Journalism and Public Relations PhD 36 months PHD Program By Newcastle University |Top Universities
Program Duration

36 monthsProgram duration

Tuitionfee

23,700 GBPTuition Fee/year

Scholarship

YesScholarships

Main Subject Area

JournalismMain Subject Area

Program overview

Main Subject

Journalism

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Join us for a PhD in Journalism and Public Relations. You'll become part of the Media and Cultural Studies team contributing to a vibrant learning community. You'll have access to quality-assured supervision. You'll get opportunities to deliver lectures and produce articles for various media.

We're a leading research unit at Newcastle University with a strong PhD culture. Our research environment supports world-leading, internationally excellent scholarship. Our approach is distinct and interdisciplinary, focusing across theoretical and applied areas.

Our research is characterised by a critical cultural studies approach. PhD supervision is normally available in the following research areas:

  • journalism work in transition; the political economy of local media; new understandings of 'local'; widening diversity in the news workforce; journalism education (Dr David Baines)
  • social media; intimacy and changing social relationships; changing media technologies and personal life; gender, media and culture (Professor Deborah Chambers)
  • public relations; corporate social responsibility; ePR (Ms Laurel Hetherington)
  • journalism; discourse; ideology; political communication; media theory; national identity; war, politics and propaganda (Dr Darren Kelsey)
  • critical discourse analysis; discourse analysis of new (social) media; national identity; political discourse analysis; ethnicity and immigration; international politics; the Middle East (Dr Majid Khosravinik)
  • financialisation; the political economy of Britain since the 1970s; political and financial elites; the UK Treasury; political rhetoric and its construction; the rhetoric of economics; heterodox economics
  • data journalism; infographics; news values; newswork ethnography; online journalism; search engine optimisation; social media (Dr Murray Dick)

Program overview

Main Subject

Journalism

Degree

PhD

Study Level

PHD

Study Mode

On Campus

Join us for a PhD in Journalism and Public Relations. You'll become part of the Media and Cultural Studies team contributing to a vibrant learning community. You'll have access to quality-assured supervision. You'll get opportunities to deliver lectures and produce articles for various media.

We're a leading research unit at Newcastle University with a strong PhD culture. Our research environment supports world-leading, internationally excellent scholarship. Our approach is distinct and interdisciplinary, focusing across theoretical and applied areas.

Our research is characterised by a critical cultural studies approach. PhD supervision is normally available in the following research areas:

  • journalism work in transition; the political economy of local media; new understandings of 'local'; widening diversity in the news workforce; journalism education (Dr David Baines)
  • social media; intimacy and changing social relationships; changing media technologies and personal life; gender, media and culture (Professor Deborah Chambers)
  • public relations; corporate social responsibility; ePR (Ms Laurel Hetherington)
  • journalism; discourse; ideology; political communication; media theory; national identity; war, politics and propaganda (Dr Darren Kelsey)
  • critical discourse analysis; discourse analysis of new (social) media; national identity; political discourse analysis; ethnicity and immigration; international politics; the Middle East (Dr Majid Khosravinik)
  • financialisation; the political economy of Britain since the 1970s; political and financial elites; the UK Treasury; political rhetoric and its construction; the rhetoric of economics; heterodox economics
  • data journalism; infographics; news values; newswork ethnography; online journalism; search engine optimisation; social media (Dr Murray Dick)

Admission Requirements

76+
100+
7+
3.3+

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

36 Months
Sep
Jan

Tuition Fee and Scholarships

Domestic Students

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International Students

23,700 GBP
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