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A majority of Irish people are either extremely or very interested in news, according to the annual Digital News Report Ireland 2025, published this week by Coimisiún na Meán @CNaM_ie.
Analysis of the Irish data is provided by DCU FuJo @FuJoMedia.
Read: https://t.co/K0wfxyCTFB
Trump’s attack on the BBC is part of an endless campaign to undermine public trust in information.
Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourn, Full Professor in Journalism @DCU_SoC, for @ConversationUK.
Read more here: https://t.co/hSJaBN3u7Q
Would you like to work on an EPA-funded anthropology/STS PhD with Dr. Fiona Murphy and myself on Irish community engagement with catchment water ? https://t.co/kCcJNUNxG9 Proposals to [email protected] and [email protected]
by June 30.
What media sources did people use & trust before voting in 2024 General Election? Analysis of the National Election and Democracy Study by @robraonain_ & Rabhya Mehrotra @FuJoMedia@DCU https://t.co/M14xpMaZ35
📢PhD Scholarship at @DCU_SoC /DCU Water Institute! Apply by June 30, 2025 for a 4-year fully funded fellowship (€25k pa + fee waiver) in comms anthropology: “Anthropology of Water Catchment Areas.” Start Sept 2025. Details: https://t.co/fklV5O9ydA #PhD#WaterGovernance
How an Irish Catholic newspaper viewed World War II - and communism.
Piece by Dr Daniel Carey @danielmcarey, Postdoctoral Researcher @DCU_SoC, for @RTEBrainstorm.
Read here: https://t.co/sC6SsIZ4VC
#RTEBrainstorm
For his PhD, documentary maker Tom Burke turned the camera on his fellow filmmakers to explore the ethical dilemmas of his profession @DCU_SoC.
Read more here: https://t.co/VQ1XJ2HIPv
Thanks @Researchirel for the New Foundations grant. @SalimSaay@UL and me @DCU_Research are collaborating on the DiSSENT project and held an expert panel @mict_intl in Berlin in March to discuss digital security for journalists working in exile. Watch this space for more soon.
A huge achievement for MA in Journalism alum @declanwalsh - winner of a Pulitzer Prize for his @nytimes team’s coverage of Sudan's civil war. Congratulations from all @dcu https://t.co/0cXuGbjB7L
At @kevinrafter’s book launch at Hodges & Figgis, @DCU President @DaireKeogh notes May 3 is World Press Freedom Day, so appropriate for launching a book about eminent Irish foreign affairs reporter E.J. Dillon! @DCU_SoC@HumanitiesDCU
Become an effective communicator of science & health 🔬🎓
@DCU’s MSc in Science & Health Communication creates uniquely skilled science communicators sought after by industry: https://t.co/LDdAgGFVSz
@DCU_SoC@Declanfahy10 @b_trench @DCUScienceComm@ISTJA_IE
Congratulations to MAJ alum @declanwalsh winner of the 2024 James Foley Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism for his @nytimes team's coverage of Sudan's civil war. https://t.co/75ekfSRrwa
Good Night, and Good Luck: why AP’s battle for press freedom echoes the theme of George Clooney’s new play.
Piece by Prof Colleen Murrell @ivorytowerjourn, Full Professor in Journalism @DCU_SoC, for @ConversationUK.
Read more here: https://t.co/C7JPfhVIPX
'Netflix levy' to fund Irish productions under threat.
Dr Roddy Flynn from @DCU_SoC questioned the timing of the move and he said that the disruption to the industry will be clear.
Read more on @rtenews: https://t.co/feeAnGVvX8
Can ‘radical sharing’ of information mean equitable sharing among journalists of risks, resources or rewards? The April 2025 special issue of Journalism explores these questions. Find it here: https://t.co/3aEUhJoJ1U
Well done to our @DCU_SoC colleague Dr Eileen Culloty @CullotyEileen, winner of the @DCU President's Award for Engagement, in recognition of her important work on media literacy
This is the kind of @DCU PhD graduation photograph you get when your topic is about three centuries of the impact and significance of the puppet theatre in Ireland!
Thanks to @BridHoranIE and @DaireKeogh for humouring me and to Kyran O'Brien for capturing it.