City Sociology

The Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research Centre continued its seminar series this week with Jean Chalaby and Steve Plunkett

On Wednesday the 21st of March, Jean Chalaby, Professor, City, University of London, and Steve Plunkett, Chief Technology Officer, Ericson, gave the following talk. Title: Value chain modularity and supplier strategy: the case of media delivery GVC in IP-based broadcasting Abstract: This paper analyses the changes in the media delivery chain brought by the advent of…

New article – Simon Susen (2018) ‘The Seductive Force of “Noumenal Power”: A New Path (or Impasse) for Critical Theory?’, Journal of Political Power, 11(1), pp. 4–45.

Click for more information. 50 free eprints. The main purpose of this paper is to examine Rainer Forst’s account of ‘noumenal power’. Forst’s proposal for a revised ‘critical theory of power’ is firmly embedded in his philosophical understanding of ‘the right to justification’. Whereas the latter has been extensively discussed in the secondary literature, the…

Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research seminar for this Wednesday will now take place on the 21st of March (4- 6pm)

Please note that the Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research seminar for this Wednesday has been cancelled, and will instead take place on Wednesday the 21st of March, from 4- 6pm. It will include the participation of Steve Plunkett. Full details, including abstract, are below: Wednesday 21st of March – Professor Jean Chalaby – (1600 – 1800), D427 Title: Value…

European Social Survey part of new project

The European Social Survey (ESS) is a partner organisation involved in a new Europe-wide project aimed at assessing children’s health and well-being, led by researchers based at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Call for Ethics Committee members

The European Social Survey European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ESS ERIC) is looking to appoint three external members to its revised Research Ethics Committee.

The Jeremy Tunstall Global Media Research Centre continued its seminar series this week with Marco Bastos

On Wednesday the 6th of December, Marco Bastos, Lecturer, City, University of London, gave the following talk. Title: “Brexit Botnet and the Strategic Deployment of Tiwtterbots” Abstract: In this talk we explore the Brexit debate on Twitter in the weeks leading up to the referendum vote. We discuss novel research uncovering a large network of Twitterbots…

New book by Jean Chalaby: “L’era dei format: La svolta radicale dell’intrattenimento televisivo”

Dalla seconda metà degli anni Novanta, I format hanno avuto un impatto inaudito sulla television, sui suoi linguaggi e di conseguenza sulle nostre abitudini di consumo. I primi grandi format hanno diffuso in tutto il mondo programme identici: titoli come Grande fratello or Chi vuol essere milionario? portano gli stessi brand globali sulla tv italiana…

New book by Gerbrand Tholen “Graduate Work: Skills, Credentials, Careers, and Labour Markets” (OUP: 2017)

Gerbrand Tholen had published a new book on the work typically performed by workers with university degrees. The expansion of Higher Education has been one of the most important changes to affect Western labour markets. More than a third of all British workers are now degree holders. The graduate labour market is often understood as…