Communication and Media

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By studying our communication and media courses you’ll explore concepts, ideas and practical skills needed for careers in communications, the media and culture.

You’ll be taught by tutors who have extensive experience in the national media and local government. You'll also hear from and meet media and communication industry professionals like:

  • independent TV producers
  • international news reporters
  • brand marketing professionals
  • activists.

Work placements

A work placement offers you the opportunity of applying subject specific theoretical knowledge to a real life situation. It also provides you with crucial employability skills and personal attributes that employers are looking for.

You will gain experience and engage with experts in media fields. Employers need graduates with experience and a critical understanding of how the media and communications work. Oxford is a hive of media and communications activity, with a wide range of industry contacts who frequently support students in finding internships. You can also choose to get involved in Oxford Brookes’ student-run TV, radio and print media.

Collaborative working with laptops

Teaching and research staff

Dr Silvia Dibeltulo

Dr Silvia Dibeltulo

Senior Lecturer in Communication, Media and Culture

Dr Hanna Klien-Thomas

Dr Hanna Klien-Thomas

Teaching Fellow in Communication, Media and Culture

Dr Alon Lischinsky

Dr Alon Lischinsky

Senior Lecturer in Communication and Discourse

Dr Michele Paule

Dr Michele Paule

Reader in Communication, Media and Culture

Dr Hannah Yelin

Dr Hannah Yelin

Reader in Gender, Media and Culture

Dr Andrie Yiakoumetti

Dr Andrie Yiakoumetti

Senior Lecturer in English Language and TESOL

Student blogging

Student citizen journalists engage with communities

The Citizen Journalism and Civic Engagement module not only introduces students to theories and practice of news production in digital contexts, but challenges them to engage as citizens in local and wider communities.

Students are encouraged to consider themselves as citizens of a range of communities, and to reflect ways in which they engage with global and local matters. As a part of their assessment they produce blogs on an issue important to them.

Topics included: EU membership; generational political differences; religious identity; the politics of high heels; sexist cultures in local student nightlife; and student funding and the need for financial education in schools. Some students engaged more directly with local communities in Oxford as they researched their stories, venturing onto the city’s estates and talking to residents to offer a refreshingly positive view of less-visited parts of the city.

Rose Hill residents celebrating their regeneration project
Rose Hill residents celebrating their regeneration project

Comments from students

“My blog was built on the premise that university students are often cut off from the surrounding community. It aims to engage student readers through countering some of the stereotypes of Oxford’s council estates and showing how residents are active, positive citizens. In this way I hope my blog both demonstrates and addresses civic engagement.”

Thea

“Writing the blog made me realise how powerful even the smallest amount of political action can be. Not because it changed the world but because it changed me. Trying, successfully or not, to convey my opinions on how things work and what is important, made me reflect on why I think these things in the first place. I’m not sure I feel more or less like a citizen but I do feel more connected to the issues and ideas I find contentious or inspiring.”

Annelie, generational political differences

“As young people today feel more and more that we should be supporting social causes, there is no better way to get involved than to take to the internet – we are, after all, the ‘digital generation’. In creating the blog post for this assignment, it seemed very important to write about something that I was politically involved in, and passionate about. It’s my opinion that student feminism has never been so relevant.”

Clare

“I had not given much thought to what it means to be a citizen and if I were to be asked I would have been unable to explain what this term even meant. Through the module I have been able to explore varying ideas of citizenship and what contributes to becoming a citizen. It has encouraged me to think differently about becoming involved in activities which I would never have considered before e.g. blogging, and becoming more politically aware.”

Lily

“Where people may be unheard, or where voices dissent from the majority, blogs and social media can be effective channels for acknowledgement and recognition. I was able to turn the critical gaze inwards and observe my voice, explore the areas of my identity that are not so well-known, and feel empowered as a citizen. I decided to confront stereotypes and prejudices surrounding Buddhism with my personal experience.”

Gabby