Research seminar: narratives of the healthy online self

Today we were delighted to welcome Teresa Davis from the University of Sydney to give a research seminar titled ‘In the (double) Mirror Darkly: Narratives of the healthy online self’. This co-authored research with Ellese Ferdinands examined ‘healthy self' narratives presented by individuals when posting images of health, such as food consumed and exercise on social media.

The seminar was attended by students from the MA Consumption, Culture and Marketing as well as PhD students and lecturers from sociology, marketing and criminology at Royal Holloway. Teresa's presentation generated interesting discussions about identity, social media and the audience of the displayed digital healthy self.

Research seminars are a great way to find out about current and recent research and we look forward to further research seminars in the next academic year.

Royal Holloway Summer Ball Video

See highlight of the Royal Holloway Summer Ball here. 

Congratulations to Michelle Casey

Students of the MA Marketing and the MA Consumption, Markets & Culture will all be familiar with Michelle Casey, who is the Administrator for both programmes. Michelle was recently awarded the Principal's Exceptional Citizen Award. 

Michelle receiving her award from College Principal, Paul Layzell

This award was presented by Principal, Professor Paul Layzell, and it is presented to individuals and teams who demonstrate the most outstanding achievements in some or all of the following:

• Willingness to extend themselves to help others;
• Improving the quality of life in the University and/or wider community;
• Demonstrating good citizenship.

Michelle has been of assistance to many students over the years and is an excellent administrator and therefore a deserving recipient of this prestigious award. Congratulations to Michelle!