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Communication, Media and Cultural Studies Resources
Explore insights on a changing landscape
From sustainability and climate communication to diversity, mental health, and the rise of artificial intelligence, today’s media landscape is shaped by urgent global challenges and evolving ethical debates. With that in mind, we put together expert insights to support teaching and equip students to critically engage with the most pressing topics in the fields.
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Sustainability in Communication, Media and Cultural Studies
Read: Climate change and the media
This chapter from Media Studies by Leighton Evans reveals the power of media narratives, digital platforms, and industry practices in driving awareness and action toward sustainability.
Read: The role of design in business, innovation and social change
Modern designers must navigate a range of modern challenges, including sustainability. In this interview, Gjoko Muratovski explores how design can help solve real problems and how Research for Designers helps students harness evidence-based insights.
Dive deeper: watch a webinar on interdisciplinary thinking, design and innovation.
Read: How is Generative AI reshaping digital advertising?
From real-world cases like Microsoft’s Tay to diffusion theory insights, this chapter from Advertising in the Digital Age by Sevil Yesiloglu and Joyce Costello examines the promises and pitfalls of AI-driven content creation.
Diversity and Ethics in Media & Cultural Studies
Read: A black Little Mermaid? Disney and race-bending
In this case study from Race, Culture and Media, Anamik Saha explores the controversy surrounding racebending and confronts issues of power and participation.
Read: The politics in and of representation
This extract by Nancy Thumin, featured in Stuart Hall et al.’s Representation, explores digital forms of self-representation and representation in/of Politics through the #MeToo movement.
Read: LGBTQIA+ representation in the Asian diaspora
Hongwei Bao, author of Queering the Asian Diaspora, explores how queerness reshapes Asian diasporic identity through art, activism, and cultural critique amid rising anti-Asian sentiment.
Gender in Media and Cultural Studies
Read: Social media, activism and online violence
This extract from Social Media by Christian Fuchs examines the #MeToo movement, online hatred and how social media can be a force for positive and negative change.
Read: How do gender inequalities in tech reinforce existing biases?
Explore how technology, democracy and identity interact in the changing digital world through this extract from Understanding Data, Culture and Society by Pieter Verdegem.
Read: Situating African feminism
Jessica Horn’s adapted extract from African Feminist Praxis highlights her journey in African feminism, and the diverse ways African feminist knowledge is produced and shared.
Dive deeper: Learn more about the African Feminist Praxis
Mental Health in Media
Read: Moral panics and digital wellbeing
Discover why fears about kids’ screen time often spiral into moral panic. This case study from Understanding New Media explores evidence, rights-based solutions, and balanced approaches to digital wellbeing.
AI and the Future of Technology
Watch: Master the rapidly changing media industry
Lucy Küng, author of Strategic Management in the Media, leads a panel discussion exploring the rapidly changing media industry and how organizations must adapt in the face of digital transformation, audience fragmentation and new business models.
Read: From algorithms to AI
Explore how AI and algorithms shape media, influence behavior, and challenge democracy. This extract from Digital Media and Society unpacks datafication, personalization, and ethical dilemmas - revealing the hidden power behind your feeds.
Read: How Generative AI is reshaping media and culture
From automated content creation to algorithmic decision-making, this extract dives into key insights from Media and Society on the rise of synthetic media and its social impact.