Research and innovation
Research Groups
Research in the School of Media and Communication is clustered around several research groups.
Digital Cultures
The Digital Cultures research group is interested in how digital media and technologies can act as disruptive - and potentially transformative - forces in society.
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Global Communication
The Global Communication research group is united by a critical focus on how communication processes instantiate power relations that cut across the local, regional and the transnational.
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Journalism
The Journalism research group brings together researchers with a broad interest in journalism. They are specialists in either journalism practice or research, although most have experience in both.
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Media Industries and Cultural Production
This research group brings together researchers with an interest in empirical and theoretical works that engage with research on media production, policy and regulation.
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Political Communication
The Political Communication research group provides a forum for researchers to discuss and investigate how power and political ideas are represented in a diversity of communication contexts.
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Visual Media and Communication
The Visual Media and Communication research group explores the dominant role of the visual in communication and media culture - raising questions about the role of the visual in everyday life.
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Gender and Media
The Gender and Media research group brings together colleagues and postgraduate researchers engaged in debates about how gender functions within and through media and communication.
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Impact and engagement
Our research has developed impact that supports a range of charitable, educational and cultural organisations and engages with important social and political themes. We have an ongoing commitment to promoting and applying research that has the potential to challenge inequalities and innovate changes in practice and policy across a broad range of communities and organisations. Our approach to social impact is one delivered through the ongoing development of external partnerships and listening to the needs and opinions of the people we work with.
Research projects
Our research projects explore the past, present and future of media and communication using archives, new technologies and global partnerships.
News and events
Funding opportunity for PGRs to share their research
Postgraduate researchers (PGRs) in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and…
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School of Media and Communication celebrates research funding successes
Researchers in the School of Media and Communication have recently achieved…
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Leeds professor to deliver prestigious public lecture on class and the future of television
Professor Beth Johnson (School of Media and Communication) will deliver the…
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Public service broadcasters face unprecedented challenges and must adapt to survive in the age of streaming, Faculty researcher argues
The report identifies four key challenges faced by public service media (PSM)…
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Language Taster Sessions
Join us for a series of language taster sessions. Learn a few new phrases and meet speakers of the language. All levels welcome - no prior knowledge of the languages is required.
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'Influencer Creep: How Optimisation, Authenticity and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture' Book Launch
Book Launch for ‘Influencer Creep: How Optimization, Authenticity and Self-Branding Transform Creative Culture’ by Sophie Bishop, with Dr Eirini Boukla (School of Design) and artist Marianna Mariz
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LAHRI Connected Conversations
The first of LAHRI Connected Conversations will take place on 25 November focusing on one of the University's three signature strengths: health, wellbeing and health tech
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Media Frontiers: Creative Industries and AI, Some Big Questions
Join us for the inaugural 'Media Frontiers' event in The School of Media and Communication, bringing industry experts in conversation with the School’s research staff, students and beyond
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