The New European Agenda for Culture discussed in Florence

Thu, 31 May 2018 13:56:00 BST

On 24 May, EC officials, and international group of cultural figures and academic experts met to discuss the New European Agenda for Culture in a workshop held at the European University Institute.

ICA Pre-Conference: Online Distribution and Internet Television

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:17:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave the opening keynote at the ICA pre-conference on Screen Industries in East-Central Europe held at the National Film Archive in Prague on 22-23 May 2018.

Screen Sector in Scotland

Tue, 29 May 2018 12:20:00 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen gave evidence on the use of data and statistics in the Screen Sector in Scotland at the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee, Thursday 24th May 2018.

Sport and Communication Research

Wed, 23 May 2018 14:46:00 BST

New research by Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes has been published in the chapter entitled, Sport, the Media and Strategic Communications Management.

New publication on EU cultural policy

Mon, 14 May 2018 11:44:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s chapter ‘Whither the creative economy? Reflections on the European case’ kicks off The Research Handbook on Intellectual Property and the Creative Industries, edited by two distinguished IP lawyers, Professors Abbe Brown (Aberdeen) and Charlotte Waelde (Coventry).

TV and the Rise of the Data Economy: Analytics, Power and the Public Interest

Fri, 11 May 2018 15:01:00 BST

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle gave an invited presentation on ‘Television and the Rise of the Data Economy: Analytics, Power and the Public Interest’ at World Media Economics and Management Conference held in Cape Town, South Africa. The conference, which examined a range of questions surrounding the effects on media of the rise of global technology giants, was held on 6-9 April.

Modelling the Evolution of the TV Drama Production Sector in the UK

Thu, 10 May 2018 11:44:00 BST

CCPR's Richard Paterson publishes the paper 'Modelling the Evolution of the TV Drama Production Sector in the UK' in the CREATe Working Paper series.

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Carnegie Trust logo

Supporting the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland

Thu, 22 Feb 2018 08:55:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle of CCPR has been appointed a Research Assessor for research grants applications submitted to the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland.

Evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture Committee

Mon, 12 Feb 2018 10:56:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger gave evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Relations Committee on 8 February.

The press, civil society and Scottish identity analysed

Tue, 30 Jan 2018 16:18:00 GMT

The proceedings of a Royal Society of Edinburgh-funded workshop project organised by CCPR has now seen the light of day.

New essay on Jesús Martín Barbero’s work published

Wed, 20 Dec 2017 11:12:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger’s brief reflections on the work of the Colombian cultural analyst Jesús Martín-Barbero have just been published in a new e-book celebrating 30 years since first publication of From the Media to the Mediations.

BBC Field Trip

Wed, 15 Nov 2017 12:50:00 GMT

MSc in Media Management students who were taken by Gillian Doyle to visit BBC Scotland’s digital headquarters at Pacific Quay on Monday November 13th 2017 heard about plans for the organisation’s dedicated new television service for Scottish viewers.

Glasgow Film Festival Industry Focus 2017

Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:20:00 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen is delighted to be appointed to the steering group of Glasgow Film Festival's Industry Focus. Other member are Claire Mundell, Brodie Pringle, Kay Sheridan, and Ross McKenzie.

CAMEo Conference

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:44:00 BST

Richard Paterson gave a paper titled ‘the politics of entrepreneurship in early independent television production in the UK’ at a CAMEo event ‘Mediating Cultural Work: Texts, Objects and Politics’ at the Universiy of Leicester in September 2017.

PSB consultations

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 16:09:00 BST

This summer Lynn Whitaker was an invited contributor to three important consultations on the future of Public Service Broadcasting.

Questioning the creative economy

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 13:38:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave the opening keynote lecture at the Cultural and Professional Policy Seminar held at the NFF (the Norwegian Non-fiction Writers’ and Translators’Association) in Oslo on 6 September 2017.

Raymond Boyle Hamburg Conf
Raymond Boyle Hamburg Conf

International Symposium on Sports Economy

Thu, 07 Sep 2017 15:18:00 BST

Raymond Boyle was invited to give a keynote at the 17th Hamburg Congress On Sports, Economy and Media In Germany on 4th September.

Discussion on sport, media and politics

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 16:28:00 BST

Raymond Boyle gave an invited keynote talk on ‘Sporting Politics: Sport, Identity and Constitutional Crisis’ at the international conference on Regionalism, Nationalism and Contemporary International Sport held at the University of Vic, just north of Barcelona on 30 June.

Commercial TV and democratic society in Europe

Wed, 14 Jun 2017 11:46:00 BST

The role of commercial media in contemporary European democratic societies was under discussion at the international conference on Private Television in Europe organized by Vrije Universiteit Brussel, SMIT/imec and the Association of Commercial Television in Europe (ACT) in Brussels in June 2017 at which Gillian Doyle gave an invited presentation on ‘Ownership, Data, Power and Content'.

Launch of CREATe Copyright and Innovation Network

Tue, 30 May 2017 09:24:00 BST

CCPR’s strategic partner, CREATe, held its launch event for the new Copyright Innovation Network at the Digital Catapult Centre in London on 26 May.

Can the EU undertake effective cultural diplomacy?

Tue, 23 May 2017 10:20:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger opened the first session at the High Level Policy Workshop on ‘EU international cultural relations: a strategic approach’, held in Florence at the European University Institute’s Global Governance Programme on 18-19 May.

Value Creation in Media Markets

Tue, 16 May 2017 16:05:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was a speaker in the opening plenary session on Industry Transformation and also gave a paper on ‘Value Creation and Sustainability in the Television Production Sector' at the European Media Management Association (EMMA) conference organised by Ghent University and Vrije Universities Brussel and held in Ghent on May 10-13, 2017.

Enhancing policy-relevant research in media and cultural sectors

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 09:23:00 BST

Gillian Doyle chaired a Review Panel for the Research Council of Norway's KULMEDIA programme in Oslo in April 2017.

'Cultural prescription': a growing focus for research

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:57:00 BST

CREATe Deputy Director Philip Schlesinger gave the opening keynote lecture on ‘Why does cultural expertise matter?’ at the international conference on ‘La prescription culturelle en question/Investigating cultural expertise’, held at the Maison des Sciences de l’Homme de Dijon.

Congratulation to PGR student on completion of PhD

Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:49:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Helen Huang who, following her Viva in March 2017, has been unconditionally awarded a PhD for her thesis 'Digital Transition in the Chinese Newspaper Industry' from the Centre for Cultural Policy Research. Her supervisors were Professor Gillian Doyle and Dr Melanie Selfe.

Competition and Regulation in Digital markets

Mon, 27 Mar 2017 15:52:00 BST

Gillian Doyle spoke on Regulatory Challenges surrounding Online Business Models at a Workshop on 'Competition, Regulation and Freedom of Expression in Digital Markets' which took place at the EU-funded Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) in Florence

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News item

Television, Sport and the Mega-Event

Fri, 24 Mar 2017 13:58:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle (writing with Richard Haynes) has new research into sport, media and television published in a chapter entitled, The Global Event? The Media, Football and the FIFA World Cup.

Dr Inge Sørensen speaks to TV2 News re Brexit

Mon, 20 Mar 2017 14:34:00 GMT

Dr Inge Sørensen appeared on the Danish News channel, TV2 News, on Saturday the 18th March 2017.

First Minister’s indyref2 bombshell holds up Scottish constitution workshop

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 08:48:00 GMT

In an astonishing coincidence, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s speech announcing moves towards a second independence referendum coincided precisely with an RSE-funded workshop organised by CCPR on the national press, civil society and constitutional identity in Scotland.

Value for Money and the Arts

Fri, 03 Mar 2017 16:22:00 GMT

Leading cultural economist Prof John O' Hagan from Trinity College Dublin visited CCPR in March 2017 and his research paper on 'Value for Money Applies Also to State Expenditure on the Arts' stimulated lively discussion and debate.

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy
Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy

Robert Schuman Fellowship awarded to Philip Schlesinger

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:23:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, has been awarded a Robert Schuman Fellowship at the European University Institute in Florence.‌ An award for distinguished scholars made by invitation only, this will run from March to June 2018.

RSE-funded Commissioning Creativity and Funding Films Workshop 3

Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:38:00 GMT

CCPR and CREATe hosted the third and final RSE-funded workshops exploring current international policies and practices in film and screen commissioning and funding.

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Cultural winds of change blow in Brussels

Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:09:00 GMT

The CulturalBase project, in which CCPR is a partner, held its major policy seminar on 'Cultural Heritage Policies for a Troubled Europe’ at the Bozar centre in Brussels on 31 January.

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Sport, social media and media management (RB) news item

Sport, social media and media management

Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:46:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle has a new chapter on Social Media and Media Management in a new book of case studies form the sports industry.

Culture and the Digital Single Market discussed in Florence

Thu, 15 Dec 2016 08:58:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger led the panel session on the Digital Single Market, presenting a paper at the CulturalBase Policy Workshop at the European University Institute in Florence (1-2 December).

Dr Inge Sørensen's article 'Content in Context' is published

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:28:00 GMT

Dr Inge Sørensen's article 'Content in Context'. The Impact of Mobile Media on the British TV Industry' has been published in Convergence.

FC Barcelona: sport, values and identity debate

Thu, 24 Nov 2016 14:49:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle took part in a panel discussion with a Director from FC Barcelona on sport and identity hosted by the SCML and the Ramon Llull Institute at the University.

Scotland and media policy discussed at ECREA2016 in Prague

Wed, 16 Nov 2016 16:49:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger spoke on Scotland and media policy at the ECREA2016 European Communication Conference in Prague in a session on policy and markets in small European countries.

UK film policy and the history of UKFC
UK film policy and the history of UKFC

UK film policy and the history of UKFC

Mon, 07 Nov 2016 09:03:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle gave a talk on UK film policy and the history of UK Film Council as part of the Liverpool Film Seminar Series

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Ofcom logo (new) GD

Ofcom builds presence in Scotland

Fri, 07 Oct 2016 09:42:00 BST

Gillian Doyle, Director of CCPR, attended the opening of Ofcom's new office in Edinburgh on Thursday 6 October at which the ribbon was cut by Sharon White, Ofcom's Chief Executive along with members of her senior management team, including Mark Sweeney, Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, and Glenn Preston, the new Director Scotland.

An Internet of Citizens?

Mon, 03 Oct 2016 16:24:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave the opening keynote lecture at the 3rd Council of Europe Platform Exchange on Culture and Digitisation, held in Tallinn on 29-30 September 2016.

Media and Sports Governance

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 15:29:00 BST

Raymond Boyle gave a presentation on the Role of the Media in the Governance of Sport as part of the Executive Masters in European Sports Governance (MESGO) programme held in Paris on 22 September.

More than a Game? Football and the Media

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 16:55:00 BST

Raymond Boyle has a chapter that examines academic research into the football and media industry in a major new collection the Routledge Handbook of Football Studies, edited by John Hughson et al just published.

Congratulations to Dr Ana Moraes who has been awarded her PhD

Fri, 16 Sep 2016 08:53:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Ana Moraes who has been awarded her PhD for her thesis Film Policy in Practice: A case study of Scottish Screen ‘s funding schemes.

Scotland’s Game and its relationship with Television

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 15:29:00 BST

Raymond Boyle contributed the BBC1 television documentary series Scotland’s Game that examined the recent history of football and its media relationship.

Regulating the sharing economy

Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:55:00 BST

A special issue on Regulating the Sharing Economy has been published in Internet Policy Review.

Critique of cultural economy thinking published

Wed, 10 Aug 2016 15:52:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger analyses how the creative economy has come to hold sway such in current thinking about the value of culture.

Trust and the media

Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:40:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger was a member of the spirited panel debate on 'Can we trust the media?' held at the Edinburgh International Book Festival.

PhD Bursary, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, University of Glasgow

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:56:00 BST

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research is offering a PhD Tuition Fee Bursary starting 2013/14. The Bursary will cover the costs of Home/EU tuition fees or equivalent for three years.

The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:08:00 BST

Coinciding with the launch of their new book The Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council, Gillian Doyle, Philip Schlesinger and Raymond Boyle of CCPR led a KE event and panel discussion at the BFI Reuben Library at the Southbank in London on October 5th.

Reflections on UK public service media published

Thu, 14 Jul 2016 13:37:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's latest thoughts on the present state of public service media in the UK can be read here

Bob Last's report on creativity,value and money published

Wed, 06 Jul 2016 16:04:00 BST

CCPR was first to give an airing to Bob Last's controversial thinking last November and now the report is available, with a Foreword by Philip Schlesinger.

