Different types of journalism still need the founding principles of news reporting

For her final project, MA student Lauren Dexter is looking at how new citizen-based forms of…

How left-wing media sites have changed their coverage of the Labour Party under Keir Starmer

This is an example of some of the research we get involved with in the Media…

Coronavirus: BBC emerges as the UK’s clear favourite information source in new audience survey

Increasingly academic research is being presented in more accessible, journalistic formats. In this example written by…

Olivia votes YES for work experience with SKY News

Our MA student Olivia John describes the night she became part of what was probably the…

The Swansea Blitz

Final year Media student Cecily Edwards explains how Swansea suffered catastrophic damage during WWII… The sight…

Student thesis published in MEDIA, WAR and CONFLICT

A new article by Linda de Veen and Richard Thomas discusses the coverage of some recent…

Horses – effective therapy for mental illness

During your lifetime, you have a 25% chance of suffering with mental illness, so learning how…

Remixing journalism: the power of satire as an alternative fourth estate

Dr Allaina Kilby is a lecturer in Journalism in the Media and Communications department.  Her current research interests…

BBC caught in the crossfire: why the UK’s public broadcaster is becoming a big election story

Richard Thomas, Swansea University and Declan McDowell-Naylor, Cardiff University The final week of campaigning for the…

Jon Stewart: journey from satirist to political advocate is no laughing matter

Allaina Kilby, Swansea University When Jon Stewart quit the Daily Show, the satirical news and comedy…