RESEARCH
Our Faculty and School aims are to produce collaborative, innovative and multidisciplinary research by working with some of the brightest and best researchers from around the world. The Media, Communications, Journalism and PR department has a vibrant research culture with areas of research investigation focused around Film, Digital Humanities, Digital Media, Media and Communications, Screening and Staging and more.
HOW WE ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE Conducting research that helps shape policy Improving Digital Accessibility Research regarding the Influence of Media on Politics Understanding the effect of new and emerging technologies
RESEARCH EXPERTISE Research is key to our teaching, and we have expertise in various areas to help inform the latest and most innovative practices and curriculum to deliver. Our expertise covers:
Broadcasting in Wales Crisis Communication and Culture Digital Accessibility Digital Media and the Metaverse European, Eastern European and British Cinema
Feminist Film Historiography Film Archives Media Coverage of Politics and Elections
Public Relations Ethics Sports Communication
RESEARCH SPOTLIGHT: DR YAN WU, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MEDIA
Dr Yan Wu’s research focuses on two main areas - Chinese media and communication and digital inclusivity in Wales. The later raises public awareness of communicative rights for people with sensory impairment in the digital age, supporting the on-going campaign for communication equality by the Welsh Government, charities, and sensory impaired communities, and has produced strong evidence of direct impact on policy. Dr Yan Wu participated in series two of Swansea University’s Global Problems Podcast series sharing her ground-breaking research. Scan the QR code and listen to Dr Yan discuss digital education, including how to become digitally confident and capable citizens in a data-driven and computational world; how digital education supports wider work across the digital economy, infrastructure, society and culture; and the issues of inclusion and accessibility, and especially sensory impaired people’s access to and usage of digital media in Wales.
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