CREATe Fest 2016 hears voices

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:44:00 BST

A strong-line up of contributors was on the stage on 24 June to amplify Ealasaid Munro's presentation of the 'Voices of CREATe' project's analysis of research on cultural creators.

Creators and rent at CREATe Fest 2016

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:45:00 BST

The prominent economist and FT columnist, John Kay, gave the closing keynote lecture on 'Rent seeking in a digital economy' CREATe's Festival, held at the RSA in London on 24 June.

Film policy analysed at Screen Studies Conference 2016

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:46:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger spoke on 'The new British film policy' at the Screen Studies Conference 2016, held at the University of Glasgow, 24-26 June. His talk was based on his work in progress at the RCUK's CREATe Centre.

'Intellectual practices': an interview with Philip Schlesinger

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 13:47:00 BST

Media, Culture & Society journal has just published an interview with Philip Schlesinger, conducted by Tore Slaatta, CEO of The Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association.

Communication and Sport Series Published

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 10:24:00 BST

Raymond has edited a four volume collection in the Sage Major Work series that pulls together some best journal research from around the world in sports and communication. The volumes examine, History and Context, Heroes and Villains; Sport, Media and Communicating Identities; The Sports Communication Industries and Sports and the Digital Age.

Inge Sørensen on Danish current affairs programme Deadline

Thu, 23 Jun 2016 09:38:00 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen analysed the two unions at stake in the EU referendum in Danish national broadcaster’s DR’s daily current affairs programme Deadline. Watch video.

Scottish Graduate School Annual Lecture 2016: Culture/Media/Research

Tue, 21 Jun 2016 11:02:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave the first keynote lecture to the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities' 2016 Summer School. He spoke about 'Academics and the policy process', reflecting on both his research and public engagement.

Inge Sørensen's interview in Danish current affairs programme Deadline

Thu, 16 Jun 2016 12:21:00 BST

Inge Sørensen discussed the two unions at stake in the EU referendum on the 23rd June 2016 in Danish national broadcaster’s DR’s daily current affairs programme Deadline on the 15th of June.

Opening Keynote at Bath

Mon, 13 Jun 2016 15:38:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave the opening keynote lecture at the Kick-Starting Media: Cultures of Funding in Contemporary Media Industries international symposium at Bath Spa University on June 9th.

ESRC
ESRC

CCPR awarded ESRC grant

Tue, 31 May 2016 11:58:00 BST

The ESRC has awarded a grant to the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR) for a three-year study on 'TV Production in Transition: Independence, Scale and Sustainability' to be led by Professor Gillian Doyle (PI).

BBC Audience Council Scotland

Dr Inge Sørensen joined the BBC Audience Council Scotland members for lunch to discuss how the BBC can best service audiences in Scotland over the next 10 years in the context of the Charter review debate on the 3rd of June 2016. 

RSE-funded Commissioning Creativity and Funding Film Workshop Series

Tue, 31 May 2016 11:41:00 BST

Organised by Dr Inge Sørensen, CCPR and CREATe hosted the first of three RSE-funded workshops exploring current international policies and practices in film and screen commissioning and funding.

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CREATe logo

Last word at fashion workshop

Tue, 31 May 2016 11:49:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger was on the closing panel at the CREATe/Goldsmiths conference on ‘Fashion as urban creative economy: start-ups, IP, and the rise of e-commerce’ at Glasgow School of Art, 5 May 2016.

Key cultural policy issues debated in Barcelona

Tue, 31 May 2016 11:52:00 BST

Two papers prepared by Philip Schlesinger – on ‘Creativity and value’ and on the ‘Digital Single Market’ – were debated by working groups at the Main Stakeholder Conference of CulturalBase, held at The Hangar, Barcelona, 11-13 May 2016.

LSE
LSE

Philip Schlesinger reappointed Visiting Professor at the LSE

Tue, 31 May 2016 11:55:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger has been reappointed as a Visiting Professor in the Department of Media and Communication for a further three-year period.

Enhancing the knowledge base for media and cultural policy

Thu, 26 May 2016 11:08:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was appointed an Expert Evaluator for the KULMEDIA programme - a five-year international research programme worth NOK 75m - by the Research Council of Norway in April 2016.

Gillian Doyle speaks on Netflix and the ‘House of Cards’ effect

Thu, 26 May 2016 11:10:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave a paper on ‘Globalized digital distribution and the House of Cards effect’ at the World Media Economics and Management Conference (WMEMC) at the Gabelli Business School, Fordham University in New York on May 3rd 2016.

CCPR-IMK joint international PhD workshop in Oslo

Thu, 26 May 2016 11:12:00 BST

CCPR PhD students Ann McCluskey, Angela Esposito, Omar Daodi and Abdulnasser Al-Abri took part in joint international PhD research workshop organised by Gillian Doyle and Raymond Boyle and hosted and led by colleagues at the Department of Communications (IMK) at the University of Oslo on May 12th 2016.

Digitisation and Changing Windowing strategies in the Television Industry

Thu, 26 May 2016 11:13:00 BST

Findings from Gillian Doyle’s latest project which investigates how strategies to exploit IPRs in TV content are changing have been published (online first) in Television & New Media in a new article on ‘Digitisation and Changing Windowing strategies in the Television Industry: Negotiating New Windows on the World’.

Talent Industry and Television

Mon, 23 May 2016 14:19:00 BST

Raymond Boyle give a paper at the Industry Panel session of Media Engagement: Connecting Production, Texts and Audiences An International Symposium, held at the University of Westminster on 4 May.

Michael Russell advocates simplicity in cultural policy

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:44:00 BST

In a lecture organized by the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, and delivered on 18 April, Michael Russell MSP for Argyll and Bute, considered the history of cultural policy in Scotland, from the Arts Council of Great Britain to Creative Scotland.

International knowledge exchange with the University of Navarra

Mon, 18 Apr 2016 16:20:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was guest professor at the University of Navarra's Madrid campus in April 2016 and presented on topics including international trade and protectionism, changing distribution technologies, innovation and economics of media as part of the Máster Ejecutivo en Gestión de Empresas de Comunicación.

School of Culture and Creative Arts Symposium

Wed, 23 Mar 2016 13:43:00 GMT

Dr Melanie Selfe presented a paper titled 'Isn't this where we came in? Going round in film policy circles' at the School of Culture and Creative Arts Symposium, ‘Flows, Networks and Loops’ on Tuesday 22nd March.

Digital convergence and Changing TV windowing strategies

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:02:00 GMT

UK and international TV executives and policy-makers participated in a CCPR/CREATe symposium to discuss findings of a project carried out by Gillian Doyle on the effects of changing distribution platforms on content exploitation strategies in the TV production sector.

Mary Daily
Mary Daily

Hollywood and the Digital Challenge

Tue, 22 Mar 2016 11:04:00 GMT

Mary Daily, President and Chief Marketing Officer Worldwide for 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment visited CCPR on March 21st 2016 and gave a Masterclass to PhD and MSc in Media Management students on how the Hollywood majors are addressing transformation in technologies of distribution for feature films.

Sport and possible impact of a Brexit

Mon, 21 Mar 2016 16:42:00 GMT

Raymond contributed a blog to the Sports Think Tank on the possible impact on the sporting landscape of a Brexit from the EU.

Debate on future of Gaelic broadcasting

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 15:09:00 GMT

The challenge faced by Gaelic broadcasting in comparison with other minority language broadcasting, notably in Ireland and Wales, was discussed at a lively conference held at the University of Edinburgh on 16 March.

Philip Schlesinger reflects on policy, knowledge exchange and citizen-researchers

Tue, 08 Mar 2016 10:04:00 GMT

Click on these links to see Philip speaking at the 'Policy Stories' day run by the Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities.

Raymond Boyle elected to the Executive Committee of MeCCSA

Mon, 22 Feb 2016 10:02:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle was delighted to be elected to the Executive Committee of MeCCSA in January 2016.

Live Streaming and Television Sport

Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:43:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle appeared on STV's Scotland Tonight on Wednesday 17 February to discuss the increasing use of the live streaming platform periscope at sporting events.

Creative Economy and Everyday Discourse Lecture

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:31:00 GMT

Professor Philip Schlesinger will give a public lecture on how the creative economy became part of everyday discourse on Wednesday 3rd February at 5pm in the Boyd Orr Lecture Theatre D, University of Glasgow.

Blogpost on 'Whither public service broadcasting in Scotland?'

Fri, 29 Jan 2016 16:18:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's latest blog on the state of PSB in Scotland

Commercialisation and Childhood: Resilience, Responsibility, and Media Literacy

Thu, 28 Jan 2016 14:25:00 GMT

As trustee of the VLV, Dr Lynn Whitaker joins the prestigious line-up at the policy UK event 'Commercialisation and Childhood', using her research into both children's 'in-app purchasing' and the children's media production sector

CCPR research on EconomistsTalkArt.org

Mon, 25 Jan 2016 16:21:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle discusses findings from CCPR's latest ESRC-funded project on Multiplatform Media and the Digital Challenge at EconomistsTalkArt.org - see: economiststalkart.org

Ofcom's Children and Parents Media Use and Attitude Report

Tue, 19 Jan 2016 13:47:00 GMT

For the second year running, Dr Lynn Whitaker has been invited to take part in the consultation for Ofcom's Children and Parents Media Use and Attitude Report

Transnational framings of British film policy: new publication

Tue, 12 Jan 2016 08:58:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's analysis of how a national film agency is a vantage-point for the study of transnational cinema has just been published in a new book, Transnational Mediations

CCPR Glasgow part of European Expert Network on Culture and Audiovisual

Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:02:00 GMT

A team led by Vrije Universiteit Brussel which includes Professor Gillian Doyle of CCPR has been awarded the contract to establish a European Expert Network on Culture and Audiovisual (EENCA).

Evidence to Scottish Parliament on BBC Charter Review

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:55:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger joined his academic colleagues Robert Beveridge (Sassari) and Neil Blain (Stirling) in a panel session at the Education and Culture Committee's inquiry into the BBC Charter Review and its implications for Scotland on 5 January 2016.

Scotland, Public Service Broadcasting and the Broadcasting Landscape

Thu, 24 Dec 2015 08:29:00 GMT

Ken MacQuarrie, the Controller of BBC Scotland, delivers the second keynote speech at the forthcoming CCPR event “Scotland, Public Service Broadcasting and the Broadcasting Landscape”, which is being held in the Senate Room, University of Glasgow, 2-6pm on January 13. He follows Bill Matthews, the BBC Trustee for Scotland.

The Revival of Live TV

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 13:17:00 GMT

New article on 'The Revival of Live TV' in Media, Culture & Society by Dr Inge Sorensen

Irish UEFA CFM Graduation 2015

Mon, 21 Dec 2015 12:26:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle attended the final seminar of the FAI and IFA national edition of the UEFA CFM programme in Dundalk on 14/15 December.

New reflections on media production research

Fri, 18 Dec 2015 15:02:00 GMT

In his contribution to a new volume on production research, Philip Schlesinger reflects on the shifting conditions affecting his longstanding research on media and cultural organisations.

Some reflections on 'Creative Europe'

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:06:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's short first working paper for the CulturalBase project

Read Philip Schlesinger's blog on the creative economy

Mon, 14 Dec 2015 11:04:00 GMT

Following his public lecture at the LSE, the Media Policy Project has published Philip's latest blog

Gillian Doyle speaks on challenges facing European AV and cultural industries

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:02:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle gave an invited address on ‘Challenges facing EU audiovisual and cultural industries’ to an international symposium on Cultural Industries: Pivoting to Asia? in Brussels on December 7th 2015.

Are television channels dead?

Wed, 09 Dec 2015 09:04:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle’s new article on ‘Resistance of channels: Television distribution in the multiplatform era’, which has been published as part of a special issue on TV Distribution in Telematics and Informatics,

CCPR to host two RSE-funded workshop series

Tue, 08 Dec 2015 16:07:00 GMT

The Royal Society of Edinburgh has funded two new cutting-edge projects to run at CCPR in 2016/17.

BBC Trust Charter Review Seminar

Tue, 08 Dec 2015 13:59:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle joined a panel including James Purnell, BBC; Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, Bill Matthews, BBC Trust and Chris Young Producer to discuss the future of the BBC.

Scottish Government BBC Charter Stakeholder Event

Thu, 03 Dec 2015 13:33:00 GMT

Culture Secretary Fiona Hyslop gave the keynote speech at the second stakeholder event on the BBC Charter convened by the Scottish Government, which was held in Edinburgh on 2 December.

