Centre for Cultural Policy Research

Economics and Management of Media in Turbulent Times

Fri, 30 May 2025 10:59:15 BST

As current President of the WMEMC, Gillian Doyle oversaw the 2025 World Media Economics and Management Conference in Warsaw in which major themes included the economics of platformisation, challenges of misinformation, AI and sustainability of journalism.

New Book Chapter on Sport and Social Media

Thu, 08 May 2025 15:33:28 BST

Raymond Boyle (with Richard Haynes) have a new book chapter entitled Journalists, Social Media and Formula One: Life Inside the Piranha Club

Financial Sustainability of PSM

Fri, 02 May 2025 13:21:33 BST

Gillian Doyle participated in a closed expert roundtable event focusing on the sustainability and funding of PSM organised by Ofcom on May 2 in connection with the current UK PSM Review.

New research on digital regulation

Fri, 02 May 2025 13:23:40 BST

As part of CREATe’s Political Economy of Regulation theme (with funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, AHRC), Martin Kretschmer and CCPR’s Philip Schlesinger are researching evolving modes of digital regulation, exemplified by the UK’s Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum (DRCF).

Handbook of Documentary Research

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:42:21 BST

Inge Sorensen is delighted to be included in Kate Nash and Deane Williams' seminal Handbook of Documentary Research with the chapter, Documentary Funding in the Age of the Streamers, co-authored with Professor Nick Higgins. Out on Routledge now.

Consul Talk on Glasgow and its Culture

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:38:29 BST

Raymond Boyle gave an invited talk in Glasgow to consular staff from across a number of countries.

Keynote conference address on F1 and the Media

Tue, 08 Apr 2025 13:37:07 BST

Raymond Boyle was a keynote speaker at the Sports Politics International Network Conference at the University of Malaga on 20-21 February.

Congratulations to Wei Zhao

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:57:07 GMT

Congratulations to Wei Zhao who on February 28th successfully defended her PhD thesis on digital adaptation, ownership and innovation in newspaper organisations in China. The examiners were John Oliver, Emeritus Professor at the University of Bournemouth and Dr Lynn Whitaker of CCPR; supervisors were Gillian Doyle and Raymond Boyle.

Redefining Creativity: AI's Promise and Peril for Media Industries

Wed, 29 Jan 2025 09:34:00 GMT

Gillian Doyle spoke about the effects of AI on the creative landscape and implications for Baumol's disease at the European Media Management Association's EmmaTalk forum on January 28th 2025.

RTS Journalism Awards 2025

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 14:45:25 GMT

Raymond Boyle was invited to sit on one of the juries for the Royal Television Society (RTS) Journalism Awards. The jury met in London on 22 January to deliberate, with the final awards ceremony taking place in London in March.

Congratulations to David Booth on his PhD about Global Sports and Fan Engagement in the Digital Era

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:12:02 GMT

Congratulations to David Booth who on January 17th successfully defended his PhD thesis on global sports, fan engagement and emergent technologies and business strategies within European football.

Research into sport and politics: the Geopolitics of Football

Mon, 20 Jan 2025 15:13:44 GMT

Raymond Boyle, writing with Richard Haynes have a new chapter on the role of ownership and football clubs as cultural and economic institutions.

New Podcast on F1 and the Media

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:36:43 GMT

Raymond Boyle took part in the Business of Winning podcast to discuss his new co-authored book Streaming the Formula 1 Rivalry: Sport and the Media in the Platform Age.

Visiting fellowship at Vienna’s Institute for Human Sciences

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:46:32 BST

CCPR’s Professor Philip Schlesinger has been appointed to a Guest of the Institute Visiting Fellowship at the Institute for Human Sciences (Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen, IWM) in Vienna.

Media Coverage and the Paris 2024 Olympics

Thu, 26 Sep 2024 10:47:55 BST

Raymond Boyle has contributed to the new publication, Olympic and Paralympic Analysis 2024: Mega events, media, and the politics of sport, edited by Daniel Jackson, Alina Bernstein, Michael Butterworth, Younghan Cho, Danielle Sarver Coombs, Michael Devlin, Ana Carolina Vimieiro.

