University of Wolverhampton

The, the trend has gained, um, considerable reach because it is highly adaptable and, and relatable.

Um, we are now joined by our, uh, first guest for this segment, which is Mike, uh, Thalwall, who is a professor in the School of Information, Journalism, and Communication, uh, at the University of Sheffield and also at the University of Malaya Peking University and the University of Wolverhampton.

He has res-- uh, he has researched, uh, sentiment analysis and language use on social media for a long time, including, um, Twitter, um, known as X, uh, Reddit, TikTok, and YouTube after starting with one of the bi-- first big social network sites, MySpace.

Um, so, uh, Professor Mike Thalwall, good morning.

Wa alaykum salam.

Thank you very much.

So that was, uh, uh, Professor Mike Thelwell, um, from the School of Information, Journalism, and Communication at the University of Sheffield and also at the University, uh, of Malaya Peking University and the University of Wolverhampton.

So, um, you know, social media, um, on, on-- well, especially on social media, people may feel, uh, the need to build their, their identity through, um, clothing, through, uh, aesthetics, uh, lifestyle choices, or by following certain trends in order to, to appear attractive and, and to feel accepted.

I'm Dan Hill, a military historian and battlefield guide specialising in the history of the war on the Western Front.

And I'm Dr Spencer Jones, author and senior lecturer in war studies at the University of Wolverhampton.

Well hi Dan, pleasure to be joining you on the podcast as always for what I hesitate to say is our last episode on the Battle of the Somme.

I'm sure there'll be more in the future but it really this is the the way we round off the series that we've been doing from starting with day one through the various phases of the battle and by the end of it we come to the big question which dogged The armies at the time, it dogged the politicians at the time.

Joining John is Phil Nichols, who is senior consultant of the Ray Bradbury Center at Indiana University.

He is also formerly the film and television course leader at the University of Wolverhampton.

Welcome back to the show, Phil.

How are you doing?

I'm Dan Hill, a military historian and battlefield guide specialising in the history of the war on the Western Front.

And I'm Dr Spencer Jones, author and senior lecturer in war studies at the University of Wolverhampton.

Well, hi, Dan.

Pleased to be joining you, as always, and a pleasure to be continuing our Somme series.

Front.

And I'm Dr Spencer Jones, author and senior lecturer in war studies at the University of Wolverhampton.

So an exciting story and very excited to be joined by a special guest, a regular special guest, I should say, our resident French expert with an American accent, James Taub, who's come along very kindly to step into the sizable shoes that Spencer Jones has left behind as he's off gallivanting somewhere around the world to join me today to talk about, of course, the French at the Battle of the Somme.

Welcome, Jim.

I'm Dan Hill, a military historian and battlefield guide specializing in the history of the war on the Western Front.

And I'm Dr. Spencer Jones, author and senior lecturer in War Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.

Well, hi, Dan.

Pleasure to be joining you on the podcast as always, and a special pleasure to see that we're both wearing Not So Quiet on the Western Front T-shirts, available from our merchandise store.