Lecturer in Creative Industries
Communications, Media and Culture University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA
I have a background in film, media studies and journalism, I currently focus on media and culture, with particular emphasis on digital environments. My current research interests include online culture, internet memes, remix, DIY and participatory culture. I am also interested in media representation regarding gender and identity.
Book Chapter
Online climate denialism: Eco-systems and echo chambers
Dinan W, Bernardi C, Esteves V & Harkins S (2022) Online climate denialism: Eco-systems and echo chambers. In: Hansen A & Cox R (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Environment and Communication. 2nd Edition ed. London: Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Environment-and-Communication/Hansen-Cox/p/book/9780367634483
Book Chapter
I can haz rights?: online memes as digital embodiment of craft(ivism)
Esteves V (2018) I can haz rights?: online memes as digital embodiment of craft(ivism). In: Meikle G (ed.) The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism. UK: Routledge, pp. 187-195.
Book Review
Complex and Troublesome Relations
Esteves V (2013) Complex and Troublesome Relations. Review of: Amateur Media: Social, Cultural and Legal Perspectives, Dan Hunter, Ramon Lobato, Megan Richardson and Julian Thomas (eds), Oxford: Routledge, 2012, 240pp. ISBN 9780415782654. Cultural Studies Review, 19 (1), pp. 314-321. http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/csrj/article/view/3225/3442