Program Overview

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Our Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies offers supervision for MPhil Journalism from our expert academics, covering a range of research interests, including: journalism, public communication and policy in the Middle East and North Africa; media, democracy and democratisation, propaganda, influence and censorship, war reporting, counter-terrorism, the interplay between news media, social media and politics, parliamentary reporting in developing countries and in established democracies. As well-known and established journalists and scholars, our staff have published in reputable peer reviewed journals and flagship policy platforms as well as in renowned mainstream media organisations. Why we're great.

• Benefit from our commitment to interdisciplinary research, connecting our research strengths in journalism to fields such as creative writing, politics, and human rights.
• Our Media Centre is home to state-of-the-art studios, including a purpose-built Newsroom, TV and radio studios.
• Our regular staff-graduate seminar provides a forum at which our students may give papers about their work in progress.

Our expert staff

Within our Department of Literature, Film, and Theatre Studies, you will be allocated a supervisor whose role it is to guide you through the different stages of your research degree. In some cases, you may have joint supervision by two members of our staff. The support provided by your supervisor is a key feature of your research student experience and you will have regular one-to-one meetings to discuss progress on your research. Initially, your supervisor will help you develop your research topic and plan.

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Your future

A number of our graduates have gone on to undertake successful careers as journalists. As a research student, you will be able to establish yourself as a scholar, university lecturer, teacher, publisher, publishers’ editor, journalist, media analyst/advisor for governmental, policy and civil society bodies.