The creative economy: invention of a global orthodoxy

Mon, 30 Nov 2015 14:38:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger gave a public lecture on the creative economy at the London School of Economics on 25 November, to a packed lecture theatre.

ECREA Digital Communication and Culture Workshop

Tue, 24 Nov 2015 12:17:00 GMT

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen will give a paper, The (d)evolution of Public Service Media’s editorial standards and guidelines on social media platforms, at the ECREA Digital Communication and Culture Workshop at University of Salzburg on the 27th November 2015.

CCPR PhD student Mike Flood Page gives evidence to DCMS Select Committee Inquiry

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:46:00 GMT

Dr Mike Flood Page who recently successfully completed his PhD studies in CCPR gave oral evidence to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee inquiry into the BBC’s Charter Review on the BBC’s contribution to technological development on November 10th.

Telling policy stories

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:39:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger was the opening speaker at the Scottish Graduate School for the Arts and Humanities' first conference on academic research and policy, held at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh on 19 November.

Creativity, value and money

Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:42:00 GMT

On 9 November, the well-known film producer, Bob Last, spoke about his Scottish Government funded report on the creative economy.

Flying too close to the sun: Film support, sustainability and the UK Film Council

Thu, 12 Nov 2015 14:17:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle gave an invited research paper entitled 'Flying too close to the sun: Film support, sustainability and the UK Film Council' at the University of Leeds on November 11, 2015 as part of the ICS research seminar series.

Creative Europe?

Tue, 13 Oct 2015 11:31:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger, who is leading the creativity and heritage strand for CulturalBase, spoke at the inaugural conference of this multinational Horizon2020 research project.

Welcome to Media Management students

Tue, 06 Oct 2015 16:06:00 BST

CCPR extends a warm welcome to more than 50 course entrants to the MSc in Media Management 2015-16

The state of publishing in Norway

Thu, 17 Sep 2015 18:57:00 BST

Professor Helge Rønning of Oslo University and Mads Nygaard, CEO of Aschehoug publishers, presented their reflections on the state of publishing in Norway, drawing special attention to the national system that protects authors' rights, standardises contracts, and ensures wide distribution of published works around the whole country.

Call for Papers for Special Issue of Internet Policy Review on *Regulating the ‘Sharing Economy'*

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 10:42:00 BST

This Call for Papers is open to researchers from the fields of policy studies, sociology, law, philosophy, data, information and technology studies, economics and management. Emerging scholars are particularly encouraged to submit a proposal.

Multi-platform Media and the Digital Challenge’ project concludes

Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:18:00 BST

A major ESRC-funded research project on ‘Multi-platform Media and the Digital Challenge’ carried out by CCPR has just concluded

AHRC Commons Advisory Board appointment

Fri, 31 Jul 2015 12:48:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger has joined the Advisory Board of the AHRC Commons project, which aims to create a new forum for engagement and exchange among arts and humanities researchers and the wider communities with which they connect. The first Commons national event will take place in spring 2015.

Public service media debated in Montreal

Mon, 27 Jul 2015 10:56:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger delivered a plenary paper at the 7th Panamerican Conference in Communication Studies whose overarching theme was ‘Governance and Public Service Media in Knowledge Societies’.

ESRC
ESRC

Multiplatform Media and the Digital Challenge Symposium

Mon, 15 Jun 2015 15:13:00 BST

A symposium organised by CCPR and held at the RSA in London on June 12th 2015 to present findings of an ESRC-funded study on Multiplatform Media and the Digital Challenge: Strategy Distribution and Policy was a well-attended forum for lively exchange about multiplatform media strategy.

Competition in television markets

Fri, 05 Jun 2015 11:55:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave an invited plenary presentation on multi-platform distribution and changes in windowing strategies at the international conference on Private Television in Europe on 3rd June 2015 which focused on competition issues in television broadcasting markets.

Media Economy, New media and Pluralism

Thu, 28 May 2015 09:44:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave an invited presentation on ‘Internet markets, advertising, news publishing and pluralism’ to journalists and media practitioners from across Europe at the EU-funded Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF) based at the European University Institute in Florence on May 26th, 2015.

Issue of the Journal of Media Business Studies on Multi-platform Strategies

Thu, 28 May 2015 09:39:00 BST

The latest issue of the Journal of Media Business Studies (Volume 12, Issue 1), guest edited by Gillian Doyle

CCPR hosts CulturalBase's Glasgow kicks-off

Mon, 18 May 2015 10:07:00 BST

The first meeting of CulturalBase, the new two-year project to create a social platform on cultural heritage and European identities, was held at the University of Glasgow on 14 May.

Inge news item
Inge news item

Dr Inge Sørensen analyses SNPs role in Westminster in Danish TV

Mon, 11 May 2015 14:13:00 BST

Inge interpreted the outcome of the UK general election and SNP’s role in Westminster for Danish viewers on the 8th of May, the night after the general election.

Annual TS, FTV and CCPR Postgraduate Symposium

Wed, 06 May 2015 11:48:00 BST

This two-day symposium is an interdisciplinary event in which PhD students from Theatre, Film and Television Studies and the Centre for Cultural Policy Research gather to present and share work from their respective fields of expertise.

Dr Inge Sørensen analyses the UK general election in Danish TV

Tue, 05 May 2015 12:48:00 BST

In the days leading up to the UK general election 2015, Inge has appeared in the Danish 24 hour news channel TV2News to comment on and analyse the role of the SNP in the election.

New research directions signalled in CREATe blog

Wed, 22 Apr 2015 10:35:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's blog can be accessed here: http://www.create.ac.uk/blog/2015/04/20/some-lateral-thinking-for-create/

The 2014 Commonwealth Games and Media Coverage

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:11:00 BST

Raymond presented a plenary paper on Media Coverage of the 2014 Commonwealth Games and Glasgow as a Sports Host City, at the British sociological Association Annual Conference, held in Glasgow on 15 April.

Dr Inge Sørensen publishes chapter 'Go Crowdfund Yourself'

Fri, 17 Apr 2015 17:08:00 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen has published the chapter 'Go Crowdfund Yourself' in Geert Lovink, Nathaniel Tkacz & Patricia de Vries (eds.)

Smart cities and urban culture

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 10:24:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger chaired the closing panel and keynote lecture at the 'Designing Smart Cities' conference held at the University of Strathclyde on 31 March-1 April 2015.

Media coverage of Commonwealth Games Symposium with CCPR and Glasgow Life

Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:53:00 BST

CCPR and Glasgow Life held a joint symposium to discuss Media Coverage of Glasgow as an International Sports City, at the Emirates Arena on 27 March.

CCPR at CREATe's Show and Tell

Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:37:00 GMT

CCPR's current research was showcased at CREATe's Open Afternoon on 26 March 2015, where 18 researchers gave short presentations on their present work within the CREATe framework.

CCPR meets Creative Scotland's Film team

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:33:00 GMT

An eight-strong team from Creative Scotland, led by Director of Film and Media, Natalie Usher, and Education Portfolio Manager, Scott Donaldson, visited CCPR for a lunchtime exchange of views on 25 March 2015.

CCPR engineers some lateral thinking for CREATe

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:37:00 GMT

CCPR is a close research partner of CREATe, the RCUK Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy.

Media and Engagement

Thu, 26 Mar 2015 09:34:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle gave a plenary paper reflecting on the media and political engagement in the 2014 Scottish Referendum at the Media Engagement conference in Lund, Sweden on 19 March.

Raymond Boyle Profile Pic
Raymond Boyle Profile Pic

Public Relations and Insight Event

Mon, 16 Mar 2015 16:25:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle spoke at the PRCA Insight Series held in Glasgow on 10 March.

Children's media research event at Ofcom

Mon, 26 Jan 2015 13:59:00 GMT

Research into children's media use is an increasingly hot topic, with growing political, policy and public concern about how new devices are affecting the uptake and use of content, whether young people bring enough critical understanding to their consumption, and whether the role of parental mediation is up to the job of guiding children

PhD Success: Arts Policy and Rural Scotland

Fri, 09 Jan 2015 14:57:00 GMT

Congratulations to Yu ‘Tonia’ Lu who has successfully completed her Phd at the Centre.

Research excellence at CCPR

Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:33:00 GMT

In the recent REF 2014 CCPR/TFTS performed impressively with 45% of our research evaluated as world leading (4*) with another 35% classed as internationally excellent (3*).

Measuring Online News Consumption and Supply

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:11:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle participated in a small closed roundtable event to discuss measurement of online supplies of content and consumption with policy-makers, industry experts and academics at Ofcom in London on 9th December 2014. The event was organized by the Reuters Institute in conjunction with Ofcom.

Mary Daily
Mary Daily

Mary Daily of 20th Century Fox gives Masterclass to Media Management students

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 15:13:00 GMT

Mary Daily, President and Chief Marketing officer of 20th Century Fox visited CCPR and gave a Masterclass to the MSc in Media Management students on November 26th 2014

Small nations, the press and the digital challenge: new publication

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:45:00 GMT

An upcoming Crosscurrents section of Media, Culture and Society is focused on 'Small nations, the press and the digital challenge'.

Best Feature Film Award for Dr Inge Sørensen

Thu, 27 Nov 2014 10:40:00 GMT

Dr Inge Sørensen has won the coveted Best Feature Film Award at the Terror Film Festival 2014, Pittsburgh US, for the thriller Timelock

Public lecture on the Rise and Fall of the UK Film Council

Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:26:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger spoke about the complex politics of the closure of the UK Film Council in a public lecture delivered at the University on 13 November.

CCPR at Madrid media diversity debate

Mon, 10 Nov 2014 12:01:00 GMT

At the opening session of the international seminar on diversity in the audiovisual sector, held at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Katherine Champion presented research drawing on our ESRC-funded project on multi-platform media and the digital challenge.

Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities: AHRC-funded PhD Studentship Competition 2015

Wed, 29 Oct 2014 14:20:00 GMT

AHRC has funded a Doctoral Training Partnership of 8 Scottish HEIs, including the University of Glasgow to fund around 55 PhD studentships per annum for five years from 2014.

Rural creative economy research discussed with CCPR

Thu, 06 Nov 2014 14:03:00 GMT

Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s (HIE) Collaborative Creative Communities programme held their quarterly steering group meeting between CCPR and CREATe on Thursday 30th October.

CCPR to launch a new Masters programme in Autumn 2015

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 09:26:00 BST

We are excited to announce our new Masters programme: the MSc in Creative Industries and Cultural Policy, which will launch in Autumn 2015. This programme will provide a rigorous grounding in the key economic, cultural and policy forces shaping the development of the creative industries at global, national and local levels.

UEFA education programme focuses on Communication and Media

Fri, 24 Oct 2014 14:32:00 BST

Raymond visited Tbilisi in Georgia 15 -18 October as he presented a workshop on communication and media as part of the Georgian FA/Uefa Certificate in Football Management (CFM) programme.

Dr Lynn Whitaker to meet with CMA to discuss Carnegie-funded research

Thu, 23 Oct 2014 14:57:00 BST

Dr Lynn Whitaker is meeting with the Competition and Markets Authority in October to discuss her Carnegie-funded research on children's 'in-app purchasing'.

CCPR's Dr Lisa Kelly and Dr Katherine Champion launch online resource

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:35:00 BST

Dr Lisa Kelly and Dr Katherine Champion announced the launch of an online resource Shaping Scotland's Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries which arises from a series of themed workshops funded by the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2014.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

Keynote lecture in Ottawa

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:14:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave the 40th anniversary opening keynote lecture at the Social Theory, Politics and the Arts annual conference, held this year at the University of Ottawa on 9-11 October.

Media Management student nominated for Student Radio Award 2014

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:31:00 BST

Media Management student Jelmer Lelieveld, who last year served as Executive Producer for student radio station Tone Radio, has been shortlisted by the UK Student Radio Association for the Best Student Radio Chart Show Award 2014

External Evaluation at IPMZ, Zurich

Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:33:00 BST

Gillian Doyle chaired an international Expert Committee tasked with evaluating the Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research (IPMZ) at the University of Zürich in October 2014.

Philip Schlesinger appointed to Ofcom's Content Board

Thu, 16 Oct 2014 10:33:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, has been appointed to Ofcom's Content Board to represent the interest of the people of Scotland. He will take up the position on 1 December 2014.

The UKFC: A Case Study of Film Policy in Transition

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:40:00 BST

A symposium organised by CCPR and held at the RSA in London in September 2014 to present findings of an AHRC-funded study on The UK Film Council (UKFC): A Case Study of Film Policy in Transition was a forum for lively exchange about strategic policy interventions to support film.

