Media, War and Conflict
@mwcjournal.bsky.social
Media, War & Conflict is an international, peer-reviewed journal that maps the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively mediated age.
WE'RE HAVING A PRECONFERENCE AT ICA IN CAPE TOWN!
Are you a scholar of media, war and conflict? We're having a preconference on the theme of 'Challenges to Contemporary Conflict Reporting" in Cape Town in 2026 and we'd love your abstract!
bit.ly/mwc2026cfa
Are you a scholar of media, war and conflict? We're having a preconference on the theme of 'Challenges to Contemporary Conflict Reporting" in Cape Town in 2026 and we'd love your abstract!
bit.ly/mwc2026cfa
November 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
WE'RE HAVING A PRECONFERENCE AT ICA IN CAPE TOWN!
Are you a scholar of media, war and conflict? We're having a preconference on the theme of 'Challenges to Contemporary Conflict Reporting" in Cape Town in 2026 and we'd love your abstract!
bit.ly/mwc2026cfa
Are you a scholar of media, war and conflict? We're having a preconference on the theme of 'Challenges to Contemporary Conflict Reporting" in Cape Town in 2026 and we'd love your abstract!
bit.ly/mwc2026cfa
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My latest article has been published today in @mwcjournal.bsky.social!
Here, I argue that British media reporting on conflict abroad says just as much about domestic political identity, and how Britain still sees itself as a "great power" state.
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Here, I argue that British media reporting on conflict abroad says just as much about domestic political identity, and how Britain still sees itself as a "great power" state.
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Great Britain? Constructing great power status through online news reporting of foreign conflict - Natalie Jester, 2025
This article argues that online news coverage of foreign conflict depicts Britain as holding special responsibilities on the world stage, reproducing its status...
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October 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
My latest article has been published today in @mwcjournal.bsky.social!
Here, I argue that British media reporting on conflict abroad says just as much about domestic political identity, and how Britain still sees itself as a "great power" state.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Here, I argue that British media reporting on conflict abroad says just as much about domestic political identity, and how Britain still sees itself as a "great power" state.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Check out my new publication in @mwcjournal.bsky.social - I argue that states use summitry as a digital content to induce ‘digital entitativity’ or to produce their selves as a unitary intentional actor among social media users, by analyzing China’s Twitter content on Xi’s summits.
The fifth article is out in our special issue, Narrating War. @minseonku.bsky.social, The digital reproduction of the state: Public diplomacy, digital entitativity, and strategic ontology: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The digital reproduction of the state: Public diplomacy, digital entitativity, and strategic ontology - Minseon Ku, 2025
How do states engage in strategic ontology via digital diplomacy? Existing arguments about digital diplomacy focus on everyday practices, overlooking its ontolo...
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July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Check out my new publication in @mwcjournal.bsky.social - I argue that states use summitry as a digital content to induce ‘digital entitativity’ or to produce their selves as a unitary intentional actor among social media users, by analyzing China’s Twitter content on Xi’s summits.
We also have quite a few articles looking at media and the war in Ukraine out in OnlinFirst, for scholars following the topic.
July 3, 2025 at 7:46 AM
We also have quite a few articles looking at media and the war in Ukraine out in OnlinFirst, for scholars following the topic.
New articles this month! Here are some highlights:
‘You’re on your own baby’: Sudanese women bridging conflict, journalism, j’activism, and media (in)visibility by Maha Bashri, Carolyn Walcott and Hala Guta looks at the lived experiences of women journalists in Sudan.
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‘You’re on your own baby’: Sudanese women bridging conflict, journalism, j’activism, and media (in)visibility by Maha Bashri, Carolyn Walcott and Hala Guta looks at the lived experiences of women journalists in Sudan.
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July 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
New articles this month! Here are some highlights:
‘You’re on your own baby’: Sudanese women bridging conflict, journalism, j’activism, and media (in)visibility by Maha Bashri, Carolyn Walcott and Hala Guta looks at the lived experiences of women journalists in Sudan.
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
‘You’re on your own baby’: Sudanese women bridging conflict, journalism, j’activism, and media (in)visibility by Maha Bashri, Carolyn Walcott and Hala Guta looks at the lived experiences of women journalists in Sudan.
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
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Sudan is in crisis yet global media coverage is scarce. Our piece in @mwcjournal.bsky.social You’re on Your Own, Baby - centers j’activists Sudanese women reporting the war when others won’t.
