Overview
Key Features
The Institute includes an internationally renowned research community who share an interest in the infrastructures, outputs, and audiences of the media and the creative industries, as well as in the communication practices, everyday experiences and social change processes influenced by these industries.
The Institute for Media and Creative Industries boasts a talented, international and close-knit research community, with a shared passion for the growth and impact of research on communication and media content, technologies and structures.
By pursuing a postgraduate research Media and Creative Industries programme from Loughborough University within the Institute for Media and Creative Industries, individuals will have the opportunity to work with top researchers in the field and gain first-hand experience of real-life problem solving.
If you are interested in undertaking theoretically informed research that aims to impact the policies and practices of the media and communications industry, the government and the third sector then a PhD with the Institute for Media and Creative Industries could be for you.
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The Institute maintains a strong interest in the relationships between media and communication and technological, social and cultural change.
- Current research considers the implications of technological transformations and social change, including social, cultural, political and economic relationships and movements, as well as social media and activism in contemporary and historical contexts.
- As a whole, the Institute has a particular strength in ethnography, participatory approaches, oral histories, archival research and textual analysis.
- The Institute explores the application of these methodological approaches to critical studies of gender, sexuality, identity, race and ethnicity. The Institute is also interested in notions of mobility (people and technologies), place, creativity and labour, and the communication practices and infrastructures that connect and disconnect, enable and constrain.
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Each research project has its own deadline. If you apply with your own research project, you can apply anytime.
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Disciplines
Film Studies Game Design Media Studies & Mass Media View 44 other PhDs in Media Studies & Mass Media in United KingdomExplore more key information
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English requirements
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Student insurance
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- Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
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- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A 2:1 honours degree (or equivalent international qualification).
- To obtain additional information about the program, we kindly suggest that you visit the programme website, where you can find further details and relevant resources.
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International
21500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 21500 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
4849 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 4849 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for London
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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Scholarships Information
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