Media and Communications (Research)

• Become an expert in a particular area whilst studying in a rich, multidisciplinary environment.

• Benefit from excellent facilities, including access to UoE’s Digital Humanities Lab, the Bill Douglas Cinema Museum, computer labs and podcast studios.

• Take part in research seminar series, and lectures by visiting speakers.

• Explore issues and develop skills that are central to everyday life in the 21st century including how to communicate clearly and effectively to specific audiences using specific technologies.

• Our experts can offer supervision in a wide variety of topics (see research overview below)

Research overview
Digital communications technologies and social media platforms are central to our everyday reality in the 21st century, and we live in a world saturated by media content. Studying for a Media and Communications PhD at Exeter will allow you to develop deep specialist knowledge in an area of your choice. You will develop skills in key research methodologies and gain theoretical knowledge in your quest to be a productive scholar and critical citizen.

The research expertise of the academic staff not only spans a wide variety of subjects and methodological traditions across the broad field of Media and Communications but are based within the vibrant interdisciplinary environment of the Department of Communications, Drama and Film which shares expertise, research events, and resources across disciplines.

Our experts can offer supervision in a wide variety of topics, including but not limited to:

• Advertising and branding

• Algorithmic cultures

• Celebrity studies

• Communications and the climate crisis

• Communications and the environment

• Communications infrastructure

• Community and grassroots media

• Digital activism

• Gender and the media

• Global communications

• Media and creative industries

• Media and cultural theory

• Media and democracy

• Media and migration

• Media and nations

• Media and politics

• Media and social class

• Media and social movements

• Media and sport

• Media archeology

• Media audiences

• Media ethics

• Media history

• Media industries

• Media policy

• Nostalgia and cultural memory

• Popular culture

• Slow computing

• Social media

• The internet

• Video games

To learn more about modules, assessment methods, facilities and our staff research expertise please visit our course page.