Media and Communication

PGR-RA-52

Expertise of research area
communication; cultural production; digital cultures; global communication; journalism; media industries; political communication; visual media

<h2 class="heading hide-accessible">Summary</h2>

The School of Media and Communication's research is multidisciplinary, theoretically innovative and socially relevant. A vibrant community of postgraduate researchers is an essential part of our research culture.

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<p>Researchers at the School are involved in extensive networks of collaboration with academic institutions, the public sector and media industries, both within the UK and across the world.<br /> <br /> The results of the REF 2014 placed the School of Media and Communication in the top ten of all UK departments in our subject area, and ranked us third when taking into account the size of submissions (a measure called ‘research power’).</p> <p>We provide supervisory support for postgraduate researchers across a wide range of specialisms and cross-cutting topics clustered around the School’s six major <a href="http://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media-research-innovation">research themes</a>:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Digital Cultures</p> </li> <li> <p>Global Communication</p> </li> <li> <p>Journalism</p> </li> <li> <p>Media Industries and Cultural Production</p> </li> <li> <p>Political Communication</p> </li> <li> <p>Visual Media and Communication</p> </li> </ul>

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<p>Formal applications for research degrees should be made online.</p> <p>Read full details of <a href="https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/media-research-degrees/doc/apply-13">how to apply for a research degree with the School of Media and Communication</a>, including entry requriements, English language requirements and what to include in your application. Please state clearly the research area you’re interested in.</p> <p><em>We welcome applications from all suitably-qualified candidates, but UK black and minority ethnic (BME) researchers are currently under-represented in our postgraduate research community, and we would therefore particularly encourage applications from UK BME candidates. All scholarships will be awarded on the basis of merit.</em></p>

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<p>For further information on applying to the School of School of Media and Communications, please <a href="mailto:ahcpgradmissions@leeds.ac.uk">email our admissions team at ahcpgradmissions@leeds.ac.uk</a></p>

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