[ecrea] Global Media Studies Network Doctoral Workshop: Media and Creative Industries in a Global Perspective

Global Media Studies Network Logo - Green inverted*The Global Media 
Studies Network is pleased to announce its second Doctoral Workshop 
which will be held at **Loughborough University London* 
<http://www.lborolondon.ac.uk/>*  on 26-27^th June 2018. *


This year’s theme focuses on _Media and Creative Industries in a Global 
Perspective_. We aim to facilitate and advance rigorous 
inter-disciplinary doctoral research on global media and creative 
industries research in a range of contexts worldwide.

Our programme of workshops is intended to create sustained and diverse 
network of advanced graduate students by providing the opportunity to 
give and receive critical feedback on dissertations in progress. By 
bringing together PhD students from media and communication programs 
(and allied disciplines) from around the world, this doctoral workshop 
creates a space to discuss and develop critical approaches to the study 
of global media and communication.

*Workshop Mentors*

Professor Graham Murdock, Loughborough University

Professor Ele Belfiore , Loughborough University

Professor David Buckingham, Loughborough University

Dr Aswin Punathambekar , University of Michigan

Professor Jo Tacchi, Loughborough University London

Professor David Deacon, Loughborough University

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AIMS OF THE WORKSHOP

• Deepen participants’ theoretical and empirical foundations for the 
study of media industries and globalization.

• Introduce applicants to the intersections of area studies and global 
media and communication studies.

• Foster comparative, cross- and trans-regional research.

• Facilitate logistical preparation for field research, archival 
research, and other forms of qualitative and critical research. Develop 
a diverse network of advanced graduate students working on their theses.

APPLICANTS AND FORMAT

We are interested in receiving applications from PhD students from 
communication, media studies, and related fields who are embarking on 
their research in the areas of global and transnational media 
industries, broadly defined.

Productive topics may be area specific or investigate industries across 
countries and/or regions;  consider the rapidly changing technological 
and industrial landscape in shaping new temporal media rhythms and 
spatial flows of information; look at global transformations in 
production cultures and industry logics; design, entrepreneurship, and 
maker/tech cultures; emergent user/audience practices; the history and 
contemporary politics of media infrastructures and governance; media 
texts, genres, and trans-media flows. This list is not exhaustive but 
intended to indicate the scope of projects of interest to the institute.

The two-day doctoral workshop will include intensive feedback sessions 
on each participant’s dissertation project, including both faculty 
mentors and peers, and an opportunity to distill the project in response 
to this feedback. We will be running methods workshops, writing 
sessions, and a workshop on academic publishing. By the end of the 
workshop, participants will have had the opportunity to hone their 
dissertation research questions, consolidate their methodological 
approach, and keep in focus their longer-term publication goals.

The workshop will be led by a group of staff from the Centre for 
Research in Communication and Culture and the Workshop for Media and 
Creative Industries at Loughborough University and Loughborough 
University London, along with Dr Aswin Punathambekar from University of 
Michigan. Participants will also have an opportunity to attend a 
publishing session led by Professor Emily Keightley and Dr Aswin 
Punathambekar, Editors of /Media, Culture & Society/.

APPLICATION PROCESS

A cohort of 10-15 PhD students will be chosen from an open, 
international pool of applicants through a competitive selection 
process. Applicants must have at least drafted a dissertation research 
proposal, but applications are also welcome from doctoral students in 
the early phases of writing their dissertations.

Application Deadline: 16^th February 2018 | Notification of Decision: By 
2^nd March, 2018.

All applicants must submit the following materials via email to 
(gmsnconference /at/ lboro.ac.uk) <mailto:(gmsnconference /at/ lboro.ac.uk)>:

1. Cover Letter (must include reasons for applying to the workshop; 
summary of research

2. Current Curriculum Vitae (CV)

3. Narrative description of the dissertation/thesis topic (no more than 
8 double-spaced typed

4. Letter of Recommendation from Primary Supervisor and/or Dissertation 
Chair:

5. Funding: We will be able to provide one-three nights’ accommodation 
and lunches, and partial need-based travel funds. Students are 
encouraged to approach their home institutions for additional support.

Emily Keightley
Professor of Media and Memory Studies

PI *M*igrant *M*emories and the *P*ostcolonial *I*magination (2017-2022, 
The Leverhulme Trust).
Centre for Research in Communication and Culture

Department of Social Sciences
Loughborough University
(E.Keightley /at/ lboro.ac.uk) <mailto:(E.Keightley /at/ lboro.ac.uk)>

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