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Professor David Deacon Lecture
- 27 January 2025
- 7.30pm-9pm
- Hansom Hall in the Leicester Adult Education College, 50-54 Belvoir St, Leicester LE1 6QL
About this event
Professor David Deacon, Professor of Communication and Media Analysis at Loughborough University is delivering a lecture 'From It's the Sun Wot Won it! to Is This The Tiktok election?: Real Time General Election News Analysis in Retrospect (1992-2024)'
Lecture outline
In 1992, The Guardian newspaper invited Loughborough to conduct the first ever ‘real time’ analysis of news reporting of the pending General Election campaign, publishing the results weekly in the lead up to the vote. This study has been replicated for every General Election (and one Referendum) since. As one of the founders of this research, David Deacon’s lecture will consider how the news reporting of UK General Elections has, and hasn’t, changed over the last thirty years.
Biographical note
David Deacon started as a research assistant at Loughborough University in January 1990. He has changed offices many times since, but not institutions and is now Professor of Communication and Media Analysis in the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture, Loughborough University. Aside from election analysis, he has written widely on media history, journalism, and research methodology. He is currently writing a book on the video games industry.
Attending the lecture
The lecture is open both to members of the public and to guests.
The lecture will take place in Hansom Hall - how to find Hansom Hall.
Please note that tea and coffee drinks will be available between 7pm and 7.15pm before the formal start of the event at 7.30pm.
The lecture will also be streamed on Zoom. A recording of the lecture may be available to members only.
Booking information
- Guest tickets £7, Student tickets £3
- Booking required? Yes
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