[ecrea] New Directions in Media Research: Postgraduate Research Day

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‘New Directions in Media Research: Postgraduate Research Day’ - June 
13th 2012

The Department of Media and Communication

University of Leicester

Bankfield House

132 New Walk

LE1 7JA

Dear Colleagues,



We invite PhD students in all years of study and at all stages of their 
research to attend this one day conference event titled ‘New Directions 
in Media Research: Postgraduate Research Day’ on 13th June 2012. We are 
pleased to announce that this is a free event for PhD students to attend 
and is funded by the Graduate School Researcher Development Fund and 
Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester. 
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served 
basis, (please note that we are unable to provide any funding for travel 
or other expenses).



The conference aims to celebrate the diverse research interests held by 
PhD research students in the Department of Media and Communication, 
whilst also providing students with an opportunity to reach out and 
establish links with other researchers working in similar disciplines 
from other departments and universities. You can find further 
information on: 
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/postgraduate/postgraduate-research-news



The day is based around four key themes:

Media Development

Media and Politics

Media Production, Consumption and Representation

Research Methods



Please see below the draft programme for the day.



If you are interested in attending this event please contact Jennifer 
Cole (jmc56 /at/ le.ac.uk) with the following details by 5pm 25th May 2012:



Name

University

Department

Email Address

Details of any dietary or accessibility requirements.



If you have any queries please contact the conference organisers: 
Jennifer Cole (jmc56 /at/ le.ac.uk) or Dimitrinka Atanasova (da124 /at/ le.ac.uk).



We would be delighted if you were able to join us.

Best wishes,

Jennifer Cole and Dimitrinka Atanasova



Draft Programme

13th June 2012





9 – 9.30: Registration – Coffee and Biscuits



9.30 – 10: Welcome Address by Professor Barrie Gunter (Head of Department)



10 – 11: Media and Development

Faith Kibere – Mobile Phones and the Expansion of Capabilities: An 
Ethnographic Case of Kibera, Kenya

Peter Mhagama - Community Radio as a Catalyst of Development and Social 
Change: A Case Study of Community Radio in Malawi

Amani Millanga - Public Broadcasting Service and Participatory 
Communication for Poverty Eradication: A Case of Tanzania Broadcasting 
(TBC) as Tool for Poverty Eradication in Tanzania



11.15 – 12.15: Production, Consumption and Representation 1

Naparat Prueksuralai - The Roles of Blogs as News Sources for News 
Professionals and Audiences in Thailand

Dimitrinka Atanasova - Ways of Seeing ‘Obesity’: A Study of ‘Obesity’ 
Problematisations in Online News from the UK and Germany, 2009 – 2011

Jennifer Cole - Foodie Writers and their Role as Cultural Intermediaries 
in the Value Formation of ‘Thrift’



12.15 – 1.15 – Lunch



1.15 – 1.45 – Research Methods

Dimitrinka Atanasova and Jennifer Cole - Research Methods Discussion 
Group Initiative

Robert Scruggs - An Introduction to IPA and Interviewing: Applications 
for Internet Mediated Research



1.45 – 2.45 – Media and Politics

David Smith - Continuity and Change in Election Discourses of Immigration

Ebrahim Al-Shaikh Hasan – News Media and Political Socialization of 
Young People: The Case of Bahrain

Maiya Al Habsi - Producing a New(s) View of the Arab World? Studying the 
Professional Knowledge and Practices of Al Jazeera Journalists



2.45 – 3.00 – Short Break



3.00 – 4.00 – Production, Consumption and Representation 2

Mokhtar Elareshi - Patterns of News Media Consumption among Young People 
in Libya

Ibrahim A Alzaiyd - The Effect of Television Viewing on Saudi Family 
Cohesion: A Study on Saudi Households in Riyadh-KSA

Khalid Al-Jaber - Audience's Attitude towards Arabic News TV Stations 
Covering the Arab Uprising



4.00 – 4.30 – Closing Address











The Department of Media and Communication at the University of Leicester 
is based within the College of Social Sciences and has been at the 
forefront of media research since 1966 when it was established as the 
Centre for Mass Communications Research (CMCR). In 2006, CMCR evolved 
into the Department of Media and Communication as we celebrated 40 years 
of Media at Leicester. Research is still at the heart of the department 
with four active research groups: Digital Identities, News and 
Journalism, IDeoGRAMS and Cultural Production and Consumption. The 
Department supports and encourages a variety of research interests and 
approaches to the study of media, communications and information 
technologies.





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