News from Birmingham School of Media

Burger King’s social media stunt is leaving a bad taste in people’s mo...

OPINIONS 08 MAR 2021

PR and Media lecturer at Birmingham City University, Kelly O’Hanlon, discusses the timing of Burger King’s ‘Women belong in the kitchen’ tweet and how intended campaign messaging can sometimes...

'It's a Sin' provoking casual homophobia in 2021 is the very reason wh...

OPINIONS 28 JAN 2021

John Mercer, Professor of Gender and Sexuality at Birmingham City University’s School of Media, discusses Channel 4’s ‘It’s a Sin’, sex on screen and influencing representations.

UK music venues and festivals face a 'second consecutive year of silen...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 05 JAN 2021

A leading music industry academic has cautioned that UK music venues and festivals face a second consecutive year of silence, unless Government adopts measures developed by the music industry to...

NHS celebrity Covid vaccine campaign: ‘Choose the wrong person and the...

UNIVERSITY NEWS 03 DEC 2020

Senior lecturer in PR, Kelly O’Hanlon, questions the news of NHS plans to feature celebrities in a major campaign persuading people to take a coronavirus vaccine.