Media Freedom debate with Council of Europe

Tue, 10 Sep 2024 13:59:47 BST

Raymond Boyle was invited to give evidence regarding sports journalism and media freedom to the Council of Europe’s Committee on Culture, Science, Education and Media, sub-committee on Media and Information Society.

Congratulations to Areti Chavale on her PhD about ARR

Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:46:24 BST

Congratulations to Areti Chavale, Lecturer in Management at the ASBS, who on August 15th successfully defended her PhD thesis on 'Artists’ Resale Right and the Art Market: Evidence from British Art Auctions'.

AI - A cure for Baumol's disease?

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:30:49 BST

Gillian Doyle, has published an analysis of recent developments in generative AI and what these imply for Baumol's cost disease.

Digital transformation and the challenge for Ireland’s public service media

Wed, 07 Aug 2024 11:28:09 BST

Drawing on her work as a member of the Future of Media Commission, Gillian Doyle has published an analysis of how challenges faced by PSM in the digital era are being addressed by policy-makers in Ireland.

Glasgow Talks Football

Fri, 24 May 2024 14:09:29 BST

Raymond Boyle was invited to speak at Glasgow Chamber of Commerce event as part of their Glasgow Talks series at Hampden Park on 23 May.

A new Doctor at CCPR

Tue, 07 May 2024 09:57:27 BST

We are delighted to announce that Ann McCluskey successfully completed her PhD which examined the relationship between Television and arts programming in Scotland.

New Book Launch with F1 and the Media Panel Debate

Wed, 01 May 2024 15:03:30 BST

To celebrate the launch of the new book Streaming the Formula 1 Rivalry: Sport and the Media in the Platform Age by Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes, Birkbeck Sport Business Centre, London hosted a panel discussion on the relationship between the Media and Formula 1 on Monday 29 April.

Participation in FCT Research Evaluation Process

Wed, 24 Apr 2024 09:48:14 BST

Professor Gillian Doyle from CCPR has been appointed a Panel Member for the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), the national public agency that supports research in science, technology and innovation in Portugal

New book examines the relationship between Sport and the Media, in the streaming age, with a focus on Formula 1 motorsport

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 14:14:00 GMT

A new book by Raymond Boyle and Richard Haynes, Streaming the Formula 1 Rivalry: Sport and the Media in the Platform Age, has been published. Taking the global sport of Formula 1 (F1) motor racing as a sustained case study, Streaming the Formula 1 Rivalry examines how the relationship between the sport and the media has evolved in this new digital environment.

Not just a neologistic pas de deux

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:01:55 GMT

Philip Schlesinger’s Javnost-ThePublic article has been republished as CREATe Working Paper 3/24.

Call my agent!

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:22:11 GMT

Emma Paterson has been described by Harper’s Bazaar as a ‘megawatt literary agent’. She is a member of the Booker Foundation’s advisory committee, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.

The post-public sphere and neo-regulation of internet platforms

Tue, 05 Mar 2024 14:26:31 GMT

Philip Schlesinger has published a further article in his series on platform regulation.

Ireland needs a more effective and sustainable PSM funding model

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 09:59:00 GMT

Writing in the Irish Times with Brian MacCraith, former Future of Media Commission member Gillian Doyle argues that now is the time for Ireland to phase out the TV licence fee in favour of a more stable, progressive and sustainable model of public service media funding.

Consolidation and the Global TV Production Sector

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 10:01:30 GMT

Professor Gillian Doyle gave an invited lecture at the University of Warsaw. Drawing on her recent ESRC-funded project on Television Production in Transition: Independence, Scale and sustainability, she discussed the effects of mergers and acquisitions of UK independent TV production companies, the growing power of transnational media companies, how re-structurings in ownership reflect changing business models and implications for creative output and public policy.

Congratulations to Tiffany Bale who has been awarded her PhD

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 10:15:46 GMT

Congratulations to Tiffany Bale who has been awarded her PhD for her thesis 'Staying Remaining and Surviving: Researching Womens' Costume Careers in UK Film and Television'.

Place-making and cultural tourism

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:01:31 GMT

Professor Murray Pittock gave the third evening lecture in the CCPR/CREATe ‘Reflections on Culture’ series at the ARC on 23 January. His topic was ‘Location, Location, Location: Culture, Heritage and the Economy’.

