[Commlist] 3-year Fully Funded PhD Scholarships - Media & Communication Research Centre, De Montfort University

Could you please draw your attention to anyone who might be interested 
in applying for a 3-year fully funded PhD scholarship with the Media & 
Communication Research Centre, De Montfort University, Leicester 
(https://www.dmu.ac.uk/research/centres-institutes/mcrc/index.aspx).

The MCRC is an interdisciplinary research Centre whose main areas of 
specialization are:

 1. Representation
 2. Media technical change & culture
 3. Cultural citizenship
 4. Cultural & Media policy
 5. Cultural Value
 6. Sustainability

We would welcome research proposals that relate to these areas. Some 
examples of the work of MCRC members in these areas are:

_Representation_

Migrant communities, Race, youth engagement, media representation of 
women, national and cultural belonging, pop culture, subcultures, gender 
identities & intersectionality, black masculinity

_Media technical change & culture _

Disinformation, Big Data, social disadvantage through human centred 
design, database culture, TV Studies and streaming cultures

_Cultural citizenship _

Multiculturalism and decolonization, online, women in academia, mental 
health, sports rights and the media, Festival studies

_Cultural & Media policy_

Institutional analysis,  sport & the media, journalism and political 
actors in India,

_Cultural Value_

Online communication and persuasion, intersections between the 
aesthetics of media forms and ideology.

_Sustainability_

Consumerism and sustainable development, cultures of waste.

The MCRC undertakes this research utilizing a wide range of methods 
including textual analysis, semiotic analysis, statistical analysis, 
industry/policy analysis, ethnography, games based modelling as well as 
theory led approaches.

Details regarding applying for a scholarship can be found here: 
https://www.dmu.ac.uk/doctoral-college/study/scholarships.aspx

If interested in applying could you please contact Simon Mills 
((smills /at/ dmu.ac.uk)), the MCRC Director, by 26 February, prior to making a 
full application including:

1)      A CV attachment.

2)      Details of the proposed research project and how it maps onto 
DMU areas of research excellence.

3)      Name of a potential MCRC supervisor (please indicate if contact 
has been made).


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