Media Industries Research Centre
The mission of the Centre is to act as an international, national and local forum for high-quality research into media and cultural production, in order to shape academic research and to act as a resource for user groups. Our research is empirical and interdisciplinary, informed by theoretical and historical understanding. It involves the study of media and cultural production, of media and cultural policy, and of the economic and social conditions informing these processes.
The Centre carries out this mission in the following main ways:
- Developing research programmes
- Serving as a forum for debate by organising seminars, symposia and conferences
- Disseminating research through events, publications and our website
- Developing and participating in international and national research networks
- Pursuing external research funding to support its growth
- Enhancing the intellectual life of researchers, postgraduate students and users concerned with the relations between economics, culture and media