November, 2026
Event Details
Broadcasting and the Animal Public
When:
Friday, November 13, 2026 | 16:30 – 17:30
Where:
AC Auditorium, Deree – The American College of Greece
Speaker:
Brett Mills
Honorary Professor of Media and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK,
Senior Lecturer at SRH International College, Berlin
Organized by:
Dr Marina Prentouli. Associate Professor of Communication,
Program Coordinator MA Strategic Communication & Public Relations,
Deree – The American College of Greece
Professor (Emerita) in Politics and Media, University of East Anglia
In collaboration with:
Frances Rich School of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences,
Deree – The American College of Greece
Deree Communications Society
About the talk:
What happens to the study of media if we include animals in our considerations? Rejecting ideas of human exceptionalism and accepting humans’ moral duties towards other beings is a growing interest in humanities. Given how central animals are to media production and representation, taking non-human needs and interests into account is logical and moral. So, his talk asks: should the ‘public’ in ‘public service broadcasting also include animals?
About the speaker
Brett Mills is an Honorary Professor of Media and Culture at the University of East Anglia, UK and a Senior Lecturer at SRH International College, Berlin. His books include Animals on Television and two editions of Reading Media Theory. He is a member of the Centre for Human-Animal Studies at Edge Hill University, UK and the ‘Animals in Literary and Visual Cultures’ research group at the University of Valencia, Spain.