Implementation of the EU Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM2014)

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:43:00 BST

Gillian Doyle participated in a workshop to exchange views on findings from a pilot test in nine EU member states of the Media Pluralism Monitor (MPM), a policy tool to identify potential risks to media pluralism and freedom of speech in the EU.

PhD Workshop on Researching Film Institutions, Film Industry and Film Policy

Thu, 02 Oct 2014 13:44:00 BST

The research team, all based in CCPR, which conducted an AHRC-funded project on The UK Film Council (UKFC): A Case Study of Film Policy in Transition organised a workshop on methodological issues for PhD research students and early career researchers working on the film industry, film institutions and film policy in Glasgow on September 26.

Public intellectuals and research

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:34:00 BST

In his closing paper at CREATe's All Hands Conference, held in Glasgow on 15-16 September, Philip Schlesinger discussed the constraints currently affecting research and how these are affecting academics' values and norms.

Media and Sports Rights

Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:31:00 BST

Raymond Boyle spoke about his research into sports rights with a paper called Copyright, Football and European Media Rights, that was delivered at the CREATe All Hands Conference, that was held in Glasgow on 16 September, 2014.

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen on Danish 24 hours news station TV2News

Mon, 22 Sep 2014 15:01:00 BST

On the night of the Scottish referendum Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen was commentator on the media coverage of the referendum on Danish 24 hours news station TV2News as well as the Danish national broadcasters DR's daily current affairs programme Deadline

CCPR at ICCPR2014

Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:33:00 BST

A CCPR team went to the 8th International Conference on Cultural Policy Research, held at Hildesheim in Germany on 9-12 September. Philip Schlesinger, Melanie Selfe and Ealasaid Munro presented methodological reflections on their current AHRC-funded study

Imagination Scotland Festival session on the media

Mon, 08 Sep 2014 14:23:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger set the context for debate and chaired the session on the media in Scotland at Imagination, Scotland's First Festival of Ideas held at Govanhill Baths in Glasgow's south side on 7 September.

Philip Schlesinger comments on devolved broadcasting in Scotland – if it's a no

Wed, 27 Aug 2014 14:50:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger, looks at how the future of the BBC could still be affected even with a 'no' vote in the Scottish referendum.

Sport as Persuasion and Power in the Modern World

Thu, 07 Aug 2014 15:00:00 BST

Raymond Boyle spoke during the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow at the conference on “Sport as Persuasion and Power in the Modern World.”

UKFC and Digital Strategy presentation at EuroMedia 2014 Conference

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:26:00 BST

Raymond Boyle delivered a presentation at the EuroMedia 2014 conference in Brighton on 19 July.

Scottish independence discussed in Bilbao

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 14:25:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger spoke about the campaigns for and against Scottish independence at the ACOP Bilbao 2014 conference, whose theme was 'Political communication in a transforming world'.

EMMA Award for CCPR Director

Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:00:00 BST

The European Media Management Association (EMMA) awarded Professor Gillian Doyle, Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, their prize for outstanding individual contribution to scholarship at the association’s annual conference in Tallinn, Estonia in June 2014.

Game for Debate: Why Are Different Nations Good at Sport?

Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:41:00 BST

Raymond Boyle took part in a Commonwealth Games debate as part of the Glasgow Science Festival on the 9 June at the University.

New issue of Audiovisual Thinking on the creative economy

Mon, 09 Jun 2014 15:01:00 BST

The latest issue of Audiovisual Thinking, no. 7, 2014, guest edited by Philip Schlesinger of CCPR and CREATe, is on 'Facets of the creative economy' and covers the disappearance of celluloid, machinima as creative practice, and open culture data.

Political participation, media and citizenship

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:31:00 BST

The latest in the Basque Fellowship series of international seminars will take place at the Centre for Cultural Policy Research on 6 June.

Second workshop in the RSE-funded series ‘Shaping Scotland's Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries’

Wed, 04 Jun 2014 11:07:00 BST

Dr Lisa Kelly and Dr Katherine Champion held the second workshop in the RSE-funded series ‘Shaping Scotland's Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries’.

RSE-funded workshop on Shaping Scotland's Talent

Wed, 02 Apr 2014 14:49:00 BST

Dr Lisa Kelly and Dr Katherine Champion hold first RSE-funded workshop on ‘Talent in the Screen Industries’ The first workshop in an RSE-funded series ‘Shaping Scotland's Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries’ was held this week at Citizen M in Glasgow.

International knowledge exchange with the University of Navarra

Mon, 07 Apr 2014 12:45:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was guest professor at the University of Navarra's Madrid campus in March-April 2014 and presented on topics including changing technology, innovation and economics of media as part of the Máster Ejecutivo en Gestión de Empresas de Comunicación.

Philip Schlesinger speaks at Scottish Newspaper Society Conference 2014

Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:07:00 BST

In a contribution to a plenary session on 'Opportunities in a digital age', Philip argued that the press is still going through an open-ended great transition.

Address to the Scottish Newspaper Society Conference 2014

Wed, 14 May 2014 16:44:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's presentation can be accessed here: www.scotns.org.uk

The Media in Scotland, Scotsman Conference

Wed, 14 May 2014 16:43:00 BST

Raymond Boyle spoke at the Future of the Media conference held by The Scotsman in Edinburgh on 30 April.

New publication from CCPR on the digital challenge to the printed press

Wed, 14 May 2014 16:41:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger and Gillian Doyle's article 'From organisational crisis to multiplatform salvation? Creative destruction and the recomposition of news media' has just been published online in Journalism.

Scottish Press Awards

Fri, 28 Mar 2014 15:43:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle is a final stage judge for the 2014 Scottish Press Awards.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

Philip Schlesinger discusses Osborne's fiscal cultural policy in TheConversation

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 15:19:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger discusses Osborne's fiscal cultural policy in TheConversation

CCPR research showcased on youtube

Thu, 20 Mar 2014 12:38:00 GMT

The research team discuss their work on Cultural Enterprise Office and interviews director Deborah Keogh at the AHRC's Creative Economy Showcase on 12 March.

Dr Lynn Whitaker will present her Carnegie-funded research at Renfrewshire Council's open day

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:54:00 GMT

On Thursday 20th March, Dr Lynn Whitaker, Lecturer in Cultural Policy and Cultural Industries, is taking part in Renfrewshire Council's open day on child protection services.

Inside the agency: ethnography and knowledge exchange

Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:50:00 GMT

This was the title of the paper presented by Philip Schlesinger, Melanie Selfe and Ealasaid Munro at the AHRC's major Creative Economy Showcase, held in London on 12 March.

Inge Ejbye Sørensen article

Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:37:00 GMT

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen keeps the Danish public informed about the media coverage of the Scottish referendum in her article 'Uafhængighed? Kampen om Skotlands fremtid' (Independence? The battle for Scotland's future) in the Danish Broadsheet Politiken.'

Media Plurality in Scotland

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:34:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger and Gillian Doyle organised a CCPR seminar on Media Plurality in Scotland on March 5th in conjunction with Professor Steve Barnett from the University of Westminster and as part of an AHRC-funded project.

Cultural Enterprise Office study concludes

Thu, 06 Mar 2014 13:31:00 GMT

CCPR's research into cultural business support was the topic of an end-of-project seminar held on 3 March at the University of Glasgow.

Independence and the Scottish film industry

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:29:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger was a member of the panel that addressed this much-neglected question. Held during the Glasgow Short Film Festival at the CCA on 15 February, the conference attracted a capacity audience for a well-tempered and highly engaged discussion.

Philip Schlesinger's blog on The Film Industry and Scottish Independence

Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:30:00 GMT

For Philip Schlesinger's blog on the film industry and Scottish independence, go to: http://bit.ly/1hh8cnT

CREATe Workshop on creative work

Mon, 03 Feb 2014 13:32:00 GMT

CCPR was at the heart of CREATE's workshop on research into creative work.

The future of the Scottish press is discussed by Philip Schlesinger and Alex Benchimol

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 12:52:00 GMT

The RSE funded two workshops on 'Securing Scotland's voice', with a major focus on the Scottish press in international perspective. Here, the workshop's conveners discuss their findings. http://policyscotland.gla.ac.uk/futurescottishpress/

Sport, Public Relations and Social Media

Mon, 27 Jan 2014 11:45:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle has co-authored (with Richard Haynes) a new article in the recently published Routledge Handbook of Sport and New Media

Philip Schlesinger asks what Scottish independence means for the BBC

Tue, 21 Jan 2014 08:52:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger asks what Scottish independence means for the BBC http://bit.ly/19HOMbf

BBC posts Philip Schlesinger's comments on broadcasting

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 09:40:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's comments on current policy alternatives have been posted on the BBC website:

Television coverage of the 2012 Olympic Games

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 15:55:00 GMT

A new collection of research around the Olympic Games has been published by Routledge, The Handbook of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games: Vol. 2 Celebrating the Games is edited by Vassil Girginov.

The Times follows up on Philip Schlesinger's blog

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 13:05:00 GMT

Philip's analysis of the Scottish Government's White Paper, Scotland's Future, led to an interview with Times.

PhD AHRC Scholarships 2014/15 in Cultural Policy and Media and Communication Studies

Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:33:00 GMT

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research is pleased to invite applications for PhD studentships, through its involvement in the recently announced AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership Scotland.

Madrid debate on cultural policy and economic crisis

Mon, 16 Dec 2013 13:17:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger gave a plenary lecture on ‘Institutions and cultural policy in the UK: reflections on two case studies’, at the international seminar on ‘Crisis and change in the finance of culture’ held at the Sala Berlanga in Madrid on 13 December 2013.

Debate on cinema and Pakistan

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:13:00 GMT

The British Council-sponsored South Asia Season event held in the University's Senate Room on 9 December centred on the screening of Farjad Nabi's new documentary Faustin Elmer Chaudhry's Pakistan, a story of change since before the ending of the Raj, seen through the lens of the astounding centenarian photographer.

Philip Schlesinger considers Scotland's Future's new proposals for broadcasting and communications

Tue, 10 Dec 2013 11:06:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger considers Scotland's Future's new proposals for broadcasting and communications

A new essay on cultural policy in Scotland by Philip Schlesinger has just been published

Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:26:00 GMT

A new essay on cultural policy in Scotland by Philip Schlesinger has just been published

Philip Schlesinger's pre-White Paper on Scottish Independence blogpost

Tue, 26 Nov 2013 11:20:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's pre-White Paper on Scottish Independence blogpost http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2013/11/25/scottish-independence-debate-gets-serious/

CCPR knowledge exchange seminar for Cultural Enterprise Office

Mon, 18 Nov 2013 16:30:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger, Melanie Selfe and Ealasaid Munro presented their interim findings on their in-depth study of Cultural Enterprise Office (CEO) to staff and board on 11 November.

RSE Workshop Grant - Shaping Scotland's Talent

Thu, 21 Nov 2013 16:05:00 GMT

Dr Lisa Kelly and Dr Katherine Champion have been awarded an RSE Arts & Humanities Research Workshop grant of £8,722 for a project entitled 'Shaping Scotland's Talent: Change, Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries'.

Philip Schlesinger's latest Ofcom blogpost

Fri, 08 Nov 2013 15:57:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's blog on media plurality and Scotland http://bit.ly/1esqgw5

Guest Professor appointment at the University of Navarra

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:18:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle has been invited to become a guest professor on the Máster Ejecutivo en Gestión de Empresas de Comunicación (MEGEC) - the Executive Media MBA - offered by the Faculty of Communications at the University of Navarra in 2014.

Editor-in-Chief of Media Scotland speaks to Media Management class

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:17:00 GMT

Allan Rennie, Editor-in-Chief of Media Scotland gave a presentation to the MSc in Media Management students in November about the ways the newspaper industry is changing and issues surrounding the introduction of paywalls for online content.

Ofcom visits CCPR

Thu, 07 Nov 2013 11:13:00 GMT

The Centre hosted a successful and productive visit on October 29 by a group of senior executives from Ofcom including Colette Bowe, Chairman of the Board of Ofcom and Vicky Nash, Head of Ofcom Scotland to discuss emerging research agendas and activities in the area of media policy.

International views on the Scottish press

Mon, 07 Oct 2013 13:47:00 BST

The future of the Scottish press will be discussed on 14 October at the Centre for Cultural Policy Research. Academic experts from The Basque Country, Catalonia, Denmark, Norway and Quebec will discuss the challenges posed to small-nation press systems by the digital revolution.

