charlotte durham @charlottedurham.bsky.social phd-ing @ university of leeds, uk | disnet exec member | bodies, space, disney + the everyday hypermediated environment ✨ | she/her
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media/pgr/5805/charlotte-durham
K.W. Taylor @kwtaylor.bsky.social I write words and tell others how to write words. 🐱🐱💙
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Dr Sheree Gregory @drshereegregory.bsky.social Employment Relations + HRM academic @ University of Newcastle. Studying care/working life in creative industries, work/life & tech, future of work, contemporary issues surrounding workplaces & households. Forthcoming bk ~ Sydney Uni Press. Views are my own
Katie Crosson @katiecrosson.bsky.social Postdoc @womensscreenwork.bsky.social
Exeter Film 🌱 Sentimentalist 🌷 PhD in Play for Today 📺 Feminist Screen Theory; Ideology & Aesthetics; Media Histories & Curation; Realism(s) 🌿 [she/her]
Marie Migeon @mariemigeon.bsky.social PhD-ing at University of Basel | Interested in feminism, peace, conflict, and murals (not always in that order)
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Dr Matt Hilborn @matthewhilborn.bsky.social Film Comedy Researcher, University College Dublin
Film Comedy and Spain: Humour, Genre, and the Nation 1970-2020 (Legenda, 2025) - buy now!
Writing on 21st-century rom com (film/TV) in Spain
Richard Dhillon @drricharddhillon.bsky.social Sessional Tutor, Film and Television Studies, Warwick. British/queer television and film histories. 📺 he/him
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/scapvc/film/staff/dhillon/
Dr Jenny van Hooff @jennyvanhooff.com Sociologist at Manchester Met University. Intimacy, couples, friendship. Rhymes with loaf.
David Rolinson @rolinsond.bsky.social Lecturer. Writer. From North Hull Estate. Works in Scotland. New book: An Adventure in Space and Time https://obversebooks.co.uk/product/an-adventure-in-space-and-time/. I've done some things: http://www.britishtelevisiondrama.org.uk/?page_id=4789.
MeCCSA Women's Network @meccsawomensnet.bsky.social Welcome to the official page for MeCCSA Women's Network for the latest network updates.
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Catherine Spooner @catherinespooner.bsky.social Academic and creative writer | Professor of Literature and Culture, Lancaster University | all things Gothic | fashion | folk horror | she/her
S.E.MacRae @semacrae.bsky.social Digital sociology ECR researching the interplay between education, politics and the digital. Own views, she/her.
University of Leeds Press Office @unileedsnews.bsky.social News, announcements and press releases from the University of Leeds Press Office. For media enquiries, email pressoffice@leeds.ac.uk.
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Susan Preston @equalitysusan.bsky.social EDI Project Officer in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds Uni)
Indie Rock and Public Transport in the spare time
Geographer particularly Scottish Islands
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Lanre Bakare @lanre-bakare.bsky.social Culture writer, debut non-fiction WE WERE THERE out 17 April 2025 via The Bodley Head https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/453942/we-were-there-by-bakare-lanre/9781847927477
The 1752 Group @the1752group.bsky.social We're a campaign and research group dedicated to ending sexual misconduct in UK higher education.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social Artist
Coldwarsteve.com
Supporting Shorts @supporting-shorts.bsky.social Supporting Shorts is a project that was created to make films in a way that supports and includes everyone.
@andrewthorpe4.bsky.social @andrewthorpe4.bsky.social 
Nathalie Weidhase @nweidhase.bsky.social Lecturer in Media and Communication researching the intersections of feminism, postfeminism, and popular culture
David Forrest @davidforrest.bsky.social Professor in Film and Television Studies - work on British cinema, television and literature with a focus on class and region.
Deputy VP Education at The University of Sheffield.
Football, fiction, music, running and cricket the rest of the time.
