Dr Anastasia Denisova

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Senior Lecturer

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About me

Anastasia Denisova is a Senior Lecturer in Journalism at CAMRI, University of Westminster. 

Her main research interests are: 1) climate change and the media, 2) Internet memes, 3) viral cultures. Anastasia has published widely in top academic journals, including Social Media+Society; Media, Culture and Society; Journalism etc. 

In 2021, Dr Denisova undertook an extensive review of fashion coverage in the media and released a policy brief Fashion Media and Sustainability.

She published a book Internet Memes and Society in 2019.

Her research on viral cultures has been published in book chapters and articles. She edited a special issue on Viral Cultures for Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture in 2020.

She holds an MA in Media and Communications (City University London) and a PhD in Social Media (University of Westminster).

Dr Denisova is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy and a Board member of Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture.

Teaching

Anastasia teaches media theory and practice. Her expertise ranges from sociology to media theories; from television and multimedia production to fashion journalism. She has established a new module Diversity and the Media in 2018. She also contributes to the Masters teaching on theory and multimedia journalism skills.

Research

Media and climate change, sustainability, Internet memes, viral storytelling, digital journalism

Publications

For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.