Preparing for a Fully Converged Audiovisual World

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 15:00:00 BST

In the lead-up to adoption of a new Green Paper on regulatory implications for Europe of changes in audiovisual markets, Director of CCPR Gillian Doyle has been invited to address an EPP Hearing on 'Converged Media: opportunities and challenges for the European audiovisual media sector' at the European Parliament in October 2013.

Summer 2013 conference season

Mon, 08 Jul 2013 11:08:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave a series of talks during the intensive media and communications conference fortnight that began in mid-June.

Securing Scotland’s Voice: The State of the Scottish National Press in the Digital Age

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 11:53:00 BST

This workshop, which was supported by the Royal Society of Edinburgh, explored the current economic and cultural state of the Scottish national newspaper press in relation to the digitization of the media

Visiting professorship at the LSE

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:09:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger's appointment as Visiting Professor of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science has been extended for a second term, to 30th September 2016.

NESTA's creative economy manifesto

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:52:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's CREATe blog reflecting on NESTA's A Manifesto for the Creative Economy can be accessed here:

Communication, Sport and Digital Journalism

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:58:00 BST

A new international research journal Communication and Sport has been launched by Sage. http://com.sagepub.com/

New social media and new challenges for minority language policy’ a CCPR seminar on 21 May 2013

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:54:00 BST

The seminar in the Basque Fellowship series reflected on how both minority and majority languages media are adapting to rapid changes in the current digital multichannel environment, as well as to changes in audiences’ viewing and consumption patterns.

New appointments to CCPR

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:05:00 BST

CCPR is pleased to announce the appointment of two new colleagues. Dr Ealasaid Munro, who joined on 1 April, is postdoctoral researcher on the new study of Cultural Enterprise Office.

New visiting fellow from Madrid

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:07:00 BST

Dr Asier Aranzubia of Carlos III University in Madrid has just joined CCPR until the end of August.

New book by Gillian Doyle

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:48:00 BST

A second fully revised edition of Understanding Media Economics by Gillian Doyle has been published.

Examining BBC coverage of Economics

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:57:00 BST

Raymond Boyle spoke at the Interrogating Economics in the Public Sphere conference at Cambridge University on 18 April.

University of St Andrews, Centre for Film Studies Seminar

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:15:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger spoke on the UK Film Council and film policy at the Centre for Film Studies, University of St Andrews on 16 April.

Imagining Scotland through Cultural Policy

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:08:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger gave the keynote lecture at the 'Imagining Scotland through Cultural Policy' conference held at Queen Margaret University on 10 April.

Media Pluralism and Freedom in a Connected Europe at the IIEA in Dublin, March 2013

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 10:59:00 GMT

Following on from her work as supervisor on the report of the EU High Level Group on Media Freedom and Pluralism published in January 2013, Gillian Doyle attended a seminar on Media Pluralism and Freedom in a Connected Europe at the Institute of International and European Affairs (IIEA) in Dublin

Communications regulation in Scotland

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 16:07:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's blog on Scotland and media and communications regulation

Future of printed media debate

Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:35:00 GMT

CCPR's Philip Schlesinger was a member of the panel debate on the future of the printed media on 4 March which was chaired by Andrew Neil.

New research on Basque and Gaelic language and media policies

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:42:00 GMT

Dr Agurtzane Elordui of he University of the Basque Country is the new Basque visiting fellow in CCPR.

Television and the coverage of Business

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:24:00 GMT

New research from Raymond Boyle and Lisa Kelly entitled Television, Business Entertainment, and Civic Culture, appears in the January issue of Television and New Media

Experts, academics and cultural governance?

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 10:27:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's latest publication is expertise, the academy and the governance of cultural policy, Media Culture Society

Devolution and independence: future of Scottish media

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:10:00 GMT

CCPR's Philip Schlesinger gave the closing talk at the international one-day workshop on 'Devolution and independence: future of Scottish media' held at Edinburgh University on 7 January as part of the EU-funded Mediadem programme.

TV, locality and the Border

Fri, 30 Nov 2012 08:57:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger's latest blogpost for Advice to Ofcom looks at the relicensing of Channel 3 and its implications pre the independence referendum http://bit.ly/SdgmBe

Media Management students visit Pacific Quay

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:28:00 GMT

Students on the Masters programme in Media Management visited the BBC's digital headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow on November 14th.

Policy Conference - EU Competencies in Respect of Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Oct 29)

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 11:36:00 GMT

Gillian attended a workshop at the European University Institute in Florence in connection with her work as supervisor on a EU-funded study on 'European Union competencies in respect of media pluralism and media freedom' being produced by the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (CMPF).

CREATe at ESRC Festival of Social Science

Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:14:00 GMT

'What constitutes evidence for copyright policy?' was co-sponsored by new copyright and creative economy centre CREATe, which is headquartered at the University of Glasgow and closely linked to CCPR.

Glasgow Life
Glasgow Life

Glasgow Lectures on Culture now on stream

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:16:00 GMT

Three short films featuring extracts from the Glasgow Lectures on Culture 2011/12 by Sir Clive Gillinson, Sir Michael Boyd and Dr Aleks Krotoski are now available online.

CCPR Seminar paper

Tue, 30 Oct 2012 15:04:00 GMT

Dr Maria Graciela Rodriguez, professor at the Universities of Buenos Aires and San Martin and visiting Thalmann Fellow in CCPR, delivered a paper at the conclusion of her fellowship.

The BBC and Scottish independence debate

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:58:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's latest blog on the Advice to Ofcom website can be found here: http://advicetoofcom.org.uk/blog/2012/10/broadcasting-and-consequences-scottish-independence

Cultural policy and creative industries conference

Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:44:00 BST

CCPR's Professor Philip Schlesinger spoke on 'Cultural policy and the idea of the creative economy' at the international symposium on 'Cultural policies and creative industries in Japan and Scotland' held at the University of Edinburgh on 11 October 2012. His paper can be accessed here‎.

CCPR to study cultural enterprise

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 11:17:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger and Dr Melanie Selfe have been awarded an AHRC knowledge exchange grant for a one-year study of the Glasgow-based Cultural Enterprise Office.

Appointment to ESRC Scotland research panel

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:10:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger has been appointed a member of the ESRC's Scotland Senior Fellowships panel which will shortly select research projects to be undertaken in the run-up to the independence referendum in 2014.

Visiting research fellow, Dr Maria Graciela Rodriguez

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 16:17:00 BST

Dr Maria Graciela Rodriguez of the University of Buenos Aires is a visiting research fellow at CCPR during September and October.

The Media and Sports Governance

Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:27:00 BST

Raymond Boyle has been invited to speak on The role of the Media in Sports Governance at Sciences PO, Paris on 21 September.

Social Media and Sports Journalism

Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:37:00 BST

A new chapter by Raymond Boyle in a book on football fandom looks at the changing relationship between social media, journalism and PR in sports culture.

CCPR links up with CREATe

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:31:00 BST

The Centre for Copyright and New Business Models in the Creative Economy, whose formation was announced by the AHRC on 9 August, will be of major importance for CCPR's future development.

Ofcom Logo2
Ofcom Logo2

Scotland's digital haves and have-nots

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 10:42:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger reflects on Ofcom's latest Communications Market Report for Scotland.

Philip Schlesinger speaks at ICCPR 2012 in Barcelona

Wed, 18 Jul 2012 14:12:00 BST

CCPR's director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, delivered a paper on 'Expertise, the academy and the governance of cultural policy' in the Central Sessions of the VII International Conference on Cultural Policy Research,

Visiting Researcher to CCPR

Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:48:00 BST

Dr Belén Monclús Blancois has joined CCPR for a 3 month research period. She is a lecturer from the Audiovisual Communication and Advertising Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and researcher at the GRISS (The Image, Sound and Synthesis Research Group).

After the Eurosphere?

Wed, 27 Jun 2012 15:24:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger was an invited panellist at the forum on the ‘European public sphere’ at the EC-financed Eurosphere research programme's final conference

Basque Seminar Public Service Media and Convergence

Thu, 14 Jun 2012 13:13:00 BST

As part of CCPR's Basque Fellowship programme, the Centre hosted a Seminar on 19th June.

Completion of Teaching at the Ibero-American Institute

Wed, 09 May 2012 09:06:00 BST

On May 3, as holder of the 2011-12 Chair in Communication at the University of Salamanca, Philip Schlesinger completed teaching a Masters course on critical perspectives on the creative economy at the Ibero-American Institute.

Twenty-first century literacy debated

Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:56:00 BST

On 21 March, CCPR hosted an end-of-project seminar on 'Twenty-first century literacy', which focused on the impact of communications technologies on schooling and the implications for reform of the curriculum.

UCFC
UCFC

AHRC research grant awarded to CCPR to work on UK film policy

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:21:00 GMT

CCPR has been awarded a grant of £317,000 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

The Television
The Television

New Research of the Television Entrepreneurs

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:59:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle and Lisa W. Kelly have written a new book that examines how business and entrepreneurship are represented on television.

Ofcom Logo2
Ofcom Logo2

Measuring Media Plurality

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 13:28:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle participated in a seminar intended to inform work on re-designing UK media ownership policy at Ofcom on March 1st.

ESRC
ESRC

CCPR awarded ESRC research grant to work on multi-platform convergence

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:47:00 GMT

CCPR has been awarded a grant of £445,000 by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to carry out research on economic and policy aspects of digital media convergence.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

The future of the digitised press talk

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 10:49:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger gave the concluding talk at the conference on 'The future of the digitised press' held at the Conservatoire national des arts et metiers in Paris on 13 December.

Gillian Doyle chairs OECD Workshop

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 09:58:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle Chaired a Technical Workshop on the Economics of Regulation at the OECD in Paris in December where experts discussed how recent developments in the economics can inform the construction of the OECD STRI in network industries and in sectors characterised by two-sided platforms.

CCPR research portrayed on YouTube

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:17:00 BST

Interviews following CCPR's seminar on 'Music and Dance – beyond copyright text?' are now featured on the AHRC's Beyond Text site on YouTube.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

Local TV and the Scottish Digital Network

Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:53:00 BST

See Philip Schlesinger's analysis on the LSE's media policy project's blog.

Glasgow Life
Glasgow Life

The Glasgow Lectures in Culture 2011-12

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:20:00 BST

CCPR's director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, is co-directing this new lecture series by leading cultural figures. The lectures are intended to create a new space for discussion.

Twenty-first century literacy debated

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:37:00 BST

On 21 March, CCPR hosted an end-of-project seminar on 'Twenty-first century literacy', which focused on the impact of communications technologies on schooling and the implications for reform of the curriculum.

New Basque Fellow in CCPR

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:38:00 GMT

CCPR welcomes Dr Ainara Larrondo Ureta to the Centre.

Norwegian symbol
Norwegian symbol

Norwegian Ministry of Culture - Media Concentrations

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:03:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was invited to give a presentation on media ownership regulation to the Expert Committee on Media Concentrations at the Norwegian Ministry of Culture in Oslo on October 11, 2011.

Thursday 9th February - Michael Boyd Lecture at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:07:00 GMT

Complimentary tickets for staff and students for the Michael Boyd Lecture, 9th February at 6pm prompt at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall

Krot
Krot

Thursday 1st March 2012, Aleks Krotoski, New Media writer on The Observer and BBC Presenter

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:10:00 GMT

The next of The Glasgow Lectures in Culture - 'The cult of me meets the cult of we' - will be delivered by Dr Aleks Krotoski, broadcaster, journalist and academic, at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on 1 March at 6.00pm. Tickets are complimentary to University of Glasgow staff and students.

Study on Trade in Audiovisual Services for OECD

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 15:42:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle presented a report commissioned by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) on Audiovisual Trade and Cultural Policy

Debate on the Scottish press

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:01:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger commented in the Sunday Herald on the implications of recent cuts at the Record and Sunday Mail. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/does-scotland-need-the-record-1.1106410

Clive
Clive

Sir Clive Gillinson, Carnegie Hall, New York

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:39:00 GMT

As part of The Glasgow Lectures on Culture 2011-2012, Sir Clive Gillinson of Carnegie Hall, New York joined us at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall to examine funding of the arts in Europe and America.

New Research into Sport and Media Management

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:32:00 BST

Raymond Boyle (with Richard Haynes) have a new research chapter entitled Sport, the Media & Strategic Communications Management in a new sports management book, Managing Sport Business (eds. Linda Trenberth and David Hassan) (Routledge).

CCPR hosts Beyond Text seminar

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:34:00 BST

The Centre’s AHRC-funded research on ‘Music and Dance: Beyond Copyright Text?’ concluded with an end of project seminar on 6 September.

