Welcome to the latest edition of the University media digest, which covers major media appearances during the month of January.

In that time, media appearances relating to the University created over 72 million opportunities to view and hear stories via print, broadcast and online outlets. The advertising equivalent value of these appearances in print and via commercial broadcast media reached £503,364.

Below is a selection of stories which reached regional, national and international audiences:

Patient-Doctor communication

Research by Dr Maddy Greville-Harris that found a perceived lack of empathy on the part of doctors could lead to a worsening of patients’ symptoms, was covered in more than 180 UK regional newspapers, as well as The Daily Mail, Yahoo News and media outlets in 12 other countries, including The Times of India, The Business Standard and The Malaysian Sun.

Read the press release here

Brain marking technique

A new cell marking technique to help understand how our brain works, developed by Dr Diego Gomez-Nicola, was reported by the Times of India, Daily Echo, Financial Express, Economic Times, Medical News Today and other specialist news websites. Read our press release here

Focus on ageing

Professor Jane Falkingham reached over 1.5 million viewers in a live broadcast by BBC Breakfast concentrating on the issues of an ageing population. The programme, at the Lowry Arts venue, also highlighted an exhibition about the subject being taken on a tour of the UK by the ESRC Centre for Population Change based at the University. Read more here 

Hoegh Osaka incident

Oceanographer Dr Simon Boxall  gave comment to the world’s media on the Hoegh Osaka, which ran aground in the Solent, including Good Morning Britain, Channel 4 News (online), BBC News Channel, BBC World Service, BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC TV South, ITV Meridian, Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Echo, BBC Radio Solent, numerous BBC regional radio stations, Press Association and a number of regional newspapers.

The Conversation 

University academics contributed 12 opinion pieces to The Conversation during January. These articles had a total readership of 618,617 and were republished on popular websites including IFL Science, Business Insider and The Huffington Post.

Top articles included: James Dyke’s Humanity is in the existential danger zone, study confirms, Richard Werner’s ECB is about to implement the wrong type of quantitative easing and Mirco Tonin’s Note to bosses: workers perform better if you give to charity