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PhD in Media and Communication - Global Communication

University of Leeds

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  • Qualification

    PhD/DPhil - Doctor of Philosophy

  • Location

    Leeds, Main

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    FEB

  • Duration

    3 Years

Course summary

The Visual Media and Communication research group is interested in the dominant role of the visual in communication and media culture, in raising questions about the role of the visual in everyday life. This group is interested in research on a wide range of media genres and media platforms, from soap operas to reality television, from British films to independent cinema, from stock photography to social media selfies. It also engages with forms of communication that are not traditionally considered as ‘media’ in their own right, such the built environment, design, performance, archives, and data. The Visual Media and Communication research group adopts a non-medium-centric and cross-disciplinary approach to engage with the following research themes: the multiple processes in which the visual is embedded (eg production, representation, audience, circulation, recontextualisation), the wide ranging issues surrounding the visual (eg the political economy of visual production political, cultural, and aesthetic dimensions of representation audience access, divides and literacies regarding the visual the visual in digital environments and platforms), the diverse geographies in which the visual is situated (eg the local, the regional, the global), the different methodological approaches to the visual (eg textual analysis, historical analysis, critical and theoretical approaches, audience research, ethnography, research for practice, practice-based research, action research).

Application deadline

06/10/2025

Tuition fees

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£ 24,500per year

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University information

University of Leeds

University of Leeds

University of Leeds

  • University League Table

    21st

  • Campus address

    University of Leeds (Main), Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom

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A global community with staff and students from over 130 countries, providing opportunities to meet and work with people from around the world.
The University of Leeds continually invests in its campus, from new labs and lecture theatres to one of the most impressive libraries in the UK.
The University of Leeds has been welcoming international students for over 100 years, so you can be sure of experienced help throughout your time at Leeds.

Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Communication & Media Studies

    8th out of 92 2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 200
    154 77%

    8th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    85.0 85%

    6th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.93 73%

    84th

    28

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