@carolynbwalcott.bsky.social @halaguta.bsky.social
@richardstupart.com
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@carolynbwalcott.bsky.social @halaguta.bsky.social
@richardstupart.com
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‘You’re on your own baby’: Sudanese women bridging conflict, journalism, j’activism, and media (in)visibility - Maha Bashri, Carolyn Walcott, Hala Guta, 2025
The ongoing conflict in Sudan has been largely obscured by limited global media coverage that undermines the visibility of violence and displacement felt most s...
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June 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Sudan is in crisis yet global media coverage is scarce. Our piece in @mwcjournal.bsky.social You’re on Your Own, Baby - centers j’activists Sudanese women reporting the war when others won’t.
@carolynbwalcott.bsky.social @halaguta.bsky.social
@richardstupart.com
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/TISIF...
@carolynbwalcott.bsky.social @halaguta.bsky.social
@richardstupart.com
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ICYMI. Media, War and Conflict. Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone. Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox.
Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne
Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne
One of our reviewers' favourite papers of 2025 is now out!
"Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone" by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
The open access version is available here:
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
"Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone" by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
The open access version is available here:
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone - Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, 2025
Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne drone in rel...
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June 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
ICYMI. Media, War and Conflict. Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone. Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox.
Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne
Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne
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Phillip Levanthal. "As more countries worldwide develop increasingly hostile environments for journalists, MEXICO'S RESILIENT JOURNALISTS offers insights that transcend its geographic focus."
An excellent review of Julieta Brambila's book in @mwcjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yfftfm94
An excellent review of Julieta Brambila's book in @mwcjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yfftfm94
April 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Phillip Levanthal. "As more countries worldwide develop increasingly hostile environments for journalists, MEXICO'S RESILIENT JOURNALISTS offers insights that transcend its geographic focus."
An excellent review of Julieta Brambila's book in @mwcjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yfftfm94
An excellent review of Julieta Brambila's book in @mwcjournal.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/yfftfm94
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Please submit a 250 word abstract complete with author and contact information to [email protected] by 23 June 2025.
Selected papers from the symposium will be invited to contribute to a special issue, provisionally agreed with the Q1 Sage journal, Media, War & Conflict @mwcjournal.bsky.social
Selected papers from the symposium will be invited to contribute to a special issue, provisionally agreed with the Q1 Sage journal, Media, War & Conflict @mwcjournal.bsky.social
April 17, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Please submit a 250 word abstract complete with author and contact information to [email protected] by 23 June 2025.
Selected papers from the symposium will be invited to contribute to a special issue, provisionally agreed with the Q1 Sage journal, Media, War & Conflict @mwcjournal.bsky.social
Selected papers from the symposium will be invited to contribute to a special issue, provisionally agreed with the Q1 Sage journal, Media, War & Conflict @mwcjournal.bsky.social
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At the risk of beating a dead horse….the paper I published in @mwcjournal.bsky.social about Zelensky and profile news coverage at the beginning of the Russian invasion might put the utter frenzy of news coverage about Trump/Vance’s temper tantrum in the Oval Office this afternoon into perspective.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:18 AM
At the risk of beating a dead horse….the paper I published in @mwcjournal.bsky.social about Zelensky and profile news coverage at the beginning of the Russian invasion might put the utter frenzy of news coverage about Trump/Vance’s temper tantrum in the Oval Office this afternoon into perspective.
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By complete accident, I happen to be in #Sumy this week in my personal capacity, visiting friends I made as part of an academic exchange between Sumy State University and the University of Liverpool.
April 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
By complete accident, I happen to be in #Sumy this week in my personal capacity, visiting friends I made as part of an academic exchange between Sumy State University and the University of Liverpool.
One of our reviewers' favourite papers of 2025 is now out!
"Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone" by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
The open access version is available here:
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
"Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone" by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
The open access version is available here:
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone - Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox, 2025
Against a background of contemporary hyperconnected warfare and accelerating advances in drone/robotic systems, this article discusses the airborne drone in rel...
doi.org
February 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
One of our reviewers' favourite papers of 2025 is now out!
"Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone" by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
The open access version is available here:
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
"Surrendering to ‘too powerful’ technologies: From the F-111 to the MQ-28 Ghost-Bat drone" by Kathryn Brimblecombe-Fox
The open access version is available here:
doi.org/10.1177/1750...
