The digital media and communication environment

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This research theme comprises work in the following areas:

  • Digital propaganda, influence and persuasion strategies
  • The role of digital technologies in humanitarian crises
  • EU regulation of cross-frontier audiovisual media services
  • Data protection and the 'right to be forgotten'
  • Media convergence
  • Digital communicative landscapes, processes and dynamics
  • Theoretical and conceptual work on the new media environments and contemporary power dynamics

Key researchers

Dr Jared Ahmad

Lecturer in Journalism, Politics and Communication
School of Journalism, Media and Communication
Email
j.ahmad@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 2530
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Dr Dmitry Chernobrov

Senior Lecturer in Media and International Politics
School of Journalism, Media and Communication
Email
d.chernobrov@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 2542
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Dr Irini Katsirea

Reader in International Media Law
School of Journalism, Media and Communication
Email
i.katsirea@sheffield.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 114 222 2540
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PhD students

Current and recent PhD students working in this area include:

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