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

‘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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