David Giles

Media psychology, celebrity, parasocial relationships and assorted bits of rubbish

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

More @shamelesspopnostalgia on Instagram - today a classic David Byrne interview from Blitz magazine in 1988 https://t.co/Rq7SYCXYQh

[𝙃𝙚𝙙𝙡𝙚𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙚 @thorneh]

St Catherine's Hill, Winchester, rising high above the Itchen Valley floodplain. On the summit of then iron age hillfort is a beech clump and nearby buried remains of a Norman chapel.

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

https://t.co/ihQM5pOPgq via @researchgate https://t.co/ihQM5pOPgq

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

Over at instagram I’m posting classic UK pop journalism from the golden era…today, Nick Kent on the Slits https://t.co/agB9DSk39Y

[Kevin Wilbraham @KPW1453]

Late 9th century wall painting of an angel which was found during excavations at New Minster in Winchester; possibly part of the monastic buildings founded by King Alfred. Now on display at Winchester Cathedral. 📸 My own. #WallpaintingWednesday #WinchesterCathedral

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

@daddyfreezing1 Pavement artist? That was Botticelli. OK, he'd had a few

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

@daddyfreezing1 I say old chap, that's a bit unnecessary

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

@RickGlanvill Cheers Rick! Hope all’s well with you - I seem to recall stumbling across this in the attic some while back...I can detect the hand of Louise Gray in some of those listings...

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

Those lovely people at Porridge have just published one of my stories!

[Porridge Magazine @porridgemag]

Our tongues were joyfully glued to our cheeks when we read this submission by @drdavidcgiles. Give yourself a well-deserved lift this Sunday and discover why it's so hard to be a poet in 2020. https://t.co/X55hCSVuLB

[Celebrity Studies @CSJcelebstudies]

EXTENDED DEADLINE: Due to a number of requests, the deadline for abstract submission to #celebritystudies2020 is extended until Oct 7 2019!

There is still time to get your abstracts in: https://t.co/Kz6YasXLb5

[Celebrity Studies @CSJcelebstudies]

Calling all #celebrity scholars! The 5th Annual Celebrity Studies conference will be held 18-20 June 2020 at University of Winchester, UK. Check out the CFP and apply by 1 Oct 2019. https://t.co/Kz6YasXLb5

[Simon Stewart @simonstewart5]

I thoroughly enjoyed writing this article about Bob Dylan for a forthcoming @EJCS_Journal special issue:
Celebrity capital, field-specific aesthetic criteria and the status of cultural objects: The case of Masked and Anonymous - Simon Stewart, https://t.co/lQeAwGrYVt

[@euroqualpsy.bsky.social @EuroQualPsy]

Call for papers for the first EQuiP conference 18-20 June 2020. Please RT widely. https://t.co/NeOJxfqrRT

[Simon Stewart @simonstewart5]

Here's the introduction to our forthcoming @EJCS_Journal special issue (on Celebrity status, fields and value) written with @drdavidcgiles
Celebrity status and the attribution of value https://t.co/5kwh6SUDYf

[Persona Studies @PersonaStudies]

Our latest issue, Music and Persona, is now out. It is an incredible series of articles that identify how the music world constructs public presentations of the self. Thank you to the co-editors Charles Fairchild and @dmarshallmchttps://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/index

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

@stokel Hi Chris, if you want me to send you a copy of my recent (2018) book ‘21st century celebrity: Fame in digital culture’ just e-mail me your address ([email protected])

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

Many thanks Bethany - doing a great job organising a very successful inaugural conference!!!

[Jonathan Ward @JonathanWardPR]

Fantastic #personastudies2019 conference @mch_newcastle big congrats to @bethanyusher pictured here in full flow

[David Giles @drdavidcgiles]

And here’s me doing some more work...or maybe trying to avoid answering the next difficult question!

[Darren Kelsey @Prof_K_CFC]

Closing discussion after 2 wonderful days: "Where next for persona studies?" #personastudies2019