Can I really use this? Copyright exceptions for filmmakers

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 16:32:40 GMT

Inge Sørensen was delighted to talk about archive, creative reuse and documentary making at CREATe’s 'Can I Really Use This? Copyright Exceptions for Filmmakers' event.

The Challenge of Regulating the Virtual World: AI, The Internet, and the Future

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:14:00 GMT

AI regulation was discussed by a panel chaired and introduced by CCPR’s Professor Philip Schlesinger. He opened with reflections on the geopolitical and national security aspects of current regulatory developments.

Museums for All? A Utopian Fantasy

Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:15:00 GMT

On 15 November, the second event in the CCPR/CREATe ‘Reflections on Culture’ series was held in the ARC. Dr Mark O’Neill’s wide-ranging lecture began with an absorbing photographic account of the little-known history of Glasgow’s museums.

'Theatre after Covid: Performance in an Age of Pandemic Crisis

Fri, 03 Nov 2023 12:57:46 GMT

On Saturday 4 November, Mark Banks travelled to the Central School of Speech and Drama in London to talk on the theme of cultural policy and sustainable futures.

Sport and Politics Conference, London

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:32:59 GMT

Raymond Boyle presented at the International conference on The Politics of Sporting Mega-Events, hosted at Birbeck College, University of London on 27 October.

Launch of the CCPR/CREATe ‘Reflections on Culture’ series

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 08:12:00 BST

On 4 October, our new ‘Reflections on Culture’ series was initiated by Dr Bridget McConnell, former CEO of Glasgow Life, the arm’s length agency that runs culture, leisure, and sports services for the City of Glasgow.

Crisis of the public sphere

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:23:30 BST

Philip Schlesinger spoke on ‘The post-public sphere and neo-regulation of media and communications’ at an international colloquium held at the LSE on 7-8 September.

Consultation on Generative AI Regulation

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 15:24:46 BST

CREATe has submitted its response on ‘Priorities for Generative AI Regulation in the UK’ to the Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum, a key consortium of British digital regulators.

Sustainable Screens Scotland (SSS)

Fri, 18 Aug 2023 10:56:00 BST

The second workshop of the Sustainable Screens Scotland (SSS) network project ‘ A Just, Green Transition for the Screen Sector in Scotland’ was held on the 22nd of May.

Questioning broadcasting’s future

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 10:15:00 BST

Philip Schlesinger was an invited panellist at the Edinburgh Festival of Politics’s session on ‘The future of broadcasting’, held at The Scottish Parliament on 10 August 2023.

New Thinking in Urban Creative Industry Research

Tue, 11 Jul 2023 12:59:13 BST

Kate Oakley and Mark Banks were amongst the invited speakers at this event held at Loughborough University London in June 2023.

Policy futures for the digital creative economy: the reports

Tue, 06 Jun 2023 11:44:43 BST

We have now published the detailed record of the public lecture and the related symposium held on 28-30 March 2023.

Handbook on Public Sociology

Wed, 24 May 2023 12:50:28 BST

Mark Banks recently published a chapter entitled Critical sociologies of work in the cultural industries: pathways to ‘creative justice'?.

International Communication Days Symposium in Istanbul

Tue, 23 May 2023 15:49:00 BST

Professor Gillian Doyle gave the opening keynote on 'Consolidation in the Transnational TV Production Sector' at the 10th IFIG (Digital Capital and Communication) Symposium at Uskudar University in Istanbul in May 2023.

Policy futures for the digital creative economy

Wed, 05 Apr 2023 10:52:36 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger, who is leading the Glasgow end of a current Partnership Collaboration with the University of Sydney, organised an invitation-only symposium in the ARC on 29-30 March on ‘Policy Futures for the Digital Creative Economy’.

Talk on 'Re-Futuring Creative Economies'

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 11:43:24 BST

On 30th April Mark Banks will be speaking in the Department of Management, Society and Communication at Copenhagen Business School on the theme of 'Re-Futuring Creative Economies'.

