Media and Communication

Exploring the rapidly evolving, media-driven world and its impact on our identities, relationships and communities

Media and Communication at The University of Western Australia provides critical insights into our everyday, political, social, cultural and professional encounters with contemporary media cultures and communication practices.

This discipline area is one of the most exciting and rapidly evolving areas of study in today's media-driven world. What we know about the world, and how we act in it, is critically related to the use of communication technologies, from language to screen, and from text to image in digital settings. The Discipline Chair of Media and Communication is Associate Professor Steven Maras.

Arthur Lovekin Prize for Excellence in Journalism 2024

Applications for the 2024 Arthur Lovekin Prize for Excellence in Journalism are now open. 

This award is available for the best contribution published in an Australian newspaper or periodical produced, published or circulated in Western Australia.

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Research areas

Our research uses a range of methodological and analytical approaches to explore digital, screen, gaming and networked technologies, and investigate their role in re-imagining the political, social and educational spheres.

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School Operations, ARTS:G.41

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