Communication, Culture and Media

Overview

The team in Communication, Culture and Media (CCM) enjoys an international reputation in research. By combining a dynamic research culture with a commitment to innovative teaching, we offer a vibrant and stimulating environment for students and staff.

70% of CCM research was rated as world leading or of international excellence in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise. Research is organised within the Institute for Cultural Analysis, Nottingham (ICAn), which has a core membership of around 30, including six professors, and three post-doctoral fellows.

Our teaching expertise spans across media, cultural studies, social theory, linguistics and philosophy. Our diverse research specialisms shape and inform our teaching. Specialist areas include the following:

food cultures
popular music
globalisation
gender
sexualities
post-colonialism
diaspora
narrative
new media technologies
media management
British, European and World cinemas
pragmatics
discourse analysis
discursive psychology
cultures of everyday life
modernity
work and leisure
philosophy of religion
heritage and landscape
environmental politics
Chinese and Japanese culture
DJ cultures.

Our successful new flagship degree in Media offers six pathways. These offer a unique blend of theoretical and practical opportunities. The pathways enable students to specialise in:

media practices
film and television
journalism studies
creative industries
communication
popular culture.

Within the School’s Joint Honours Humanities and Modern Languages Programmes, CCM offers five popular subjects. These are

communication and society
media
philosophy
linguistics
film and television.

We also run the highly successful MA in Media and Globalisation

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Courses

View our range of Undergraduate and Postgraduate courses

Contact us

If you have any queries about our courses, please contact the Admissions team on +44 (0)115 848 4200 or via Ask NTU for information on undergraduate or postgraduate courses.

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Research

Research is organised within the Institute for Cultural Analysis, Nottingham (ICAn). Their mission is the analysis of contemporary cultural phenomena, particularly within the contexts of:

the globalisation process
diasporic cultures
the arts
cinema and cultural industries
emergent forms of identity
discursive strategies
the applications and implications of new media technologies
new cultures of public life.

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Staff profiles

For staff members please see the academic staff section.

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Contact

Professor Nahem Yousaf
Head of English, Communication and Media
School of Arts and Humanities
Email: Nahem Yousaf

Recent Publications

Media Technology: Critical Perspectives

Title: Media Technology: Critical Perspectives
Author: Van Loon, Joost
Publisher: Open University Press (Milton Keynes)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-335-21446-4

The Culture of Speed. The Coming of Immediacy

Title: The Culture of Speed. The Coming of Immediacy
Author: Tomlinson, John
Publisher: Sage (London)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 1412912024

Transnational Lives and the Media: Re-imagining Diaspora

Title: Transnational Lives and the Media: Re-imagining Diaspora
Author: Bailey, Olga, Georgiou, M and Harindranath R (eds.)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-0-230-01983-6

Food and Cultural Studies

Title: Food and Cultural Studies
Author: Hollows, Joanne, Jones, Steve and Taylor, Ben (with Ashley, B)
Publisher: Routledge (London)
Date: 2007
ISBN: 0415270391

New Perspectives on Language and Sexual Identity

Title: New Perspectives on Language and Sexual Identity
Author: Morrish, Liz and Sauntson, Helen
Publisher: Palgrave
Date: 2007
ISBN: 978-1403937964