Action Plan on Future of Media in Ireland

Wed, 08 Feb 2023 09:46:00 GMT

Following on from the Report of the Future of Media Commission in Ireland, of which Professor Gillian Doyle was a member, the Irish Government has published a comprehensive Implementation Strategy & Action Plan

Television Production, International Trade and Pressures to Consolidate

Tue, 31 Jan 2023 13:05:19 GMT

A new Policy Briefing by Policy and Evidence in the Creative Industries (PEC) Co-investigator Professor Gillian Doyle discusses the crucial role of independent TV production firms, challenges of retaining ownerships of rights and the role of public service broadcasters in growth of the sector.

Research Associate Vacancy at CCPR

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 09:24:00 GMT

We are looking to appoint an outstanding Research Associate to work on ‘Public Service Media (PSM) and the Digital Challenge: Purpose, Value and Funding’.

Neo-regulation of internet platforms discussed in Oxford

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 15:18:49 GMT

Philip Schlesinger presented an invited paper on ‘The neo-regulation of internet platforms? The British model considered’, in the session on ‘Internet regulation: issues and challenges’, at The Oxford Internet Policy & Politics Conference 2023 on 21 January 2023.

Platform regulation in the UK analysed

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 15:20:49 GMT

Along with CREATe colleagues Martin Kretschmer and Ula Furgal, CCPR’s Philip Schlesinger has co-authored an analysis of the emergence of platform regulation in the UK.

PSM and the Digital Challenge: Purpose, Value and Funding

Wed, 11 Jan 2023 14:30:30 GMT

The ESRC has awarded a grant of £473,133 to the University of Glasgow for a three-year study on 'PSM and the Digital Challenge: Purpose, Value and Funding' to be led by Professor Gillian Doyle (PI) and Raymond Boyle (CoI) in the Centre for Cultural Policy Research (CCPR).

Platform neo-regulation in France and the UK compared

Wed, 14 Dec 2022 10:13:18 GMT

Philip Schlesinger presented his current thinking on the neo-regulation of internet platforms to the Digital Activities Working Group convened by Paris Dauphine University's Chair in Regulation.

New Sports Media Research on Diego Maradona

Tue, 29 Nov 2022 16:14:13 GMT

Raymond Boyle gave an online lecture on 18th November at the launch of a new collection of essays on the footballing icon Diego Maradona.

Scoping Culture and Heritage Capital

Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:25:00 GMT

A new study, for which Professor Gillian Doyle was on the Advisory Group, that scopes how the value of arts, culture and heritage can be articulated and measured has been published on the UK Government’s Culture and Heritage Capital (CHC) portal.

New Sports Journalism Research

Tue, 01 Nov 2022 09:55:27 GMT

Raymond Boyle has a new chapter (written with David Rowe) on Sport, Journalism and Social Reproduction in the recently published Oxford Handbook on Sport and Society edited by Laurence Wenner.

Scotland’s sustainable media future

Fri, 30 Sep 2022 06:00:00 BST

With the backdrop of the constitutional question and amid continuing transformation in the media industries, the challenges and opportunities of how news and journalism relate to Scotland’s democracy are discussed in a new report based on key stakeholders’ candid views.

RSE-funded Sustainable Screens Scotland network

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 14:52:24 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen and CoI Dr Mark Wong, School of Social and Political Sciences, have launched the RSE funded Sustainable Screens Scotland network which will connect the Scottish film and television production industry, screen sector stakeholders, and academics across disciplines to promote the screen industry’s transition towards net-zero.

IAA Impact Generation Funds awarded to Dr Inge Sorensen.

Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:28:20 BST

Dr Inge Sørensen has received an award from the University’s AHRC Impact Accelerator Account to develop the Thunberg Test, an educational resource and app for the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence.

Screen Work in the 21st Century: Access, Equality and 'Creative Justice'

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 09:18:51 BST

Mark Banks is the special guest and opening speaker at a forthcoming event based around his work on 'creative justice' in the cultural industries.

Sydney calling! New collaboration award

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 14:12:13 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger has received an award in the 2022-2023 round of the USyd-UofG Partnership Collaboration Awards (PCA).

Congratulations to Dr Siqi Li

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 13:25:00 BST

Congratulations to Dr Siqi Li who successfully defended her PhD thesis on Chinese-language Internet-based Media Consumption of Chinese People in the UK and Their Intercultural Adaptation, on the 7th of July.

Europe, war and regulation

Tue, 02 Aug 2022 15:24:59 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger was a keynote speaker at the VII International Congress on Communication, Journalism and the Public Sphere, held at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, 13-15 July.

