[ecrea] Fully Funded PhD studentship available in Media Trajectories

Please note the below funded PhD opportunity at the University of 
Nottingham. Applicants with a background in television studies are 
encouraged to apply:

Understanding Media Trajectories
An EPSRC funded PhD Studentship in the Mixed Reality Laboratory with the BBC

Applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates for a fully 
sponsored PhD studentship
based within the Mixed Reality Laboratory at the University of 
Nottingham, in collaboration with the BBC’s Research & Development 
Department.

The world of broadcasting is changing rapidly with viewers accessing 
content across multiple screens (television, radio, PCs, tablets, phones 
and others), at varying times (including being able to replay content), 
and in a wide variety of contexts. They are also increasingly able to 
comment on, mash up and contribute to content, heralding a shift from 
being viewers of television to participants in it. This PhD – hosted by 
the BBC – provides a unique opportunity to study the changing nature of 
our television experience and contribute to the design of future 
services. The core aim is to understand how individuals engage in 
complex and extended TV experiences – for example following an unfolding 
news story, election, drama series, or sports tournament – in terms of 
trajectories of experience. The idea is that people already create their 
own trajectories through media experiences, using various screens to 
interleave them with their daily lives. If we can understand how they do 
this in detail then we can begin to design new more joined-up television 
experiences.

The PhD will be based in the Mixed Reality Laboratory at Nottingham, an 
interdisciplinary research environment with a longstanding reputation 
for research into interactive media. It will also be hosted by the BBC 
who will provide supervision as well as opportunities to engage with BBC 
staff, knowledge and resources, including spending time working onsite 
at the BBC. The student will therefore be in a unique position to 
address this challenge while also benefiting from an extended training 
that includes industry experience in a world-leading media company.

This position is open to high-calibre students from a wide variety of 
backgrounds spanning Computer Science and related technical disciplines, 
but also the Social Sciences, Psychology, New Media and Television 
Studies which may provide relevant skills and background for studying 
media trajectories. Willingness and ability to engage in 
interdisciplinary research are especially important. Beyond this, 
students must be able to demonstrate a capability to undertake and 
benefit from research training through to completion, to the standard 
necessary to qualify for a PhD. The candidate must have a high-grade 
qualification; an upper second class honours degree or a combination of 
qualifications and/or experience equivalent to that level.

Due to the nature of funding the studentship is available to UK and EU 
citizens. The PhD scholarship is offered for the duration of three and a 
half years, starting on 1 October 2013, and will cover full university 
fees and a stipend. For the EPSRC student eligibility criteria, please 
visit: http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/funding/students/Pages/eligibility.aspx

Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor Steve Benford, Mixed 
Reality Laboratory, School of Computer Science, via email to: 
(sdb /at/ cs.nott.ac.uk)
To apply, please access https://my.nottingham.ac.uk/pgapps/welcome.
Closing date: 30th June 2013.

Best wishes
Dr Elizabeth Evans
Deputy Director, Institute for Screen Industries Research
Department of Culture, Film and Media
School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies
University of Nottingham
Nottingham
NG7 2RD
Tel (0)115 951 4241



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