‘New Directions in Media Research: Postgraduate research day’
- June 14th 2013
The Department of Media and Communication
University of Leicester
Bankfield House
132 New Walk
Leicester
LE1 7JA
Registration is now open for New Directions in Media Research - PGR day!
This second annual conference aims to celebrate the diverse research interests held by PhD research students in the Department of Media and Communication, whilst also providing an opportunity to reach out and establish links with other researchers working in similar disciplines from other departments and universities.
Confirmed Plenary Speakers
• Professor Peter Lunt :
Head of Department, Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester.
Peter’s research interests include media audiences, public participation in popular culture, media regulation, consumption research and the links between media and social theory.
Recent activities and publications include an ESRC funded research project about media policy focusing on the changing regime of regulation of media and communications in the UK through a study of the work of Ofcom, the findings of which are published in the book with Sonia Livingstone ‘Media Regulation: Governance in the Interests of Citizens and Consumers.’ .
• Dr Mirca Madianou :
Director of Post-graduate Research Studies, Department of Media and Communication, University of Leicester.
Mirca’s research interests include how new communication technologies can be used in interpersonal relationships especially in the context of migration; ICTs and development; media and identities in a national and transnational context; media audiences, especially the audiences for news media; the emotional dimension of mediated communication; media ethics; comparative ethnography.
Recent activities involve an ESRC-funded study on Migration, ICTs and the transformation of transnational family life (2007-2011) and the publication of her first book ‘Mediating the Nation: News, audiences and the politics of identity’.
Full programme of speakers to be announced soon.
We invite PhD students at all stages in their research to attend this free event. To register please visit: http://ndmr2013.eventbrite.com
For futher information and updates (including the full programme when published) please see: http://newdirectionsinmedia.wordpress.com/
Twitter users please use the hashtag #NDMR2013 when discussing this event.
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