Media appearances

Our Communication and Media researchers are regularly featured in the media, either showcasing their own research or providing expert opinions on current events.

2024

21 November	Dr Liam Mcloughlin	Dr Liam McLoughlin (Communication and Media) discusses Blue Sky and social media trends	BBC Radio Leeds
13 May	Prof Simeon Yates	Internet use is associated with greater wellbeing, global study finds	Guardian

2023

30 May	Dr Cat Mahoney	Tony Snell highlights an event this week - the Gary Mahoney Memorial Debate
23 May	Dr Liam McLoughlin	Mizzy’s viral videos show the flaws with TikTok’s AI moderation system
6 April	Dr Craig Haslop	Boys and the search for a non-toxic masculinity

2022

29 Nov	Dr Antonis Kalogeropoulos	University of Liverpool researcher wins prestigious European Research Council Starting Grant
16 Nov	Dr Liam McLoughin	Donald Trump will rely on multi-million war chest and loyal super fans to amplify his presidential message
10 Nov	Dr Rosalynd Southern	MPs received more than 130,000 toxic messages in just six weeks as scale of online abuse revealed
9 Nov	Dr Liam McLoughin	Dr Liam McLoughlin comments on abusive tweets sent to MPs
7 Nov	Professor Ekaterina Balabanova	Liverpool's arts providers are unsung heroes of the COVID crisis
7 Nov	Professor Ekaterina Balabanova	Liverpool’s unsung COVID heroes: how the city’s arts scene became a life support network
6 Nov	Professor Ekaterina Balabanova	Liverpool’s unsung COVID heroes: how the city’s arts scene became a life support network
4 Nov	Dr Liam McLoughin	Elon Musk’s own goal on buying Twitter shows he is more destructor than disruptor
25 Oct	Dr Elena Musi	European funding award aims to improve fact-checking in journalism
30 Sep	Dr Gianfranco Polizzi	Collective effort needed to help children thrive following exposure to online risks
21 Sep	Emily Beswick	PhD student Emily Beswick discusses the history of Liverpool’s Chinese community and her work with Tate Liverpool
21 Sep	Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova	Dr Vera Slavtcheva-Petkova speaks about the Russian military call up and protests
27 Jun	Professor Simeon Yates	Teaming up with the Defence Science and Technology Lab to improve AI data
27 Jun	Professor Simeon Yates	Civil servants are using technology as a weapon to wage war on our pensioners

2021

5 Aug	Beatriz Garcia	Giant inflatables and flying dancers: Olympic art has always turned heads
3 Aug	Professor Simeon Yates	DCMS claims successes in Liverpool 5G Testbed
19 Jul	Dr Elena Musi	The devices being used to combat the spread of COVID-19
1 Jul	Professor Simeon Yates	Mind the gap: bridging London’s tech divide
6 May	Professor Simeon Yates	How Greater Manchester is putting residents at the heart of digital innovations
4 May	Professor Simeon Yates	Call You and Yours: How is the shift online affecting you?
30 Apr	Dr Patricia Rossini	Dr Patricia Rossini discusses the anti hate social media blackout
20 Mar	Professor Simeon Yates	Is the 2021 digital census excluding those who can't get online?
21 Feb	Dr Elinor Carmi	Are streaming algorithms really damaging film?
12 Feb	Professor Simeon Yates	One in five people in West Midlands do not use internet, says study
9 Feb	Dr Kerry Traynor	Whatever happened to local TV?
14 Jan	Professor Simeon Yates	Mayor of Greater Manchester calls on businesses to support digitally excluded young people
11 Jan	Dr Elena Musi	The Rule of Truth: How fallacies can help stem the COVID-19 infodemic
	Dr Elinor Carmi
	Dr Myrto Aloumpi
4 Jan	Dr Ekaterina Balabanova	Fashion brands should engage “more proactively” around sustainability on social media

2020

22 Oct	Professor Simeon Yates	Millions under lockdown on wrong side of digital divide
23 Jun	Gary Needham	The most outrageous film ever made?
18 May	Dr Elena Musi	UKRI funding to expose ‘semi-fake news’ and build public’s ‘fake news immunity’
26 May	Dr Antonis Kalogeropoulos	Coronavirus: a growing number of people are avoiding news
29 Apr	Dr Paolo Ruffino	Lockdown Live: 'Can video games change the world?'
13 Mar	Professor Simeon Yates	Not all young people are 'digital natives' - inequality hugely limits experiences of technology
17 Mar	Professor Simeon Yates	Forget 'digital natives' - why inequality determines young people's data literacy