What’s on? Rethinking class in the television industry. @whatsontvclass.bsky.social Understanding who produces, what is made, and how class is represented on television. AHRC-funded project at @leedsunimedia.bsky.social The University of Leeds - 2023-26. shorturl.at/uIkTP 
Duncan Cooper @duncancooper10.bsky.social Consultant in #PublicHealth
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Paul Long @paullongmedia.bsky.social Professor in Creative and Cultural Industries at Monash University researching homemade, amateur and DIY creativity with thoughts about healthy cultures - see @HADIY.creative UTV
Center for Entertainment and Media Industries @utcemi.bsky.social CEMI fosters the relationships, research, and workforce that allow Texas media to thrive while helping UT-Austin students forge ties with the media industries.
https://moody.utexas.edu/centers/entertainment-media-industries
ysabel @ysabel.bsky.social • qualitative social science academic researching tech + young identities
• new book out with @ucpress: THE KIDS ARE ONLINE https://tinyurl.com/jv33yjaf
• words in @guardian @WIRED @WSJ @glamour
• she/her
find me @ ysabelgerrard.net/home
TV Industry Human Rights Forum @tvhumanrights.bsky.social We support those working in the TV industry to understand and address human rights risks and impacts.
Karen Seaward-Patel @karenpatel.bsky.social Associate Professor in Media at Birmingham City University
Media, Culture & Society Journal @mcsjournal.bsky.social An international forum for research and discussion on the media, including the newer information and communication technologies.
mcs.sagepub.com
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
ocasiocortez.com
Rebecca Barden @rebbarden.bsky.social Film and media publisher for Bloomsbury books + BFI.
Mark Deuze @markdeuze.bsky.social 👨🎓 Professor Media Studies, U of Amsterdam
🎸bass: Skinflower; new music at Bandcamp
📚 latest books: Life in Media (MIT Press), Happiness in Journalism (Routledge)
🔊 🎥 Deuzevlog on YouTube and Spotify
🚴 Ride on!
🎓ORCID: 0000-0002-1986-5050- M SCMS Media Industries SIG @misig-scms.bsky.social The account for SCMS's Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group
Amanda Lotz @drtvlotz.bsky.social Reimaginer of media industries and society in digital age | Prof@QUT | Strategy consultant | US expat | Fan of swimming, baked goods & nature | drtvlotz@gmail | amandalotz.com | Mostly writing on LinkedIn, glimmers of also being a human here
Krysten Stein, PhD @krystenstein.bsky.social professor + expert on platforms, care, & digital culture
writing AND HOW DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL? [ @uc_press ]
my curated life | thoughts mine
Jason Mittell @jmittell.bsky.social Media studies professor at Middlebury College; video essayist & author of videographic book on Breaking Bad; author of written books on TV, narrative theory, etc.; journal manager of @intransition.bsky.social . [he/him] https://linktr.ee/jmittell
Society for Cinema and Media Studies @scmstudies.bsky.social The Official Bluesky account for SCMS
https://www.cmstudies.org/
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Kevin Sanson @kevinsanson.bsky.social Media industries professor who writes about labor, globalization, and business. Latest book: Mobile Hollywood
Brisbane (🇦🇺) by way of Chicago, Austin, Santa Barbara (🇺🇸).
Mostly scrolling.
Karin Wahl-Jorgensen @karinwahlj.bsky.social Journalism professor, Cardiff University. President-Elect, International Communication Association. Interested in media and democracy. https://profiles.cardiff.ac.uk/staff/wahl-jorgensenk 🏴🇩🇰
Jilly Boyce Kay @jillybkay.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media, Loughborough University
Feminism, cultural studies, politics
James Leggott @jegleggott.bsky.social Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies, Northumbria University.
Karen Boyle @profkarenboyle.bsky.social Feminist Media Studies, Head of Humanities University of Strathclyde.
Media and Communication @ University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social 🎓 School of Media and Communication | We cannot fully understand modern societies without understanding media and communication | https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media | linkedin.com/company/school-of-media-and-communication🎓
Nancy Thumim @nancyt.bsky.social I teach, research and write about media, audiences, representation, and everyday life. I work at the University of Leeds. Here sporadically.
ProfBrianCox @profbriancox.bsky.social Professor of Particle Physics at The University of Manchester and Royal Society Professor for Public Engagement in Science
Femi @femi-oluwole.bsky.social Pushing back against Tories, regardless of what colour tie they wear.
Jeannine Baker @nenieb.bsky.social Australian academic (media production & journalism), historian of gendered labour & technology in media industries, factual content producer. Lover of radio & GLAM. She/her. Dharawal country, Wollongong & Awabakal country, Newcastle, Australia.
