Dear colleagues, The Media, Communication and Politics Research Seminar Series, hosted by the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, is proud to host Prof. Stephen Coleman to talk about how people experience political discussions about contentious issues and how our society can begin to develop a more constructive culture of political talk. The talk is on February 18, at 4pm GMT (11am EST / 5pm CET) You can sign up for the link here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-people-talk-about-politics-professor-stephe... <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-people-talk-about-politics-professor-stephen-coleman-tickets-140978230683> Summary: Stephen Coleman has been exploring how people experience political talk. How do people know political talk when they encounter it? What is it about political talk that so commonly evokes feelings of strangeness, anxiety and confusion? What goes on in people’s minds and bodies when they find themselves performing political talk? Upon which cultural sources do people draw when they come to formulate the words and sounds of political enunciation? How might contemporary democracies nurture skills of confident political expression? Bio: Stephen Coleman is Professor of Political Communication at the University of Leeds, His most recent books are How People Talk About Politics: Brexit and After (Bloomsbury, 2020), with Jim Brogden: Capturing the Mood of Democracy; the British General Election 2019 (Palgrave, 2020), Can the Internet Strengthen Democracy? (Polity Press, 2017) and How Voters Feel, (Cambridge University Press, 2013). I’m looking forward to seeing you there! Best wishes, Patrícia Dr Patrícia Rossini Derby Fellow Department of Communication and Media School of the Arts University of Liverpool @: patricia.rossini@liverpool.ac.uk <mailto:patricia.rossini@liverpool.ac.uk> W: patriciarossini.com <http://www.patriciarossini.com/>