Doctoral research in media and communication studies brings students into a multi-faceted and internationally vibrant research area that has an increasingly vital importance to contemporary society.Research in media and communications examines the ways in which our social, cultural and political lives are represented and influenced through all types of media and mediated discourse. We welcome applications for PhDs focused on, for example, social media and digital media cultures as well as traditional media and the changing landscape of media industries and cultural production.The University of Brighton fosters a thriving community of theorists and practitioners in the development of new knowledge around media cultures, technologies and practices. Our researchers develop inter-disciplinary projects with networks across the university and with external partners and wider media industries, using theoretical, practical and creative research to better understand the fabric of modern societal experience in terms of its communications and media.We have a change-making, impactful approach which embraces applied, co-created, multi-disciplinary and creative methodologies. With a long-standing reputation in media scholarship that underpins social justice, identity, equality and environmental issues, we welcome students for PhDs in media and communications who have ambitions to inform cultural, social and govermental change.Join a community of scholars whose research examines audiences and reception, social media use, film and screen studies, digital media, gender and communication, communication and democracy, as well as media history, policy and law. We are ideally placed to offer supervisory support in this diverse and complex area.