It was during the very first lockdown in the UK, when I first thought of the idea for Meanwhile the Earth. I was out on my one form of exercise for the day; walking at the beach. On that evening, Brighton beach looked particularly beautiful as the sunset was igniting everything with the enticing, and almost delicious, orange glow of…
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From Seven Dials to Montreal: my MEC journey so far, by Chanelle Manton, MEC grduate
I’ve now graduated from Media and Environmental Communication BA (Hons), but this is only the beginning of my academic journey and I continue to consider myself a MEC advocate. If you’ve seen me at a University of Brighton Open Day, you’ll know that my enthusiasm for the course is borderline obsessive. However, I truly believe that in the current social,…

‘But what does media have to do with geography?’
Alas, this is not the first time I’ve heard this question – nor will it be the last, I’m sure – yet I still fight the urge to roll my eyes and hibernate under a blanket whenever I am asked it. The short answer is, in fact, everything; media, that is, mediated information which we consume and reproduce every day,…