The Centre for Excellence in Media Practice is pleased to offer the following three studentships:
The Philosophy of Media Education
The media has huge influence over people and the societies in which they live. This is a responsibility that needs to be addressed in an active manner. Yet media subjects have a bad press. The discipline is seen as a cop-out, lightweight subject that panders to ‘what every teenager wants’ (X-Factor etc). Those who work inside the media need to be able to stand outside and be actively critical as a social responsibility. How should this be addressed within the context of media education? This PhD project will explore what Media Education is for – at every level – School, FE and HE. It will explore the epistemological belief of media students and consider what methods could be used to support improvement of their levels of thinking.
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The Place of Story in Media Education
Working with Associate Professor, Dr Jenny Moon, this project seeks to explore the place of knowledge and story in media education, with a particular emphasis on engagement, presence and immersion in relation to different media platforms. With an international context, any proposal for this theme should explain how the study could also examine the ways in which the place of media and storytelling in society can be elucidated.
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The Widening Gender Gap in the Television and Film Industries
Skillset’s suite of workforce surveys has shown a consistent drop out of women aged 35 and over which is disproportionate to that of men, and that fewer women than men have a dependent child. Over the past three years whilst there has been an overall 10% drop in total employment in TV, women appear to have been hit hardest, with their numbers cut by 20% over the same period. The census shows there are 5,300 fewer people working in the sector now, compared with its last study in 2006. In 2006, 55,850 people were working across the sector, compared with 50,550 this year. There is a huge disparity by gender, with 5,000 fewer women working in television and just 300 fewer men. This PhD project will explore the reasons why there has been such a disproportionate exodus of women and what might be done to remedy it in the future.
The researcher will have full access to relevant Skillset data under the supervision and guidance of the Skillset Research Team including the seven Employment Censuses and Workforce Surveys, the Balancing Children and Work in the Audio Visual Industries study and the 2010 Creative Media Workforce Survey.
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The successful candidates will be expected to take part in all relevant Graduate School sessions, as well as contributing to the annual Postgraduate Researcher conference at BU. The successful candidates will also be expected to attend Media School PGR events and to contribute to the work of other research centres and groups where appropriate.
Informal enquiries:
Dr Richard Berger (rberger@bournemouth.ac.uk).
Further information on how to apply can be found here.
The application deadline for these studentships is Friday 30th April 2010.
