[Commlist] Fully funded PhDs in audio journalism at Falmouth 2019-2020

Falmouth University’s School of Writing and Journalism is offering fully 
funded PhD places for 2019-20 to research the potential for new 
technologies for audio journalism, in partnership with the Games Academy 
and Academy of Music and Theatre Arts.

The brief:

In recent years rapid technological change has presented profound 
challenges for journalists. The web, social media, gamification and 
immersive technology have led to a large-scale shift from the linear 
visual logic of the age of print to the experiential logic of the 
electronic age (Lacey, 2013). Within this shifting landscape, shared 
understandings of the role of the journalist and audience, techniques 
used in structuring narratives, as well as core principles of 
impartiality and objectivity are all profoundly challenged.

Audio in the form of radio, web audio and podcasting is a large and 
still growing field of journalism globally (Knolle, 2016). If audio 
journalism is to take advantage of technological and cultural change 
audio journalists need an understanding of the affordances, limitations, 
and characteristics of the newest digital media which are specific to 
the field of factual storytelling.

We welcome theoretical and practice-based doctoral project proposals 
which investigate the practical, creative and editorial possibilities 
and constraints of new technologies for audio-only journalism.

Please follow guidance on our Doctoral projects page 
https://www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/falmouth-doctoral-students and if 
you have any questions about the project or want feedback on your 
proposal please contact (abigail.wincott /at/ falmouth.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(abigail.wincott /at/ falmouth.ac.uk)>.

Deadine for September 2019 entry: *30 May 2019 (by 17:00 GMT). 
*Interviews will take place 24 and 25 June 2019.


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