{"id":978,"date":"2026-07-21T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T10:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/?p=978"},"modified":"2026-07-21T16:13:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T15:13:51","slug":"kate-davis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/synthetic-media-research-network\/kate-davis\/","title":{"rendered":"Kate Davis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;981&#8243; style=&#8221;vc_box_circle&#8221;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>Researcher<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-envelope&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:mailto%3A3260641%40my.aub.ac.uk%20|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=&#8221;fas fa-globe&#8221; color=&#8221;white&#8221; background_style=&#8221;rounded&#8221; background_color=&#8221;black&#8221; size=&#8221;xs&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fkate-davis-71249b183%2F%20|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/6&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3>About<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kate is a PhD research student at Arts University Bournemouth, funded by a University of the Arts London (UAL) bursary. 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