Ørecomm

Centre for Communication and Glocal Change

Ørecomm Open Seminar:
John Postill: Digital media and social change

by Ørecomm on 2012 February 25 15:26

“Digital media and social change: the limits and possibilities of a theory of practice approach”

John PostillJohn Postill will speak on the above subject at an Ørecomm Open Seminar on 16 March 2012 at Malmö University. The seminar will be webcast live on this page. Abstract and relevant other information is available here.
For logistical reasons you must register – using the form below:



Minibio:
John Postill is an anthropologist who specialises in media and internet studies. He has a PhD in anthropology from University College London (UCL) and is senior lecturer in media at Sheffield Hallam University. He has conducted fieldwork in Malaysia and Spain and is the author of Media and Nation Building (2006) and Localizing the Internet (2011) and co-editor of Theorising Media and Practice (2010). Currently he is writing a book about social media and protest, with special reference to Spain’s indignados movement. John Postill edits the media/anthropology blog.