Continue reading →

Three special issues drawn from the international conference, “The Future of Journalism: Risks, threats and opportunities” (held at Cardiff University, 10-11 September, 2015), are now available online. Digital Journalism 4(7) Guest edited by Cindy Carter, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen and Andrew Williams Journalism Practice … Continue reading →

Very kind of Nanni Salio and Silvia De Michelis to include my chapter, ‘Documentare la guerra, visualizzare la pace: Verso una fotografia di pace,’ in Giornalismo di Pace (Torino: Edizioni GruppoAbele, 2016). The English-language version, ‘Documenting war, visualising peace: Towards peace photography,’ appeared in I. Shaw, R. … Continue reading →

Co-edited by Mona Baker and Bolette B. Blaagaard, Citizen Media and Public Spaces is hot off the Routledge press. Bolette and I co-authored a chapter, titled ‘Citizen mediations of connectivity: Narrowing the “culture of distance” in television news.’