Media – Culture, Community & Society

Research in this theme seeks to go beyond commenting on or reacting to what is emerging. Instead researchers will be asked to create experiential, critical and non-discursive forms that engage with pressing issues around culture, community and society. Areas of research interest and expertise include:
• Identity and Place (constructing ‘Irishness’ in new media, creating inter-cultural
cohesiveness through creative media)
• Gender (representations, culture, power)
• Media representations and reporting of conflict
• Digital Literacy, Access and Empowerment
• Contemporary cultural expression
• Convergence online/offline
• Creative Communities
• Copyright culture in the digital age