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[ecrea] New Directions in Media Research PGR Day - Programme announced and registration open!

Mon May 13 18:03:25 GMT 2013


‘New ‘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





Full programme of speakers and presentations has been released - please see http://newdirectionsinmedia.wordpress.com/programme/ for full details.



We invite PhD students at all stages in their research to attend this free event. To register please visit: http://ndmr2013.eventbrite.com. Registration closes 31st May 2013.



Papers will be presented on a range of themes including:



Identity in Media and Communication Research Media and Politics Media and Consumption

(New) Media and Society

Media and Discourse

Technology and Media

Media and Communications Research Methods



There will also be a poster display during the lunch break and two plenary sessions throughout the day.



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’.





Twitter users please use the hashtag #NDMR2013 when discussing this event.



We look forward to welcoming you on the day,

NDMR 2013 Team











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