Rebecca Coleman @rcecoleman.bsky.social Professor @bdfi.bsky.social @sociodigfutures.bsky.social and Sociology. Bristol, UK. Researcher in Residence (2023-2025) @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social
Digital media and culture, futures and presents, affect, interdisciplinary methods.
Isabel Sykes @isabel-sykes.bsky.social AHRC-funded PhD student in Sociology at Brunel, University of London. Based in West Yorkshire. Current research in class, domestic labour, and social media. (She/Her)
CSTonline @cstonline.bsky.social We are a website devoted to TV studies in Europe, North America, and beyond. Feedback and submissions welcome. Come find us at https://cstonline.net/
Mhairi Brennan @mhairibrennan.bsky.social TV lecturer, researcher, writer.
'Archiving the Referendum: BBC Scotland's TV Archive and Indyref 2014', Palgrave Macmillan, 2025
Research Associate ReCARE TV: Reality Television, Working Practices and Duties of Care, Aston University.
Milly Williamson @millywilliamson.bsky.social Department of Media Communications and Cultural Studies Goldsmiths.
Jo Littler @jolittler.bsky.social Social / cultural / political / media analysis
Prof @Goldsmiths @MediaComGold.bsky.social
📕📗: Left Feminisms, Care Manifesto, Against Meritocracy, Politics of Heritage
All views socially & culturally constructed.
Ludmila Lupinacci @ludludlud.bsky.social Lecturer in Digital Media, University of Leeds @leedsunimedia.bsky.social ✨digital tech & everyday life, experiences of liveness (whatever that means), scrolling nonsense, moods & vibes ✨ ludmilalupinacci.com
Kate Egan @kte75.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Co-Investigator, AHRC Youth & Horror network. Co-editor of Hidden Horror Histories book series. Lover of horror and British cinema, cats and strong tea. She/her.
Sara De Benedictis @saradeb.bsky.social Academic researching media, reproductive politics and class.
Cindy Carter @cindylcarter.bsky.social Reader Emerita, Cardiff University (JOMEC). Co-editor, Feminist Media Studies (T&F).
Paul Newland @profpaulnewland.bsky.social professor of film at Liverpool John Moores University: architecture, landscape, film sound, British cinema, experimental doc, folk. Makes avant folk music as 'Clevelode'.
European Journal of Cultural Studies @ejcs-journal.bsky.social European Journal of Cultural Studies is a major international peer-reviewed journal which has been publishing cultural studies scholarship for over 25 yrs.
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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social Feminist Media Studies is a transdisciplinary, transnational journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship + commentary & book reviews. Posts by @krystenstein.bsky.social
Media, Communications & Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths @mediacomgold.bsky.social Department of Media, Communications & Cultural Studies @GoldsmithsUoL
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Student/staff work
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Laura Clancy @lauraclancy.bsky.social She/her | Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University | Author of 'Running the Family Firm' (2021) & ‘What is the Monarchy For?’ (April 2025) | Interested in inequalities, elites, digital hate
https://laura-clancy.com
https://culturesdigitalhate.wordpress.com
Warwick Film & TV @warwickfilmtv.bsky.social The University of Warwick’s Department of Film and Television Studies. One of the UK’s leading departments in film and television research and teaching.
Creative Commons @creativecommons.bsky.social The nonprofit behind the licenses & tools the world uses to share 🌍
https://creativecommons.start.page
Emily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social Theater critic for The New Yorker, Approval Matrix Creatrix
ReCARETV @recaretv.bsky.social 3-year AHRC-funded project investigating Reality TV, Working Practices and Duties of Care. Anonymous questionnaire for people who have particpated in UK reality TV: https://bit.ly/Reality_TV_Participation
Michele Paule @michelepaule.bsky.social Academic. Author. Activist. PI: Girls, Leadership, & Women in the Public Eye project. RHJYC trustee. Latest book: https://tinyurl.com/3swdbdew
Kaarina Nikunen @kaarinan.bsky.social Professor of Media and Communication Research
Tampere University
I write about datafication and social justice, emotions, affect & traces of humanity in the digital world. Also on migration, hate and the far-right.
