Communication, Cultural and Media Studies (PhD) - 6 years

Research in Communication, Cultural and Media Studies focuses on a wide range of aspects of the interplay between media audiences, industries, technologies and texts. The subject group offers research and supervision expertise in areas including:

• Digital Media
• Fan Cultures
• User participation, user generated content and transmedia narratives
• Film and Television Studies
• Media and Sport
• Cultural Globalisation
• Media and Power
• Media and Identity (including questions of ethnicity and gender)
• Media History
• Media Industries and Policy
• African Media and Journalism
• The interplay of popular and political communication
• Journalism Practice and Theory
• Investigative Journalism

A new research centre dedicated to forms of participatory culture and the shifting boundaries between media industries and media users to be launched in 2016, will offer a focal point for our postgraduate research culture.

We provide a supportive and vibrant research environment for postgraduate researchers (PGRs). Researchers at all levels are encouraged to contribute and collaborate. The Graduate School ensures that postgraduate research is of the highest quality and equips you with the resources that you need to become a successful researcher.

We have an exciting and comprehensive Researcher Skills Development Programme available to all postgraduate researchers. This enables you to broaden your knowledge and access tools and skills which can significantly improve employability. The programme is also mapped onto Vitae’s Researcher Development Framework (RDF), allowing you to benefit from Vitae support as well as our own Programme.

We offer skills training through a programme designed to take advantage of technology platforms as well as face-to-face workshops and courses. The University has subscribed to Epigeum, a programme of on-line research training support designed and managed by staff at Imperial College London which will be accessed via Brightspace, the University’s Virtual Learning Environment. We also subscribe to the University of East Anglia webinar series and The Good Doctorate video training series. We are part of the North West and Yorkshire PGR Training Group that allows PGRs to attend relevant training opportunities at other nearby universities.