Workshop on the crisis of public service media

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:31:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger opened the 2011 academic meeting of the European Working Group on 'Public Service Media and in the Information and Knowledge Society'

Scottish Parliament
Scottish Parliament

Expert advises on Scotland Bill

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 14:57:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger, Director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, has been appointed to advise the Scotland Bill Committee of the Scottish Parliament on broadcasting issues.

Post-doctoral success

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:40:00 BST

Congratulations to Christine Lohmeier who received her PhD earlier this year and has now been appointed to a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Munich. Christine will work in the editorial office of the journal Communication Theory as well as pursuing her own research projects.

New documentary on creative work published

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:35:00 BST

'Performers on the edge', a documentary short produced by Professors Philip Schlesinger and Charlotte Waelde, has been published by the peer-reviewed journal, Audiovisual Thinking.

CCPR becomes Polish case study

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 14:49:00 BST

An interview with Professor Philip Schlesinger and related commentary has been published in a new Polish textbook, published in Krakow both in Polish and English.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

Smoke, mirrors and the creative economy

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 13:22:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger opened a one-day international seminar on the creative industries held at the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme Paris Nord on 7 June. In his paper, 'Smoke and mirrors: the politics and economics of the creative industries in the UK'.

AHRC
AHRC

16 June 2011 AHRC-funded project Public Understanding of Business: Television, Representation and Entrepreneurship Symposium

Tue, 07 Jun 2011 10:08:00 BST

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR) is hosting a symposium to discuss the AHRC-funded project Public Understanding of Business: Television, Representation and Entrepreneurship on Thursday 16 June 2011.

Seminar Pic
Seminar Pic

3 June 2011 Seminar: Minority Languages and the Economy: The Case of Gaelic

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:33:00 BST

As part of CCPR's Basque Fellowship programme, the Centre hosted a seminar on 3 June on the association between minority languages and economic development focusing on Gaelic within contemporary Scotland.

OECD
OECD

OECD Experts Meeting on Trade in Audiovisual Services

Tue, 24 May 2011 09:36:00 BST

Gillian Doyle was awarded a small grant by the OECD to report on international trade in television at the OECD Experts Meeting on Trade in Audiovisual Services on 19-20 April in Paris.

Impact Data Base Transfers to DCMS

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:23:00 BST

From 31st March 2011 the Impact Database will no longer be held by the Centre for Cultural Policy Research.

Reflections on Krakow City of Culture 2000

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:39:00 BST

Dr Bozena Gierat-Bieron from Jagiellonian University in Poland recently visited the Centre and presented a seminar based on her research into the cultural impact of Karokow's experience as a European City of Culture in 2000.

Civic Cultures Conference in Lund

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:19:00 BST

Professor Raymond Boyle presented research from the AHRC project on the Television Entrepreneurs and Public Knowledge at the Civic Cultures conference in Lund, Sweden on 31 March.

Visiting Professor Appointment

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:31:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger Appointed Visiting Professor at LUISS

Visit to Paris 1 Sorbonne

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:35:00 BST

MSc director taught for a week at the University of Paris 1 Sorbonne as part of the Master 2 Droit

Director of ACT presents to MSc class

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:40:00 BST

Director of the Association of Commercial Broadcasters presents to the MSc in Media Management class

Research seminar at the LSE

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:39:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger spoke at the LSE’s Department of Media and Communication.

Professor Philip Schlesinger Appointed Visiting Professor at LUISS

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 08:48:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger, director of the Centre for Cultural Policy Research, has been appointed a Visiting Professor in the Department of History and Political Science at LUISS, the leading social sciences university in Rome. He will teach there in autumn 2011.

Research on the British Reception of French Cinema

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:01:00 GMT

Research by Melanie Selfe exploring how British viewers use concepts of national cinema to understand 'extreme' films is included in a new edited collection.

Media Management class visits BBC Scotland
Media Management class visits BBC Scotland

Media Management class visits BBC Scotland

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:03:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle recently took the MSc in Media Management class, as part of their Media Economics course, on a site visit to BBC Scotland’s technologically advanced digital headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow.

New Research on Sport, Media and issues of Trust

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:51:00 GMT

Research by Raymond Boyle entitled Sport and the Media in the UK: The Long Revolution, has just been published in Sport and Society Vol. 13, No 9 November 2010.

Mapping Futures for News: New Report into Scottish News Market

Thu, 02 Dec 2010 10:47:00 GMT

CCPR, along with the Universities of Strathclyde and Stirling were involved in a Mapping the Futures for News seminar earlier in the year.

Scottish Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (SORSAS) for PhD study

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:53:00 GMT

Scottish Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme (SORSAS) for PhD study is now open to applications.

Arts Councils: Experiences and Challenges

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 15:32:00 GMT

Susan Galloway was a participant in a roundtable discussion, 'Arts Councils: Experiences and Challenges', held at the University of Barcelona on Tuesday 9 November.

The Celebrity Entrepreneur on Television

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:16:00 GMT

New research from Raymond Boyle and Lisa Kelly examining the rise of the celebrity entrepreneur on television appears in the November issue of Celebrity Studies.

Ann Markusen
Ann Markusen

Creative Placemaking: A View from Economics and Urban Planning

Tue, 09 Nov 2010 10:57:00 GMT

Professor Ann Markusen, UK Fulbright Distinguished Chair at the Glasgow School of Art for 2010/11, presented her research on artists and cities at CCPR on Wednesday 17 November.

CCPR’s director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, was visiting professor at CELSA

Wed, 03 Nov 2010 14:51:00 GMT

CCPR’s director, Professor Philip Schlesinger, was visiting professor at CELSA, the specialised communications school at the Université de Paris IV-Sorbonne in the second half of October.

D Booth
D Booth

David Booth of MTV visits MSc in Media Management class

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:56:00 BST

David Booth, VP of Content and Programming at MTV Brands International and an honorary Professor within CCPR, visited the Centre on October 15th and gave a guest lecture on the changing economics of the television industry to the MSc in Media Management class.

Oslo Uni
Oslo Uni

EU Audiovisual Policy

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:54:00 BST

Gillian Doyle led a seminar on October 18th on EU regulation of audiovisual industries at the Institute for Communications (IMK), University of Oslo where she is a visiting Professor.

`Ink to Hyperlink`

Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:22:00 BST

CCPR hosted an international seminar on digitisation and changing trends in book publishing on October 14th.

State of play of Scotland’s culture

State of play of Scotland’s culture

Philip Schlesinger gave the opening keynote at the conference ‘State of Play: Art and Culture in Scotland Today’, held at the University of Glasgow’s Gilmorehill Centre. With 190 attendees from across Scotland’s arts world, the conference, organized by the ahm consultancy, testified to the great appetite for debate on the future of funding. Philip’s lecture set out the UK and Scottish policy context for culture and reflected on the issues confronting Creative Scotland. From the floor, Susan Galloway gave an invited comment based on her research into the Scottish Arts Council. The conference proceedings will be published in due course by ahm.

New CCPR publication

Philip Schlesinger’s reflections on academic research and values have just been published in Italian as ‘I valori della ricerca universitaria e le politiche culturali’ in the CMCS Working Papers. Click on this link to download the PDF. Also available on the ISSUU platform:

http://issuu.com/mediaresearch/docs/cmcswp_0610rrr?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Fcolor%2Flayout.xml&backgroundColor=2A5083&showFlipBtn=true&logo=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.luiss.edu%2Fcommunication%2Ffiles%2F2010%2F09%2Flogocmcs2.jpg

Gruppo Europeo di Torino debates public service media

Philip Schlesinger opened and concluded the deliberations of a network of European academic researchers brought together to debate the future of public service media by Infocivica, the Italian civil society organization. The group met in Turin in the broadcaster RAI’s Arturo Toscanini Auditorium on 21 September 2010. For details of the programme and the discussion go to:

http://www.infocivica.eu/prix_italia_2010/programma.htm

ICCPR 2010
ICCPR 2010

ICCPR 2010

Thu, 16 Sep 2010 13:52:00 BST

Susan Galloway presented findings from her historical study of Scottish arts policy at the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research (ICCPR2010) held in Jyvaskala, Finland 24-27 August 2010.

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G12

Visitors to CCPR

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:31:00 BST

CCPR is pleased to welcome two new visitors to the Centre. Dr Jose M. Zendoia Sainz & Adolfo Carratalá.

Convergence
Convergence

Convergence special issue on New Media and Sport

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:21:00 BST

Raymond Boyle has co-edited with Professor Garry Whannel a special issue on New Media and Sport of the journal Convergence, which has just been published.

Raymond Boyle
Raymond Boyle

Visit to Argentine Government to discuss Culture Industries

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:39:00 BST

Raymond was invited by the Culture Ministry of the Argentine Government to speak at their two day seminar on the Culture Industries, which was held at the Foreign Affairs Ministry in Buenos Aires on 12/13 August.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

Research on the BBC and creativity

Fri, 13 Aug 2010 11:38:00 BST

An article by Philip Schlesinger reflecting on the BBC's 'creative turn' under Director-General Greg Dyke has just been published.

Main Building
Main Building

New PhD Success

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:51:00 BST

Congratulations to Floris Langen who recently gained his Doctorate from the Centre.

IAMCR
IAMCR

CCPR at the IAMCR 2010

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:27:00 BST

Raymond Boyle recently presented research entitled, Citizen Sport? Television, Sport and National Events in the UK, at the International Association of Media and Communication Research 2010 conference in Braga, Portugal.

G12
G12

Seminar on representations of sex and violence in the media

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:52:00 BST

For its fourth seminar in the Basque Fellowship series, CCPR focused on representations of sex and violence in the media.

TV & Media Cover
TV & Media Cover

New Research: The Rise of Business Programmes on Television

Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:31:00 BST

New research examining the rise of the business entertainment format on television has been published by the journal Television and New Media.

SAC Logo
SAC Logo

Scottish Arts Council study

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:28:00 BST

The first published output of the Scottish Arts Council study conducted by CCPR between 2008-2010 appears in the current issue of the journal Cultural Trends (Vol 19, Issue 1&2). The article, "The Scottish dimension of British arts government: a historical perspective", by Susan Galloway and Huw David Jones.

Culture and Economics

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:57:00 BST

Gillian Doyle gave her ACEI Presidential address on problems and opportunities related to applying economic analysis to cultural activities at the 16th International Conference on Cultural Economics at Copenhagen Business School in June 2010.

KRobins
KRobins

Kevin Robins becomes CCPR Research Associate

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:10:00 BST

We are delighted to announce that Kevin Robins has become a CCPR research associate. Kevin has held chairs at City, Goldsmiths and Newcastle universities. Now based in Istanbul, he is currently a visiting fellow at Goldsmiths University of London, where has led research on 'Europe in motion'.

photo of the sorbonne
photo of the sorbonne

Visiting professorships at the Sorbonne and the LSE

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:29:00 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger has been appointed to visiting professorships at the London School of Economics and the Sorbonne.

sport and the media
sport and the media

Visit to University of Porto

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:12:00 BST

Raymond Boyle gave the final talk in a series of public lectures on sports media held at the University of Porto and sponsored by Portuguese newspaper O Jogo. The talk entitled Sport, the BBC and Journalism in the Digital Age was given on 25 May.

portrait of Philip Schlesinger
portrait of Philip Schlesinger

Advice on new projects

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:23:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger has joined the external advisory board of a 14 country, three-year FP7 project on ‘European Media Policies Revisited: Valuing and Reclaiming Free and Independent Media in Contemporary Democratic Systems’ (MEDIADEM).

SAC logo
SAC logo

Arts policy and national identity seminar at CCPR

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 14:08:00 BST

The seminar ‘Arts Policy and National Identity in Scotland: Past and Future’ marked the conclusion of a CCPR project investigating the history of the Scottish Arts Council, supported by the Arts & Humanities Research Council.

cinema
cinema

SCMS Conference 2010

Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:13:00 BST

Melanie Selfe presented a paper on ‘Film Criticism in the Dock: Examining the proper performance of cultural critique in postwar Britain’ at the Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference in Los Angeles, March 2010.

EU Forum on Cultural Industries

Thu, 01 Apr 2010 11:13:00 BST

Gillian Doyle led the discussion on ‘Local and European production in a world of global markets’ at the EU Forum on Cultural Industries in Barcelona on March 29 at which Odile Quintin presented an outline of the forthcoming EC Green paper on Cultural and Creative Industries.

