Andrew McStay

This blog is maintained primarily for my students at Bangor University. However, if you've stumbled upon these pages and want to contribute, that's just fine too. They are intended as a resource for those interested in digital advertising and wider digital media culture. To search for a particular topic use the search bar on the top left hand side. If you are interested in Ph.D supervision or consultancy services please scroll down to the bottom for contact details.

Monday, 21 July 2014

Google Glass blog

I've also started a new blog on my experiences with Google Glass. This one will continue, but I thought I'd a have a separate here f...

Hello blog

I've been away from this blog for far too long. Much has happened. Most notably Privacy and Philosophy has been published. This has bee...

Monday, 3 February 2014

Privacy and empathy in the living room

I wrote another piece for The Conversation on Sky, Xbox and Verizon here . Asked to comment on the significance of behavioural advertisin...

Monday, 11 November 2013

The Conversation: Why too much privacy is bad for the economy

I wrote this opinion piece linked to for The Conversation. Reflecting on novel developments in outdoor advertising, Tesco and Alan Sugar...

Monday, 16 September 2013

Review for Creativity and Advertising

Reviews for Creativity and Advertising are starting to come in now, not least one from Stephanie O'Donohoe from the University of Edinb...

Sunday, 9 June 2013

Open Rights Group Conference (ORG 2013)

A rich and lively time had yesterday at the yearly ORG conference – an event that should not be missed by anyone with an interest in pri...

Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Lord Puttnam on Leveson at Bangor University

Lord Puttnam, now a member of the Labour bench in the House of Lords, spoke this evening at Bangor University. Pulling no punches in...

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Ofcom report on privacy behaviour in UK

A recent Ofcom report highlights that UK adults are risking their online security by using identical or easy to remember passwords on the ...

Privacy: Artificial Barriers of a different sort.

The Telegraph has an interesting article here highlighting negative implications of the Data Communications Bill not only for citizens, but...

Monday, 15 April 2013

Creativity and Advertising: Affect, Events and Process

I have a new book out with Routledge titled Creativity and Advertising : Affect, Events and Process . This is somewhat different to my pa...

Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Instagram: getting into advertising without trying

One for the Instagram users. The new terms of use, scheduled to go into effect Jan. 16, say that while Instagram does not own any user-uploa...

Friday, 7 December 2012

For Your Eyes Only

I’ve returned from the 2012 FYEO conference in Brussels full of fresh ideas and impetus. Lots to take away, but an overriding impression ...

Increase in tracking cookies

Interesting study from the University of Berkeley pointing out that the number of cookies dropped by websites is growing (see here ).

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Andrew McStay: I am director of the Media and Persuasive Communication (MPC) network at Bangor University where I also lecture on political-economy of the media. I am currently working on a book provisionally titled Deconstructing Privacy for Peter Lang and leading two empirical projects in connection with privacy perception and the use of new media for smoking cessation. I am author of Creativity and Advertising: Affect, Events and Process (Routledge, 2013); The Mood of Information: A Critique of Behavioural Advertising (Continuum, 2011); and Digital Advertising (Palgrave-MacMillan, 2009). Please contact me at mcstay@bangor.ac.uk if you are interested in Ph.D supervision or consultancy services.

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