Book: Media Solidarities (SAGE 2019)
Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social I teach sociology at the University of Glasgow and my interests are learning, teaching, books, ideas, culture and music.
Dr Sarah Lahm (she/her) @sarahlahmtv.bsky.social Lecturer in Media, Communication & Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds, writing a book about self-replacement x time loops x parallel realities x the severance procedure <3
Catherine Driscoll @cadriscoll.bsky.social Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies at the University of Sydney.
Helen Wood @tellynelly.bsky.social professor of media and cultural studies, researcher ReCARETV. reality TV, class, politics, care. Mum and diplomat.
Isabella McRae @isabellamcrae.bsky.social Senior reporter at the Big Issue | Get in touch with me at isabella.mcrae@bigissue.com
Paul Whitelaw @paulwhitelaw.bsky.social Pop culturist. Credits include The Big Issue, Classic Pop, Classic Rock, Doctor Who Magazine, Radio Times, The Scotsman. Co-creator of the So Disappointed podcast. Black cat enabler.
paulbwhitelaw.blogspot.com
Creative PEC @creativepec.bsky.social Independent research & policy recommendations for the UK's creative industries. Led by Newcastle University Business School with the RSA and funded by AHRC. https://pec.ac.uk/
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor and Head of Department at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
Mark Taylor @markrt.co.uk not a professional account 
Prof Damien Page @profdamienpage.bsky.social Vice Chancellor at Buckinghamshire New University and Professor of Education #academicsky
Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social University of St Andrews; Executive Chair, Arts & Humanities Research Council; International Champion and Creative Industries Sector Champion UK Research and Innovation
All views my own, but none of the poetry.
Runnymede Trust @runnymedetrust.bsky.social Progressing racial justice since 1968
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OK Comics @okcomics.bsky.social Twenty Three Year Old, Eisner Award Losing Comic Book Shop in the beating heart of Leeds City Centre, UK.
Visit us in real life, or online.
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Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Arts Emergency @artsemergency.bsky.social We redistribute opportunity, information, and useful connections in culture.
https://www.arts-emergency.org/get-involved/
Equity @equityuk.bsky.social We are the UK performing arts and entertainment trade union, made up of 50,000 performers and creative practitioners. Together we push for better pay, terms and conditions in the workplace.
www.equity.org.uk
Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social The UK trade union for writers in TV, film, theatre, audio, books, poetry, comedy, animation and videogames
Join us! www.writersguild.org.uk
Adrian Lobb @adey70.bsky.social I write for The Big Issue about arts and culture and stuff. SE London, via Derby, Cov, N London and Glasgow. 
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social culture editor, NYTimes Opinion
novelist: THE EDEN TEST (out now); THE BLINDS; NEAR ENEMY; SHOVEL READY
I wear suits now
Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app Chair @cunyenglish.bsky.social I study books, Blackness & pop culture! Leftist & left handed 🇰🇳 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️
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I maintain Blackademics the scholarly side of Blacksky
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social In the culture wars, I want to be the bit on Christmas Day where they all knocked it on the head for a bit and played football.
Channel 4 @channel4tv.bsky.social Channel 4 Altogether Different since 1982.
Difference starts conversations, it makes us laugh, makes us feel. It triggers change.
Naz Ahmed @nazahmed.bsky.social Drama Editorial/Development Producer. Waterloo Road, Corrie, Eastenders, Hollyoaks, Doctors, BBC Radio Drama & more. Women in Film and TV Mentee & Broadcast Hot Shot 2023
Lisa Holdsworth @lisaholdsworth.bsky.social TV Writer: Midsomer, Midwife, ACGAS and Dreamers (still available to stream on C4).
WGGB, Slung Low Shorts and Leeds Care Leavers Christmas.
Einar Thorsen @einarthorsen.bsky.social Professor of Journalism & Communication
Executive Dean, Faculty of Media & communication at Bournemouth University
Chair of Media, Communication, and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA)
Trustee of the Conversation UK.
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Edinburgh University Press @edinburghup.bsky.social Edinburgh University Press is the premier Scottish publisher of academic books and journals in the humanities and social sciences. edinburghuniversitypress.com
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The Sutton Trust @suttontrust.bsky.social Championing social mobility through evidence-based programmes, agenda-setting research and policy advocacy: https://linktr.ee/thesuttontrust