Media and Communication at Leicester
PhD students
| Name | Research Project |
| Derick Adogla | Contextualising Africa’s New Media-driven Political Activism: A Constructivist Analysis of the Cases of Ghana and Uganda |
| Selma Aitsaid | Liminality, Disability, Postcoloniality, and Disney: Liminal Disabled Tweens Identification with Disney Animated Films in Algeria |
| Nada Al Anezi | The Influence of the Netflix Platform on Saudi Women’s Interests |
| Fatimah Alasiri | Building Soft Power: Nation Branding Through Digital Diplomacy at the Saudi Ministry of Culture in the Context of Vision 2030 |
| Pradeep Kumar Alathiyath Valappil | The Communicative Relationship Between Patient Advocacy Groups and Pharmaceutical Manufacturers during the Opioid Crisis |
| Bothaina Al-Dosari | Tribal Elite as Agent of Culture and the Use of Mass Media for National Building in Qatar |
| Tahani Alharthi | Negotiating Empowerment and Reconstructing the Saudi Woman’s Image and Identity: Analysis of Saudi Women’s Beauty and Fashion Content on Social Media |
| Yosra Aljadani | Young Saudi Women’s Perceptions and Experiences of Cyberbullying on Twitter |
| Haifa Almaklafi | Gender Equality and Cultural Values in Public Relations Departments and the Impact of Vision 2030 on Empowering Women on it in the Saudi Government Institutions |
| Mazen Almuhaimid | The Role of Saudi Culture in Advertising Campaign Media Planning and Selections: A Study of Non-Saudi Media Planners in Saudi Arabia |
| Ghada Alwaily | Research in Public Diplomacy (Saudi Context) |
| Paul Atkins | Radio to Call Our Own: Distinctiveness and Identity in Welsh Radio |
| Antoine Badaoui | Examining the Affordances of Visibility and Association on the Social Media of Lebanese LGBTQI Non-Profit Organisations |
| Abdul-Munim Bashir | Citizen Voice and the Cultural Determinants of Dementia Care Among South Asians in the UK: An Ethnographic Study of Carers and VCFSEs |
| Arta Berisha | Public Trust in the Digital Era: Simulated News Portal and the State of Online Information |
| Paige Bradshaw-Jones | 21st Century Fandom: Fearful or Fantastic? An Exploration of the Fan Journey from Adoration to Ambivalence with Celebrities on Social Media |
| Matthew Brennan | The Construction and Negotiation of Masculine Identities on talkSPORT |
| Helen Bruce | Human Interest Narratives in Environmental Documentaries: Using Human Interest Style Narrative Construction to Increase Engagement from a UK Audience |
| Paul Covaliu | The Influence of Secret Services on Media Freedom and Pluralism in Romania |
| Kevin Garvey | Intersections between Alt-Right Ideology and Popular Video Game Communities in Online Communities |
| Jinghe Han | Listening to the People’s Republic of Vocality: The Soundscape of Poetry Recitation in Contemporary China |
| Barry Hawthorne | Constructing the Heimat: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Disability and Forced Displacement in the German Press (1990-2015) |
| Natasha Henry | Beyond the Cover: Fashion Publishing and The Future of Racism |
| Jieyi Ke | Considering Social Capital as a Resource for Crypto Enthusiasts to Seek Economic Opportunities: A Qualitative Research based on Twitter Users |
| Lisi Mai | The Identity Construction of the Aoluguya Ewenki Ethnic Group in the Social Media Era |
| Sami Mati | Examining the Efficacy of Celebrity Endorsements in Advertising: A Comprehensive Analysis |
| Aleksandar Mitrovski | Vladimir Putin, the Person vs. the Politician: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Twenty Putin Dialogues Regarding Crucial Russian Affairs from 2000-2020 |
| Chris Moore | 'Reflections on the Next Ten Years': A Longitudinal Case Study of a Lincolnshire Community Radio Station’s Podcast Output Pertaining to Aspects of Social Change |
| Weihua Mu | The Social Side of ‘Web 3.0’: An Empirical Analysis Among Crypto Enthusiasts in the Cryptocurrency Economy |
| Keiko Nagamine | Deteriorating Democracy in Post-Fukushima Years in Japan |
| Nicholes Nicholes | The New Environmental Determinism? Transitions to Far-Right Environmentalism |
| Hossam Obaid | The Impact of Health-related Information Shared on Social Media sites during the COVID-19 Pandemic on People’s Decisions and Actions in Saudi Arabia |
| Afnan Omar | Visual Public Health Communication Strategies: A Case of the Saudi Ministry of Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Yannis Papadopoulos | Digital Media |
| Habeeb Pindiga | Applying the Propaganda Model on Coverage of Election and Economic Crisis in the Nigerian Press |
| Jiahui Qi | The Role of Social Media during COVID-19: An Exploratory Study of Domestic Social Media Use Among Chinese Students in the UK |
| Miriam Soares Cruz Dembo | Cultural Development, African Diaspora Youth and Digital Technologies |
| Xiaojie Tan | Self-presentation on Social Media Platforms: A Comparative Study of Chinese Users on WeChat and UK Users on Facebook |
| Akshat Tewary | Desi Hegemony: How Inter-Generational Conflict Among South Asian Americans Finds Expression in Diasporic Film |
| Kerstin Tschernigg | Online Activism Versus Offline Pragmatism: Redefining the Digital Narrative of Environmental Communication |
| Roland Wang | Life Will Find its Way: Celebrity Dispute and its Role as an Alternative Public Sphere in China |
| Le Wang | Is Feminism Used to Sugarcoat Consumerism in China? Examining Xiaohongshu’s Feminist Discourse and its Cultural Impact |
| Ayeta Wangusa | Creative Entrepreneurship and the Link to Sustainable Consumption and Production in East African Cities |
| Michael Wilson | Mediatization of Politics in the US State of Texas: News Media Monitoring by Texas Local Political Actors and their Politician-Journalist Interactions |
| Zihan Xu | Art and the Blockchain: A Post-cryptographic Future for the Culture Sector |