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The Research Centre for Film, Media, Discourse and Culture at the University of Wolverhampton warmly invites you to a public lecture by Dr Peter Bull Dr Peter Bull: Claptrap And Ambiguity: The Microanalysis Of Political Discourse Tuesday March 21st 2017, 6.00pm - 7.30pm MK045, George Wallis Building, City Campus Based on the detailed microanalysis of political discourse (speeches, interviews, parliamentary questions and news broadcasts), this lecture will address the following questions: How do politicians invite applause and booing from their audiences? How and why do political leaders avoid answering questions? How impartial are political journalists in reporting the news? The lecture will be based on original research on political discourse conducted by Peter Bull and his colleagues. Dr Peter Bull is a Reader in Psychology at the University of York (UK), a Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and Visiting Professor in Political Communication, University of Antwerp (Belgium). He has over 100 academic publications, primarily concerned with the detailed “microanalysis” of political discourse and nonverbal communication, and nearly 3,000 citations on Google Scholar. He is the author of The Microanalysis of Political Communication: Claptrap and Ambiguity: (Psychology Press, 2003).Website http://drbull.nfshost.com. Please note that it is free to attend these lectures - for further information email: [log in to unmask] -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------