36 monthsProgramme duration
23,390 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Department of Media Studies at SOAS offers an exciting doctoral research programme with a number of students working on an exceptionally wide range of topics, both theoretical and empirical, concerned with different aspects of media and digital communication and practices in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The programme places emphasis on the acquisition of critical theoretical skills; in-depth regional, political, social and cultural knowledge of global media and digital transformations in these regions and their diasporas; and on original contributions through grounded empirical research. The department encourages a non-Western centric interdisciplinary focus on the relationship between media, digital communication, politics, culture and society that would progress decolonial approaches. As such, the department draws upon expertise across SOAS and encourages students to approach other departments to enhance their experience and knowledge.
The PhD programme is suited to researchers who wish to engage in detailed study of media, political and digital transformations, and cultures in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and to those who wish to combine media and communication studies with other disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.
Our research has already been ranked in the top 20 in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, with more than a third of our research publications assessed as four-star (world-leading).
The programme places emphasis on the acquisition of critical theoretical skills; in-depth regional, political, social and cultural knowledge of global media and digital transformations in these regions and their diasporas; and on original contributions through grounded empirical research. The department encourages a non-Western centric interdisciplinary focus on the relationship between media, digital communication, politics, culture and society that would progress decolonial approaches. As such, the department draws upon expertise across SOAS and encourages students to approach other departments to enhance their experience and knowledge.
The PhD programme is suited to researchers who wish to engage in detailed study of media, political and digital transformations, and cultures in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and to those who wish to combine media and communication studies with other disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.
Our research has already been ranked in the top 20 in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, with more than a third of our research publications assessed as four-star (world-leading).
Programme overview
Main Subject
Communication and Media Studies
Degree
PhD
Study Level
PHD
Study Mode
On Campus
The Department of Media Studies at SOAS offers an exciting doctoral research programme with a number of students working on an exceptionally wide range of topics, both theoretical and empirical, concerned with different aspects of media and digital communication and practices in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The programme places emphasis on the acquisition of critical theoretical skills; in-depth regional, political, social and cultural knowledge of global media and digital transformations in these regions and their diasporas; and on original contributions through grounded empirical research. The department encourages a non-Western centric interdisciplinary focus on the relationship between media, digital communication, politics, culture and society that would progress decolonial approaches. As such, the department draws upon expertise across SOAS and encourages students to approach other departments to enhance their experience and knowledge.
The PhD programme is suited to researchers who wish to engage in detailed study of media, political and digital transformations, and cultures in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and to those who wish to combine media and communication studies with other disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.
Our research has already been ranked in the top 20 in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, with more than a third of our research publications assessed as four-star (world-leading).
The programme places emphasis on the acquisition of critical theoretical skills; in-depth regional, political, social and cultural knowledge of global media and digital transformations in these regions and their diasporas; and on original contributions through grounded empirical research. The department encourages a non-Western centric interdisciplinary focus on the relationship between media, digital communication, politics, culture and society that would progress decolonial approaches. As such, the department draws upon expertise across SOAS and encourages students to approach other departments to enhance their experience and knowledge.
The PhD programme is suited to researchers who wish to engage in detailed study of media, political and digital transformations, and cultures in Asia, Africa and the Middle East and to those who wish to combine media and communication studies with other disciplines across the humanities and social sciences.
Our research has already been ranked in the top 20 in the UK in the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2021, with more than a third of our research publications assessed as four-star (world-leading).
Admission Requirements
120+
6.5+
5+
70+
3 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
5,055 GBP
International
23,390 GBP
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