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We're having a fantastic (hybrid!) panel on media and the war in Ukraine here at Liverpool next Thursday (27 Feb) with a screening of "1% of war" and Q&A with director Denys Khrystov afterwards.
Registration is at: bit.ly/liverpoolmed...
Registration is at: bit.ly/liverpoolmed...
February 21, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We're having a fantastic (hybrid!) panel on media and the war in Ukraine here at Liverpool next Thursday (27 Feb) with a screening of "1% of war" and Q&A with director Denys Khrystov afterwards.
Registration is at: bit.ly/liverpoolmed...
Registration is at: bit.ly/liverpoolmed...
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New research from Annenberg doctoral candidate @lizhallgren.bsky.social analyzes Western media’s fascination with Volodymyr Zelensky in the early months of the Russia-Ukraine war.
@mwcjournal.bsky.social #CommSky
@mwcjournal.bsky.social #CommSky
New Research Explores How Volodymyr Zelensky’s Public Persona Shaped Early Narratives of the Russia-Ukraine War
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February 5, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New research from Annenberg doctoral candidate @lizhallgren.bsky.social analyzes Western media’s fascination with Volodymyr Zelensky in the early months of the Russia-Ukraine war.
@mwcjournal.bsky.social #CommSky
@mwcjournal.bsky.social #CommSky
Some good news! We're delighted to have Dr Saumava Mitra from Dublin City University join our editorial team.
January 21, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Some good news! We're delighted to have Dr Saumava Mitra from Dublin City University join our editorial team.
Also, while we're skeeting...
If you've published a book on anything Media, War and Conflict, slide into our DMs. We're always interested in new things to review.
If you've published a book on anything Media, War and Conflict, slide into our DMs. We're always interested in new things to review.
October 23, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Also, while we're skeeting...
If you've published a book on anything Media, War and Conflict, slide into our DMs. We're always interested in new things to review.
If you've published a book on anything Media, War and Conflict, slide into our DMs. We're always interested in new things to review.
Big news!
We're now accepting creative practice submissions in the form of video essays and original short films for publication. Innovative work that contributes to existing debates and identifies emerging challenges in the convergence of media, war and conflict.
We're now accepting creative practice submissions in the form of video essays and original short films for publication. Innovative work that contributes to existing debates and identifies emerging challenges in the convergence of media, war and conflict.
October 23, 2024 at 7:49 PM
Big news!
We're now accepting creative practice submissions in the form of video essays and original short films for publication. Innovative work that contributes to existing debates and identifies emerging challenges in the convergence of media, war and conflict.
We're now accepting creative practice submissions in the form of video essays and original short films for publication. Innovative work that contributes to existing debates and identifies emerging challenges in the convergence of media, war and conflict.
Also in MWC news, we're delighted that @wheretheroad is joining our editorial team.
April 3, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Also in MWC news, we're delighted that @wheretheroad is joining our editorial team.
Welcome to @johana.bsky.social, who is joining us as our reviews editor!
Are you publishing on topics around media, war and conflict - books, films or media (broadly interpreted)? We'd love to know about it.
Are you publishing on topics around media, war and conflict - books, films or media (broadly interpreted)? We'd love to know about it.
April 3, 2024 at 9:42 AM
Welcome to @johana.bsky.social, who is joining us as our reviews editor!
Are you publishing on topics around media, war and conflict - books, films or media (broadly interpreted)? We'd love to know about it.
Are you publishing on topics around media, war and conflict - books, films or media (broadly interpreted)? We'd love to know about it.
We have some great publications coming out in Online First this week. 🧵
April 3, 2024 at 9:33 AM
We have some great publications coming out in Online First this week. 🧵
Congrats to the winner of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) War and Media Studies Scholarly Interest Group 2022–2023 Graduate Student Writing Prize!
We're delighted to be part of the judging panel and to publish Hugo Ljungbäck's exciting work!
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We're delighted to be part of the judging panel and to publish Hugo Ljungbäck's exciting work!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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October 25, 2023 at 2:46 PM
Congrats to the winner of the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) War and Media Studies Scholarly Interest Group 2022–2023 Graduate Student Writing Prize!
We're delighted to be part of the judging panel and to publish Hugo Ljungbäck's exciting work!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
We're delighted to be part of the judging panel and to publish Hugo Ljungbäck's exciting work!
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...