Telefonica
Telefonica

New publication

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:09:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger’s short essay on current thinking on the ‘creative economy’ has been published in the 25th anniversary issue of the leading Spanish-language journal, Telos, with which Philip collaborated with from the start.

photo of a television controller
photo of a television controller

EMMA Conference 2010 – Changing Ecology of Media

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:32:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle spoke at the opening plenary of the European Media Management Association (EMMA) annual conference 2010 at the University of Westminster, London on February 5th about strategic responses to convergence in the television industry.

photo of books
photo of books

New publications in media, journalism and business television

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:34:00 GMT

Some recent publications involving Raymond Boyle are now available online.

picture of a computer chip
picture of a computer chip

Public service broadcasting seminar at CCPR

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:25:00 GMT

CCPR’s workshop on ‘Public Service and the Impacts of Digitisation’ recently brought some key speakers to Glasgow.

Peter Golding
Peter Golding

Peter Golding becomes CCPR Research Associate

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:45:00 GMT

We are delighted that Peter Golding, Professor of Sociology and co-Director of the Communication Research Centre at the University of Loughborough, has become a CCPR research associate.

meccsa pic for Jan 2009 conference
meccsa pic for Jan 2009 conference

CCPR goes to MeCCSA 2100

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:09:00 GMT

CCPR was well represented at the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies’ Associations 2010 annual conference at the LSE. The conference theme was “Media, Communication, Policy and Practice’ and attracted over 300 delegates.

Beyond Text programme final event

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:17:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger gave a project presentation at the final event of the AHRC Beyond Text programme award holders.

Research on TV and Enterprise presented at Dept of BIS Seminar

Raymond Boyle presented initial findings from the AHRC research project at a seminar held by the Dept of Business Innovation and Skills in London on December 13.  The Seminar was examining the impact of the media on perceptions of enterprise among the public. More info: http://www.gla.ac.uk/centres/ccpr/research/publicunderstandingofbusinesstelevisionrepresentationandentrepreneurship/
 

Research seminar at the LSE

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:24:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger spoke on continuities and discontinuities in UK government media and cultural policy in the Research Encounters slot at the LSE’s Department of Media and Communication on 12 January.

Philip Schlesinger's blog post on Scottish Government's post-independence regulatory reforms

Mon, 26 Aug 2013 15:28:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's blog post on Scottish Government's post-independence regulatory reforms

Philip Schlesinger's blog on Ofcom's Communication Market Report 2013

Tue, 20 Aug 2013 15:43:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger's blog on Ofcom's Communication Market Report 2013

Welcome to our new MSc in Media Management students

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:58:00 BST

The Centre is delighted to extend a warm welcome to the new arrivals who started their studies last week on our Masters in Media Management.

Philip Schlesinger's latest advice to Ofcom blogpost

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 16:08:00 BST

http://advicetoofcom.org.uk/blog/2013/09/channel-4-needs-do-more-and-uk-nations

The future of listed events television in the UK

Mon, 30 Sep 2013 11:49:00 BST

Raymond Boyle has a chapter, No Longer the Crown Jewels of Sport? Television, Sport and National Events in the UK, in a new collection called Sport, Public Broadcasting and Cultural Citizenship edited by Jay Scherer and David Rowe and published by Routledge.

Visiting Fellows will research media, culture and sports

Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:18:00 BST

Two new visiting fellows have joined CCPR this semester.

PROFESSOR PHILIP SCHLESINGER HONOURED IN SPAIN

Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:43:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger, Professor in Cultural Policy, has been made the first-ever foreign Honorary Member (Socio de Honor) of the Spanish Association for Communication Research (Asociación Española de Investigación de la Comunicación).

New Book Published: THE TALENT INDUSTRY: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and new Digital Pathways

Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:07:00 BST

A new book by Raymond Boyle exploring how the digital multiplatform delivery of television is affecting the role performed by cultural intermediaries responsible for talent identification and development has been published.

Scottish Government’s Culture Strategy

Wed, 26 Sep 2018 11:01:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger chaired the Royal Society of Edinburgh’s working party on the Scottish Government’s Culture Strategy. The RSE’s response can be accessed here: www.rse.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/AP18_16.pdf

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships programme.

Fri, 28 Sep 2018 15:45:00 BST

CCPR Director Gillian Doyle has been appointed to the Peer Review College of the UK Research and Innovation Future Leaders Fellowships programme.

Talk on ‘Sport, Media and Issues of Governance’ at Paris Event

Mon, 01 Oct 2018 13:33:00 BST

Raymond Boyle was an invited speaker on the 5th edition of the Executive Masters in Sports Governance programme (MESGO) held in Paris last week which is supported by UEFA. He spoke on ‘Media, sport and issues of governance’ at the Paris Saint Germain (PSG) stadium on Thursday 27 September. More details at www.mesgo.org/

Reflections on Renato Ortiz’s ‘Modern Brazilian Tradition’

Thu, 11 Oct 2018 13:23:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s essay on Brazilian anthropologist and sociologist Renato Ortiz’s ‘Modern Brazilian Tradition’, thirty years on, has just been published and can be downloaded here: http://revistas.unisinos.br/index.php/ciencias_sociais/article/view/csu.2018.54.2.04/60746409

Understanding Media Economics (2nd Edition) - Chinese Version

Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:41:00 GMT

A Chinese translated version of Gillian Doyle's book Understanding Media Economics (2nd Edition) has been published as part of a prestigious series of international works on media by Tsinghua University Press.

Podcast discusses new research into the relationship between Television and Talent Development

Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:35:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle took part in a podcast to discuss his new book, The Talent Industry: Television, Cultural Intermediaries and New Digital Pathways (published in September) that looked at how the television industry, in the multi-platform age is identifying, nurturing and developing on and off screen talent.

Media Management class visits BBC

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle recently took the MSc in Media Management class, as part of their Media Economics course, on a site visit to BBC Scotland’s digital headquarters at Pacific Quay in Glasgow.

CCPR contributes to PEC

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:42:00 GMT

Working in conjunction with CREATe at the University of Glasgow, CCPR is a part of the consortium led by NESTA which was recently appointed to run a new AHRC-funded UK Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC).

Cultural diplomacy 2.0

Fri, 07 Dec 2018 13:59:00 GMT

Professor Philip Schlesinger spoke about new intermediaries and platform regulation at the European University Institute’s executive training seminar on how cultural diplomacy is presently being reshaped in the digital age. The event was held on 28-30 November 2018 in Florence.

Screen Scotland Television Talent Briefing

Thu, 13 Dec 2018 10:47:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle was invited to Screen Scotland to discuss his new book The Talent Industry. A briefing session with members of Screen Scotland regarding issues of talent development and the television industry took place on Monday 10 December at Creative Scotland in Edinburgh.

The regulation of internet platforms

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:27:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger was respondent to the panel on internet platform regulation at the symposium on 'European Intellectual Property and its Limits'.

CCPR out in force at MeCCSA2019

Fri, 25 Jan 2019 11:29:00 GMT

CCPR academics covered the waterfront at the Media Communications and Cultural Studies Association’s 2019 annual conference on 9-11 January 2019. The topic was ‘Continuity and change: media, communications and politics’ was held at the University of Stirling, with over 200 delegates attending from 19 different countries.

Democracy and the digital society in question

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:18:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger represented the Royal Society of Edinburgh at the international forum on ‘Democracy in a digital society’ held at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities on 24 January 2019. Co-organised by the All European Academies and the Re-imagine Europa task force, this event indicated the deep unease presently assailing European Union institutions and key elites as they are confronted by unpredictable and deep-rooted political changes.

PhD graduate Clare Edwards takes on new role

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 09:44:00 GMT

Clare Edwards began working as Cultural Regeneration Officer at Renfrewshire Council in Autumn 2018, as part of a new Cultural Regeneration Team building on the legacy of Paisley’s UK City of Culture bid. Clare’s role involves providing cultural policy expertise, identifying new opportunities, delivering existing commitments and developing relationships connected to the Paisley Partnership. Clare passed her PhD viva at CCPR in October 2018.

Creative Economy Workshop in Glasgow

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 14:42:00 GMT

Raymond Boyle spoke about the television industry and diversity and inclusion issues at the CUSP Creative Economy: Critical Perspectives workshop held at the Lighthouse in Glasgow on Friday 1 March.

Television and Talent, Public Lecture at Lund University, Sweden

Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:14:00 GMT

Raymond was invited to give a Public Lecture on the Talent Industry and Television at the University of Lund on Wednesday 13 March. He also spoke on a panel at the Media Mixing Conference held at the University on Thursday 14 March.

Dr Inge Sørensen interprets Brexit and its impact on the British Union in Danish Media

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 14:29:00 BST

During the UK’s Brexit negotiations in April 2019, Dr Inge Sørensen wrote an analysis of the political ramifications for the nations and regions for Politiken (the Danish equivalent of the Independent)

Dublin and Glasgow: Creative Cities Summit

Mon, 13 May 2019 12:34:00 BST

The Dublin-Glasgow Creative Cities Summit took place at the British Embassy in Dublin on 10 May. Organised by UofG Pro-Vice-Principal Professor Murray Pittock, this meeting brought together leading officials, cultural sector professionals and academics to explore new collaborations between the two cities.

CCPR and FTV contribute to special issue of Media Education Journal

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 13:23:00 BST

A special issue of Media Education Journal 65 (2) with contributions from CCPR and Film and Television at University of Glasgow was published in June 2019.

New publication on cultural prescription and expertise

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 14:59:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s reflections on cultural expertise in contemporary politics and his own role in undertaking expert work have just been published in French in the journal Territoires Contemporains.

Scotland’s media: new blog

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:41:44 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s reflections on the state of the media in Scotland have been published by the Centre on Constitutional Change.

CCPR hosts creative industries policy workshop

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:45:25 BST

A creative industries policy workshop was held on 23 September at The Lighthouse in Glasgow. The workshop was set up to feed a range of views from Scotland into the creative industries research project at Queen Mary University London, which is comparing policy in the UK and Brazil. Twenty speakers contributed.

CCPR PhD Successes

Fri, 25 Oct 2019 13:46:00 BST

Congratulations to both Dr Normahfuzah Ahmad and Dr Abdulnasser Alabri who both recently successfully passed their vivas here at the Centre.

European values: economics or identity?

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:44:00 GMT

Philip Schlesinger spoke on ‘The European creative economy and the politics of cultural values’ at the Final Conference of the ValEUR Project on ‘How “European values” unite and divide’.

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen analysed the UK 2019 election in the Danish 24 news channel TV2 News

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 12:33:00 GMT

Throughout December Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen has analysed the UK election 2019 in the Danish 24 news channel TV2 News/ TV2 Nyhederne.

Creative Industries and Creative Arts

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 09:08:45 GMT

Gillian Doyle gave the opening address on 'Television in Transition: The UK Case' at a symposium on changes in creative industries at the Museum of Literature (MoLi) in Dublin.

New platform regulation research gets first airing

Fri, 28 Feb 2020 13:32:06 GMT

Together with his CREATe colleagues Martin Kretschmer and Ula Furgal, CCPR’s Philip Schlesinger presented new research on the regulation of internet platforms at a half-day conference that also dealt with new research on intellectual property litigation.

After the post-public sphere

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:14:22 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s new article, ‘After the post-public sphere’ has been published in Media, Culture & Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/0163443720948003.

Online Workshops delivered with UEFA

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 15:19:58 BST

Raymond Boyle took part in July in three online workshops hosted by UEFA and the Football Federations of Georgia, Iceland and Wales. The workshops formed part of the Certificate in Football Management (CFM) programme delivered by the University of Lausanne and UEFA.

Philip Schlesinger’s new chapter on ‘Scotland’s dual public sphere and the media’ is published in the Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics.

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:23:46 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s new chapter on ‘Scotland’s dual public sphere and the media’ is published in the Oxford Handbook of Scottish Politics.

CCPR PGR Student Yanling Zhu Wedding
CCPR PGR Student Yanling Zhu Wedding

Wedding in the Memorial Chapel

Thu, 27 Aug 2020 11:25:00 BST

Yanling Zhu, who is entering the third year of her PhD in CCPR, married fellow doctoral student Louie Liu in the University’s Memorial Chapel on 25 August. The service was conducted by Pamela Clocherty of the Humanist Society of Scotland.

Philip Schlesinger speaks on regulation at EPIP2020

Thu, 10 Sep 2020 11:16:41 BST

Due to the Covid-19 emergency, this year’s European Policy on Intellectual Policy conference (EPIP2020) was held online.

The future of Public Service Media - Small Screen: Big Debate

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 11:56:00 BST

Gillian Doyle participated as an invited expert in discussions with Ofcom as part of a Review on the future of public service broadcasting and associated public policy measures.

