Media and Communication University of Nottingham

Overview

This Media and Communication programme from University of Nottingham welcomes applicants interested in a range of topics across media, journalism and political communication.

Research specialisms:

• Digital journalism, and the intersections of journalism and social media

• Information, disinformation, and disordered information in media and political communication

• Factchecking journalism, and other interpretive and analytic journalism practices

• Political polarisation and the culture wars in political media and communication

• The impact of digital technologies (including AI) on journalistic and organisational media practices, media policy and regulation

• Digital media technologies and political accountability in Africa

• Political communication and messaging in non-political, cultural settings

Careers

• Postgraduates go onto work in a range of fields, from university lectureships and post-doctoral fellowships to roles in the media, art councils and the creative industries.

• Many of the research students publish high-quality books and articles and have secured teaching positions in universities both in the UK and abroad.