LSE Media & Communications

Huge congratulations to @chouliaraki_l on receiving the @icahdq's Outstanding Book Award for her book Wronged: The Weaponization of Victimhood @ #ICA25 this past weekend. Find out more about her research on #socialmedia, #farright populism & #victimhood: lse.ac.uk/research/resea…

🚨 Job alert: Research Officer The #DigitalFutures for Children centre at @MediaLSE (with @5RightsFound) is recruiting a Research Officer to explore how EdTech + AI are shaping children’s rights in schools. 🔗 Apply by July 17th – more info here: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/36… #Hiring

📣 We are thrilled to announce our partnership with @mccnyu at @nyusteinhardt to launch our new MSc Double Degree Programme in #Media, #Culture and Global Cities! Applications will open in the Autumn, enrolling at #LSE in 2026/27: lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-ne… @LSEnews @nyuniversity

Why does politics seem so chaotic? @NickAnstead @MediaLSE offers an explanation on @LSEpoliticsblog: the ascendance of a scattergun approach to political communication that aims to dazzle the media & opponents, adopted by the likes of #DonaldTrump. blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

AI = job losses? Or AI = new opportunities? 🤔🤖 In this #LSEResearchForTheWorld piece, Tomislav Karačić from @LSEManagement explores how thoughtful planning of #AI can help upskill workers and create collaborative human-machine workflows. Read more: ow.ly/711E50WsLmy

🎉 We're delighted to announce Professor Nick Couldry has been elected as a @BritishAcademy_ Fellow in recognition of his outstanding contribution to the humanities and social sciences. Read more about the British Academy Fellowship : thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/agm-welco… @LSEnews

Great news! 🎉 We're thrilled to announce the selected participants for the second #JournalismAI Academy for Sub-Saharan Africa, supported by the @GoogleNewsInit! Journalists from 8 countries will master AI skills to fight misinformation and boost newsroom efficiency. 🧵 👇

Honored to share my 10-year #AI research journey — from “AI in Asia” @BKCHarvard to “A Future with AI” @UN_OICT & Project GenZAI. Toward #HumanCentredAI with and for children & youth across cultures. Thanks @Livingstone_S & @AycaAtabey! 👉 blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2025/… #AIforGood

Elon Musk’s removal from the Trump administration potentially marks a shift in power among the ideologies that wield influence within the White House writes @nickanstead of @MediaLSE blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Elon Musk’s removal from the Trump administration potentially marks a shift in power among the ideologies that wield influence within the White House writes @nickanstead of @MediaLSE blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2025…

Insightful discussion at @theRSAorg between @profpauldolan @ekasriel @Livingstone_S around 'Listening and disagreeing productively'. ⭐Performative listening, where we're just "pre-loading the gun, ready to fire" ⭐The importance of forcing yourself to talk to people who don't…

🙏to my @ySKILLS coauthors Reidar Schei Jessen, Mariya Stoilova, Line Indrevoll Stänicke, Richard Graham, Elisabeth Staksrud and Tine Jensen

Especially for adolescents with mental health issues, their intent is to protect themselves, but our research shows it doesn't always work, so they also call for safety-by-design.

💡Introducing #PlatformLiteracy . . .   ✔We needed a concept to explain #adolescents' hypervigilance to the details of how platforms work.   📌 Read more at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Why Instagram doctors can’t fix the problems associated with wellness influencing @DrRachelONeill argues that doctor-influencers, like their lay counterparts, prioritise personal experience & contribute to the confusion around what it means to eat “well”: blogs.lse.ac.uk/medialse/2025/…

Excited to be speaking later today at the #DEAPStakeholderForum on literacy and wellbeing. Looking forward to discussions on the future of digital education and the potential of Generative AI literacy.

NEW ✨ How globalisation changed national image-making Nation Branding in the Americas: Contested Politics and Identities by @efesevin @TowsonU @Cjimenezm and Pablo Miño @uandes @routledgebooks reviewed by Will Hall blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofboo… @LSEReviewBooks