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Professor Sabina Mihelj appears on BBC4 to discuss the Fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson

Professor Sabina Mihelj appeared on 'The Fall of the Berlin Wall with John Simpson' on BBC4.

Research to explore how AI and voice technologies help people with disabilities live independently

A group of academics from the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Loughborough University have been awarded funding to examine how AI-voice-based technologies, such as the Amazon Echo, help people with disabilities live independently and explore how they may shape the future of social care.

Times League Table Success for Communication and Media

Communication and Media has achieved some fantastic results in the recently published Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.

‘Watching Socialism: The Television Revolution in Eastern Europe’ exhibition opens in Los Angeles, USA by University professors

In late June 2019, Professor Sabina Mihelj and Professor Susan Reid, travelled to Los Angeles to participate in the opening of the ‘Watching Socialism: The Television Revolution in Eastern Europe’ exhibition at the Wende Museum.

Andrew Chadwick and Cristian Vaccari

New O3C Survey Report: News Sharing on UK Social Media: Misinformation, Disinformation & Correction

Very little is known about the motivations that drive people to share political news on social media and how these might be contributing to changes in our online civic culture. If we can learn more about the things people try to achieve when they share news online—and the extent to which these motivations might reinforce or undermine the distribution of false or misleading information—liberal democracies can start to think about how they can reduce important online harms.

Sabina and Vaclav

Dr Vaclav Stetka & Prof Sabina Mihelj awarded new ESRC research grant to study polarisation and news consumption in Central & Eastern Europe

Dr Vaclav Stetka (PI) and Professor Sabina Mihelj (Co-I) have been awarded an ESRC standard research grant for a project titled "The Illiberal Turn? News Consumption, Political Polarisation and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe" (£817,000).

Upcoming events View all

  • Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C) - Dr. Scott Wright seminar

  • Online Civic Culture Centre (O3C) - Dr Kate Miltner seminar