Digital Media PhD 36 months PHD Programme By Newcastle University |TopUniversities
Programme Duration

36 monthsProgramme duration

Tuitionfee

24,400 GBPTuition Fee/year

Starting Month

Jan, SepStarting Month

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Our digital media research is committed to transdisciplinarity, creative digital practice, the intersection of art and sciences, social technologies and public engagement.


The Digital Media PhD is part of the Fine Art programme of study. We offer PhD supervision in two main areas of digital media.


Digital arts practice is led by Dr Tom Schofield. It includes topics such as:


  • emerging technologies and experimental practice
  • live electronic performance
  • interactivity and human-computer interaction in arts practice
  • critical AI
  • post-digital practice and theory
  • data visualisation and creative practice
  • contemporary art and media theory
  • open source culture and creativity
  • crowdsourcing and creativity

Digital media in museum, gallery and heritage settings is led by Dr Areti Galani. It includes topics such as:


  • online museum, gallery and heritage experiences
  • social software and its implications for the cultural sector
  • design and use of mobile, personal and ubiquitous technologies in cultural settings
  • study and understanding of social museum experiences
  • theory and practice of visitor studies
  • ethnographic and ethnomethodological approaches in the study of museum experiences

Programme overview

Main Subject

Communication and Media Studies

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Our digital media research is committed to transdisciplinarity, creative digital practice, the intersection of art and sciences, social technologies and public engagement.


The Digital Media PhD is part of the Fine Art programme of study. We offer PhD supervision in two main areas of digital media.


Digital arts practice is led by Dr Tom Schofield. It includes topics such as:


  • emerging technologies and experimental practice
  • live electronic performance
  • interactivity and human-computer interaction in arts practice
  • critical AI
  • post-digital practice and theory
  • data visualisation and creative practice
  • contemporary art and media theory
  • open source culture and creativity
  • crowdsourcing and creativity

Digital media in museum, gallery and heritage settings is led by Dr Areti Galani. It includes topics such as:


  • online museum, gallery and heritage experiences
  • social software and its implications for the cultural sector
  • design and use of mobile, personal and ubiquitous technologies in cultural settings
  • study and understanding of social museum experiences
  • theory and practice of visitor studies
  • ethnographic and ethnomethodological approaches in the study of museum experiences

Admission Requirements

7+
3.3+
100+
76+
135+

A 2:1 honours degree and preferably a merit master's degree, or international equivalent.

36 Months
Jan
Sep

Tuition fees

Domestic
5,238 GBP
International
24,400 GBP

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