The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Technologies on the Media & Entertainment Sector (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Bergin, S., Grubert, B., & O'Mahoney, S. (2022, July). The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Technologies on the Media & Entertainment Sector. Paper presented at Learning, Teaching and Student Experience (LTSE) 2023, International Convention Centre, Newport, Wales

The Media & Entertainment sector has continually transformed due to disruptive technologies. From the Lumière Brothers' Cinématographe in the 19ᵗʰ century, to the Virtual Production techniques of today and beyond, the sector has witnessed significant... Read More about The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Disruptive Technologies on the Media & Entertainment Sector.

Draghi's very Italian fall (2022)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2022). Draghi's very Italian fall

The resignation on 21 July 2022 of Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi was a classic example of the machinations of Italian politics. The outcome of a manufactured crisis and a manipulation of events by the parties of the right, Draghi’s fall was nei... Read More about Draghi's very Italian fall.

Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement? (2022)
Journal Article
Bull, M. (2022). Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?

The Italian Five Star Movement – Movimento 5 Stelle – has undergone a formidable split. This, and declining popularity in opinion polls, marks the twilight of Five Star’s decade-long success – and possibly the end of populist politics in Italy Read More about Whatever happened to the Italian Five Star Movement?.

Esports in Higher Education (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, June). Esports in Higher Education. Presented at British Esports Federation, Nottingham

Metaverse: Who own's the digital fans of the future? (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, June). Metaverse: Who own's the digital fans of the future?. Presented at Web3 Summit, London

Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria (2022)
Journal Article
Apejoye, A., & Simpson, S. (2022). Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria. International journal of digital television (Online), https://doi.org/10.1386/jdmp_00102_1

This article provides a contribution to knowledge on the growth of online news commenting
in Nigeria. Specifically, it accounts for factors which influence the character of the often
fractious online discursive behaviour in evidence and what commun... Read More about Political economy, communications discourse and media policy : the case of online news commenting in Nigeria.

Sixty Artists + Ten (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

60 artists, from a variety of different disciplines who exhibited in an exhibition in 2012 in Manchester, were invited once more to submit a drawing alongside 10 new artists invited to exhibit alongside the original 60 at The Whitaker.

The exhibit... Read More about Sixty Artists + Ten.

Walking in the wild, smart city : exploring geo-located sound walk practices in urban landscapes : 300 word statement (2022)
Other
Scott, J. (2022). Walking in the wild, smart city : exploring geo-located sound walk practices in urban landscapes : 300 word statement

Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact (2022)
Thesis
Dorbayani, S. Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact. (Thesis). The University of Salford

This cross-disciplinary critique of commercially available publications and releases exemplifies aspects of my practice as I have navigated through the roles of executive consultant, adviser, international songwriter and cultural diplomat over the pa... Read More about Cultural diplomacy: the role of music and creative industry in establishing dialogue and understanding for social impact.

Where do I go from here? Filmmaking for raising awareness: the plight of the Kuwaiti (Stateless) Bidoon (2022)
Thesis

This practice-based Ph.D. research investigates how drama filmmaking can be used as a tool to raise awareness on social matters, specifically the plight of the Kuwaiti (stateless) Bidoon. The originally scripted and produced 60-minute drama film, Whe... Read More about Where do I go from here? Filmmaking for raising awareness: the plight of the Kuwaiti (Stateless) Bidoon.

Affective atmosphere : a non-representational method of devising film performance and fiction (2022)
Journal Article
Prokopic, P. (2022). Affective atmosphere : a non-representational method of devising film performance and fiction. Journal for artistic research, https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.989439

Digital Society (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, April). Digital Society. Presented at Connected North, Manchester

Podcast 2 with Alaric Searle; Ukraine - Day 58 (2022)
Digital Artefact
Searle, D. (2022). Podcast 2 with Alaric Searle; Ukraine - Day 58. [YouTube (online)]

Ed Nash discussion with Alaric Searle on the first weeks of the war in Ukraine, the significant military developments and the wider politics of the conflict.

Trust in Me: Data and Artificial Intelligence (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, April). Trust in Me: Data and Artificial Intelligence. Presented at Edinburgh Science Festival, Edinburgh

The Future of Esports (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, April). The Future of Esports. Presented at ESIC Global Esports Summit, London

Esports and Education (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, March). Esports and Education. Presented at BETT, London

Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs (2022)
Journal Article
Edmondson, D. (2022). Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs. Pragmatics and Cognition, 28(1), 193-221. https://doi.org/10.1075/pc.00023.edm

While databases of taboo language word norms exist, none focus specifically on slurs as a category of taboo language. Furthermore, no existing databases include measures of linguistic reclamation, a phenomenon which may specifically affect the proces... Read More about Word norms and measures of linguistic reclamation for LGBTQ+ slurs.

GameLab (2022)
Exhibition / Performance

Demonstration of research into virtual reality

Esports and Our Phygital Future (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Miah, A. (2022, March). Esports and Our Phygital Future. Presented at Digital City Festival, Manchester

The Digital City Festival was a fantastic array of conversations about all things digital. My talk covered esports and where the technology is taking us

Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester (2022)
Book Chapter

This paper will discuss our curation of Celebrating Women in Global Cinema (CWinGC), a unique year-long programming initiative that took place across 2019 (and into 2020) at HOME, Manchester. It begins by outlining HOME’s cinema offer, identifying ho... Read More about Celebrating women in global cinema: curating a year-long programming initiative at HOME, Manchester.