Media studies

Media studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communication sciences, and communication studies.

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Individual Contributors to Policy Commons · 11 October 2024 English

The most significant Brexit-related development of the last fortnight was Keir Starmer’s first visit to Brussels since becoming Prime Minister. Media attention focused on his meeting with the President of …


Policy Press · 8 October 2024 English

Søren Frank Etzerodt presents the evidence that abortion has become a key issue for American voters, potentially shaping the outcome of the 2024 presidential election. The post New research confirms …


LSE: London School of Economics and Political Science · 8 October 2024 English

The concept of misinformation has recently been subject to a range of theoretical and methodological critiques. Sander van der Linden, Ullrich Ecker and Stephan Lewandowsky argue misinformation has clear and …


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 27 September 2024

This working paper investigates how fiscal policy uncertainty (FPU) impacts the global economy. Fiscal policy uncertainty refers to ambiguity in government spending, tax policies, and public debt management, often resulting …


EU: European Union · 26 September 2024 English

This report presents a multi-case qualitative research study on how to support teacher professional learning and development of their digital competence, through a self-reflection process using SELFIEforTEACHERS (SfT). The study …

second case study, with special thanks to the Media Studies teacher who initiated and led the activity investigated a bottom-up effort of an in-service Media Studies teacher to integrate SfT into a private secondary duration, and support was provided by the Media Studies teacher on demand. Finally, the third case study


The Asia Foundation · 17 September 2024 English

The contents of this report are the responsibility of IREX and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Government, USAID, or The Asia Foundation. [...] The fact …

professor of journalism, communication, and media studies, University of Ottawa, Canada National Report professor of journalism, communication, and media studies, University of Ottawa, Canada National Report professor of journalism, communication, and media studies, University of Ottawa, Canada National Report


UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation · 16 September 2024 English

have salaried staff and also take advantage of media studies students to avert staff attrition. Table 4: the pink: Gay radio in South Africa. Feminist Media Studies, 7 (3), 225–238. https://- doi.org/10.1080/14680770701477859


Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 15 September 2024

“The digital backlash” covers a range of social and cultural practices of digital disconnection, as well as critiques of the impact of digital technologies and platforms in the world today. …


Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 15 September 2024 English

This chapter expands the understanding of contemporary disconnective technologies by providing a case study of a mundane, low-tech artefact that has gained popularity in both private and public spaces: the …

B. (2017). Qualitative research methods for media studies. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003122388 Understanding digital disconnection beyond media studies. Convergence, 27(6), 1584–1598. https://doi


Nordic Co-operation | Nordic Council & Nordic Council of Ministers · 15 September 2024 English

Ubiquitous digital connectivity is a challenge to literary reading for leisure and recreation, and there is a tension between online life and reading concentration. On the empirical basis of a …

Understanding digital disconnection beyond media studies. Convergence, 27(6), 1584–1598. https://doi


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