Irish Government welcomes FOMC Report

Tue, 12 Jul 2022 14:38:21 BST

The publication of the Report of the Future of Media Commission in Ireland, of which Professor Gilian Doyle of CCPR is a member, has been welcomed by the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and Minister for Media who have announced a major government initiative to support Ireland’s media sector.

Scotland’s sustainable media future

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:49:52 BST

On 9 June, just one day after the Advanced Research Centre’s (ARC) inauguration, the question of Scotland’s media future was revisited and debated in the University’s sparkling new building.

The British road to platform regulation

Wed, 25 May 2022 13:20:14 BST

Professor Philip Schlesinger was a keynote speaker at the ICA 2022 pre-conference on Platform Governance on 25 May, an all-day global marathon of presentations.

REF Recognition: CCPR, Film & TV, Theatre

Thu, 12 May 2022 14:31:32 BST

The Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Film and Television Studies, and Theatre Studies, have performed exceptionally well in the REF2021 research assessment with 95% of the Unit’s research recognised as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

CCPR-CREATe Roger Mitchell Lecture ‘Sport? What’s the problem!!! Wednesday 25 May 2022, 2pm

Wed, 11 May 2022 11:51:00 BST

We are delighted to announce that Roger Mitchell will be visiting the university to give the CCPR-CREATe lecture entitled, SPORT? What's the problem!!!!

Supporting AV Production

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 10:43:50 BST

Professor Gillian Doyle gave an invited guest lecture in April 2022 on 'Supporting AV Production: Lessons from the UK TV Sector' at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen with whom CCPR has strong research links.

Post-doc fellowship in China for CCPR PhD

Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:08:26 GMT

CCPR warmly congratulates Dr Yanling Zhu, who has been appointed to a post-doctoral research fellowship in social science, foreign policy and public diplomacy at the Institute of Public Policy at the South China University of Technology.

Production, policy and power

Tue, 08 Mar 2022 15:24:02 GMT

Dr Inge Sorensen and Dr Caitriona Noonan article “Production, policy and power: the screen industry’s response to the environmental crisis” is now published in Volume 44, Issue 1 of Media, Culture & Society and is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437211065697

Media freedom in question

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:33:09 GMT

Damian Tambini (LSE) will speak on ‘Media Freedom and the Regulation of Big Tech’ on 8 March in a CCPR-CREATe Lecture, a hybrid event open to all.

Neo-regulation anatomised

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 13:36:43 GMT

Philip Schlesinger’s article, ‘The neo-regulation of internet platforms in the United Kingdom’ has just been published in Policy & Internet.

Congratulations, Dr Jun Wu

Thu, 03 Mar 2022 16:54:48 GMT

CCPR congratulates Jun Wu, who on 3 March successfully defended her PhD thesis on how television companies in China are adjusting to the digital multiplatform environment.

Congratulations, Dr Xiaodi Wang

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:12:15 GMT

CCPR congratulates Xiaodi Wang, who on 23 February successfully defended her PhD thesis on ‘The Opportunities, Risks and Challenges of Chinese Citizen Journalism in Times of Public Crisis’.

Platform regulation project gets another airing

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:49:29 GMT

In a rapid follow-up to their TechReg article on the neo-regulation of internet platforms, CREATe’s Martin Kretschmer and CCPR and CREATe’s Philip Schlesinger were interviewed by Aitor Ortiz, TechReg Managing Director.

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen to join the AHRC Peer Review College

Tue, 01 Feb 2022 16:03:04 GMT

Dr Inge Ejbye Sørensen has been appointed a member of the Arts and Humanities Research Council’s Peer Review College.

The neo-regulation of platforms anatomised

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:24:00 GMT

CCPR’s Philip Schlesinger and his CREATe colleague, Martin Kretschmer, have showcased recent Glasgow research on the AHRC-funded Policy and Evidence Centre’s platform regulation project.

‘Post-public sphere’ essay translated into Portuguese

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 12:00:15 GMT

Philip Schlesinger’s 2020 essay on ‘the post-public sphere’ has been re-published in Portuguese translation by the journal Mediapolis. It appears in a special issue celebrating the 60th anniversary of the original German publication of Jürgen Habermas’s famous book,