When did Russell Brand turn to Covid skeptism? Speaking on the QAA Podcast podcast, Birkbeck Film, Media & Journalism scholar Rob Topinka suggests it was in Jan 2022, when Brand's social media feeds turned very decisively to Covid-related issues. Listen from 45 minutes. shorturl.at/dfDF1

Free event this Fri 20 Oct, 2-5pm at Birkbeck Cinema: Young Voices@Bloomsbury, a showcase of essay films by young filmmakers on the multifaceted theme of 'growth'. Curated by @BirkebckFMACS MA Film Programming and Curating students. More at:  bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/events/young-v…

CHASE DTP UEA HUM Grad School University of Kent Graduate and Researcher College Postgrads_Essex Doctoral School Sussex Research Hive 🐝 Birkbeck Film, Media & Journalism Birkbeck: English SOAS Doctoral School The Courtauld Research Forum Department of Visual Cultures, Goldsmiths Media, Communications and Cultural Studies The call for papers is here:

Coming 20 Oct 2023, 2pm at Birkbeck Cinema: Two of our MA Film Programming and Curating students (Paul Salt & Kat Haylett), with Derek Jarman Lab & University of Pittsburgh, are staging 'Young Voices @ Bloomsbury 2023: New Shorts by Emerging Filmmakers', a free event, part of Bloomsbury Festival

In the latest episode of our Events podcast series, Julia Stolyar, Darshana Mini and Jaana Serres discuss with Scott Rodgers their research on the locality of different media industries in South Korea, India and Nigeria.
mediapolisjournal.com/2023/10/events…

Welcome and welcome back to all our students starting the new term today. We're looking forward to meeting you throughout the week.

Migration hysteria: the deep historical roots of ‘replacement theory’. Join us to hear Leo Lucassen on the 12 October Birkbeck, University of London. Book your free place bit.ly/46ACwr5

#CHILE50 film screenings by CILAVS Birkbeck with BIMI + @FICVALDIVIA to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1973 Chilean Military Coup. All films have English subtitles and will be shown at Birkbeck
Cinema (Gordon Sq. 43, London) at 6pm.

Dr Caroline Edwards Birkbeck Film, Media & Journalism BBC World Service Not yet but I’ll keep you updated. In the meantime some of the findings are summarised in this report: …ypandemicpolitics.files.wordpress.com/2022/10/post-p…

Scott Rodgers Thanks Scott! I always knew watching 425 Russell Brand videos and analysing 200,000 comments would pay off big time

I was on Weekend on BBC World Service today to talk Russell Brand & why some still see him as a hero.

Since the allegations he’s up ~500k YouTube subscribers (to 6.65m) and up ~150k on Rumble. “Cancel culture” working its wonders…

On at 47min mark:

bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1…

Not just saying it because he's a colleague, but this radio spot from Rob Topinka is some of the best analysis I have heard in recent media discourse about Russell Brand as an online persona.

What do 6.65 million YouTube subscribers see in Russell Brand? Birkbeck Film, Media & Journalism scholar Rob Topinka discusses his recent paper on Brand's media performance on BBC World Service Weekend (listen from around 47 minutes) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w1…

Thinking of studying this Autumn? We're still accepting applications to some of our undergraduate and postgraduate courses. For more information and to apply: bbk.ac.uk/school/creativ… Birkbeck: English Birkbeck Film, Media & Journalism BBK - Languages, Cultures and Applied Linguistics Birkbeck Performing Arts and Arts Management

Trust and safety on social media: understanding the impact of anti-social behaviour and misinformation on content moderation and platform governance. buff.ly/3LoTrEN

This now out. A compendious study, for those interested in so many things, such as radio, atonalism, dreams as history, exile, institutions, communism, translation, Weimar, London, fascists, spies, BBC, Frankfurt School, remigration, archives, friendship.
gold.ac.uk/goldsmiths-pre…

If you teach media/film in Higher Ed, then please consider taking this survey (takes 10-15 mins) on the teaching of extended reality & synthetic media. You can access it and view more details here:
forms.office.com/e/mPcDEjYkyM
Reshares appreciated!

I absolutely love the petite size of ‘Provocations on Media Architecture’ (ed. Ian Callender & Annie Dell'Aria). Thanks to the authors for inviting me to make an equally petite contribution!