The early history of product placement in film

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 10:09:12 BST

In path-breaking archival research into the history of independent cinema production and how it was marketed, Melanie Selfe has investigated how Samuel Goldwyn and his distributor United Artists aggressively used bespoke branded product-placement and associated promotions to sell their biggest films.

Future of Media in Ireland

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 12:06:00 BST

Professor Gillian Doyle has been appointed a member of the new eight-person Commission, led by President of Dublin City University Professor Brian MacCraith, and established by the Department of the Taoiseach.

Covid-19 and communications

Fri, 06 Nov 2020 15:32:34 GMT

The Royal Society of Edinburgh has set up the Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission and four associated working groups.

Roundtable on the UK R&D Roadmap and research in the devolved nations

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 14:02:14 GMT

On 7 October, representatives of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Royal Irish Academy and the Learned Society of Wales met at a Foundation for Science and Technology roundtable

Evidence on PSB to the DCMS committee

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:28:51 GMT

Philip Schlesinger was invited to give oral evidence on the future of public service broadcasting to the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee’s session, held on 17 November.

Webinar 24 November on Sport, Identity and Globalisation

Tue, 17 Nov 2020 15:29:55 GMT

To launch a new book edited by Xavier Ginesta et al called Sport, Globalisation and Identity, there will be a webinar on 24 November at 5pm. It will feature short presentations from some of the contributors, including Raymond Boyle. Details are at https://info.uvic.cat/sport-globalisation-and-identity/

Talk on platform regulation to Ofcom’s Scottish Advisory Committee

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:13:50 GMT

Philip Schlesinger presented his analysis of ‘The future shape of platform regulation’ to Ofcom’s Advisory Committee for Scotland on 1 December. The talk drew on his current research in the AHRC-funded Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre’s programme of work. Committee members raised a wide range of questions.

Science, the media and the pandemic

Tue, 08 Dec 2020 09:27:05 GMT

Philip Schlesinger was the respondent in the online session on ‘Pandemic journalism: walking the tightrope between science and politics?’, which was part of the ‘Coronavirus, statistical chaos and the news’ joint symposium of Bournemouth University, Royal Statistical Society, and Association of British Science Writers, held on 4 December 2020. For those who want to follow the proceedings, the event will be posted online soon by the three bodies concerned.

Sports Communication Research interview published in China

Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:21:32 GMT

An interview with Raymond Boyle discussing the evolving sport media research field has been published in Chinese in The Journal of Chengdu Sport University, Vol. 47 No 1, 2021.

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen's article 'Sex and safety on set' is published in Feminist Media Studies.

Tue, 16 Feb 2021 15:12:17 GMT

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen's article 'Sex and safety on set: Intimacy Coordinators in television drama and film in the VOD and post-Weinstein era', is published in Feminist Media Studies.

New Handbook on Sports Journalism

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:30:13 GMT

Raymond Boyle has a chapter, A new Golden Age?, in the Routledge Handbook of Sports Journalism, that has been just published.

The Future of Media Commission logo, Ireland
The Future of Media Commission logo, Ireland

Journalism, Democracy and the rise of Misinformation

Fri, 26 Feb 2021 13:29:14 GMT

As part of her work as a Member of the Future of Media Commission in Ireland, Gillian Doyle chaired an international panel on February 25th on the role of policy-makers, public service media and the press in combating the growing challenge of manipulation, dis and misinformation on digital platforms.

Dr Melanie Selfe’s article 'Use the SONGS to sell your SHOW!' shortlisted for the BAFTSS 2021

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 14:08:00 GMT

Dr Melanie Selfe’s article ‘“Use the SONGS to sell your SHOW!”: Sam Goldwyn, the Eddie Cantor musicals and the development of product-centred marketability’ has been shortlisted for the BAFTSS 2021 Best Journal Article award (https://www.baftss.org/awards).

Special Issue of Cultural Trends: Art and Culture in the Viral Emergency

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:35:00 GMT

Mark Banks (with Justin O’Connor, UniSA) has edited a special issue of the journal Cultural Trends, published in February.

Compendium: Interview with Mark Banks

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:37:00 GMT

Compendium of Cultural Policies & Trends featured an interview with Mark Banks about the immediate effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on arts and cultural workers in the UK.

Work less and be more creative?

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 15:39:28 GMT

Mark Banks was quoted in a Financial Times article on alternative economies and the future of work – discussing his interest in ‘creative justice’ and the potential role of creative industries in ‘post-growth’ societies,

The Pandemic, Expertise and the Media

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:34:30 GMT

The Royal Society of Edinburgh held a conversation on this theme on 19 March. This was part of the RSE’s Post-Covid-19 Future’s Commission’s work on the uses of data, evidence and science during the pandemic.

Congratulations, Dr Assel Kamza

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:10:30 BST

Assel Kamza passed her PhD viva on 25 March with flying colours. Her thesis on ‘Kazakh cinema and the nation’ was supervised by Professor Philip Schlesinger and Dr Lynn Whitaker.

Platform regulation in the UK discussed

Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:12:00 BST

With CREATe colleagues Martin Kretschmer and Ula Furgal, Philip Schlesinger presented a paper on ‘The emergence of platform regulation in the UK’.

What Data Means to You

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:23:00 BST

Dr Inge Sorensen and Dr Mark Wong, at the School of Social and Political Science, have been awarded funds from the ESRC IAA User Engagement scheme to create a short film project “What Data Means to You”

Talking about European cultural policy

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 10:27:43 BST

Together with expert colleagues based in Amsterdam, Berlin and Rijeka, Philip Schlesinger joined in the ‘Conversations on Europe’ organised by the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh.

Dr Mel Selfe awarded the IAMHIST-Routledge prize for best article of 2020

Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:15:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Mel Selfe on winning The David H. Culbert IAMHIST-Routledge Prize for Best Article

European cultural policy video now online

Tue, 04 May 2021 14:36:58 BST

View CCPR’s Philip Schlesinger taking part in the ‘Conversations on Europe’ series organised by the University of Pittsburgh.

New book on transformations in ownership in the TV production sector by Gillian Doyle and fellow CCPR authors published.

Mon, 10 May 2021 14:50:00 BST

A new book on transformations in ownership in the TV production sector by Professor Gillian Doyle and fellow authors Richard Paterson and Dr Kenny Barr has been published.

New blog and video on the pandemic and the media

Thu, 13 May 2021 11:52:03 BST

Philip Schlesinger’s blog on the RSE Post-Covid-19 Futures Commission’s discussion of the pandemic and the media, along with his voice-over for the accompanying video illustrations, can be accessed here: https://www.rsecovidcommission.org.uk/the-pandemic-and-the-media/

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen is appointed as member of the Future Leaders Fellowships at UKRI

Wed, 19 May 2021 15:09:00 BST

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen has been appointed as a member of the Future Leaders Fellowships Peer Review College for UK Research and Innovation.

Mark Banks contributes to the UCL Enquiry on the Case for the Humanities

Thu, 20 May 2021 09:22:26 BST

On Monday 17 May Mark Banks was an invited contributor to a roundtable discussion on 'The Humanities and the Economy' as part of a UCL-wide initiative - the UCL Enquiry on the Case for the Humanities - led by Professor Maurice Biriotti.

Gillian Doyle receives Journal of Media Economics Honour Award

Mon, 24 May 2021 13:15:00 BST

Congratulations to Professor Gillian Doyle on receiving the Journal of Media Economics Honour Award.

Mark Banks on ‘Ladder to Somewhere’

Thu, 27 May 2021 12:22:00 BST

Beginning 31 May, over five consecutive days, the BBC Radio 4 series ‘Ladder to Somewhere’ will feature Mark Banks in three episodes, in conversation with award-winning documentary maker and one of his ex-students, Liza Ward.

New research on big tech platform regulation in the UK

Fri, 04 Jun 2021 10:57:07 BST

With much of our time spent on online platforms, now increasingly influential in people’s daily lives, how they are regulated is becoming a vitally important issue. High-profile research conducted at CCPR and CREATe as part of the Arts & Humanities Research Council Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) has analysed how eight government and parliamentary reports and inquiries over an 18-month period have highlighted and set the agenda for platform regulation.

logo for Houses of Oireachtas
logo for Houses of Oireachtas

Participation in Oireachtas Joint Committee about future of media

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 09:39:47 BST

Professor Gillian Doyle presented to a meeting of an Oireachtas Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media along with fellow members of the Future of Media in Commission (FOMC) on June 16th.

Prof Kate Oakley awarded Radboud-Glasgow Collaboration Funds

Thu, 17 Jun 2021 11:20:49 BST

Prof Kate Oakley together with Prof Helleke van den Braber and Dr Yosha Wijngaarden from Radboud University will be collaborating on a project that explore the challenges and potential of co-operative work in pandemic times.

Congratulations to Kate Ngai on successfully defending her PhD thesis

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:54:50 BST

Warm congratulations to Kate Ngai on successfully defending her PhD thesis at her viva here in CCPR in April. With thanks also to the examiners Professor Annette Hill and Dr Lynn Whitaker.

Platform regulation and governance discussed

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:57:55 BST

Terry Flew and Philip Schlesinger’s detailed blog sets the scene for a video discussion of platform regulation and governance aired at the International Communication Association’s 71st annual conference, 27-31 May 2021.

Mapping Youth Futures and ‘Industrious Modernity

Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:59:27 BST

On July 9th Mark Banks will be speaking at a seminar organised by the ‘Mapping Youth Futures’ Home - Mapping Youth Futures research project led by Giuliana Mandich (University of Cagliari).

Philip Schlesinger’s book translated into Mandarin

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 09:21:43 BST

First published thirty years ago, Philip Schlesinger’s Media, State and Nation has been translated into Mandarin. The Chinese edition has just been launched by Yilin Press in Nanjing, with attendant publicity.

CCPR PhD success in Kazakhstan

Tue, 21 Sep 2021 15:50:16 BST

CCPR is delighted to announce that Assel Kamza, who was awarded her doctorate in June, has been appointed Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law and Social Sciences at Suleyman Demirel University, Kazakhstan, where she will teach research methods and media theory. At CCPR Assel wrote her thesis on the Kazakh film industry and state policy.

Kenny Barr contributes to IPO research examining the UK music industries in the digital era

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:22:00 BST

The UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has published two new research reports examining: Music Creators’ Earnings in the Digital Era and Buyout Contracts in the UK Audio-visual Commissioning Sector.

The Olympics and the Media: New Report

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 14:07:44 BST

Raymond Boyle has contributed to a new report examining aspects of the media and Olympics that where held this year in Tokyo.

Post-Covid-19 Commission, Data, Science and Evidence report published

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:25:56 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger was a member of the RSE’s Post-Covid-19 Commission’s Working Group on Data, Science and Evidence.

Sports Media Research

Fri, 05 Nov 2021 13:08:45 GMT

Raymond Boyle presented (with Richard Haynes) research on Football, media, ownership and diversity: The European Super League, at the Virtual Seminar of the ECREA Temporary Working Group “Communication and Sport” November 5–6, 2021; hosted by Aarhus University.

South American connections

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 09:25:34 GMT

In the past fortnight, drawing on his research into regulation, Philip Schlesinger engaged on three occasions with colleagues in Brazil and Uruguay, renewing his longstanding links with the region.

Scoping culture and heritage capital research

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:52:15 GMT

A bid to the AHRC and DCMS for 'Scoping Culture and Heritage Capital Research' https://www.ukri.org/news/research-captures-and-enhances-value-of-uk-culture-and-heritage/ on which Professor Gillian Doyle of CCPR is Advisor was successful.

From CCPR doctorate to new book

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 09:14:55 GMT

Dr Abdulnasser Al-Abri completed his PhD at CCPR in 2020. Now he has turned his Glasgow research into a new book, Media and War in a Changing Security Environment.

New research on platform regulation

Thu, 02 Dec 2021 14:54:40 GMT

Philip Schlesinger has published a CREATe Working Paper on the ‘neo-regulation’ of internet platforms in the UK, which examines changes in the regulatory landscape: https://zenodo.org/record/5708186#.YaiYai2l0Xp

Congratulations, Dr Yanling Zhu

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 17:06:11 GMT

CCPR wishes to congratulate Yanling Zhu, who on 9 December successfully defended her thesis on ‘Media Power and its Control in Contemporary China: The Digital Regulatory Regime, National Identity, and Global Communication’.

COP26 and The Dear Green Bothy

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 11:36:54 GMT

Professor Mark Banks was the academic lead for the College of Arts’ interdisciplinary cultural programme ‘The Dear Green Bothy’, which began in June and runs until the end of December.