This project investigates how 21st-century media changes and challenges the social role of media by gathering detailed evidence about how Australians use media (all forms, old and new). The media available to and used by Australians are now radically different from when core theories about the role of media in society were established. We are awash in data about clicks, views, and likes, but we lack evidence about what people now do with media, how they select among many options, and what they value to understanding the roles of media in the twenty-first century.
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Summary
- Application DeadlineJuly 11, 2025
- Study LevelPhD
- SponsorQueensland University of Technology
- City to studyQueensland
- School to studyQueensland University of Technology
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Benefits
- You'll receive a stipend of $37,010 per annum for a maximum duration of 3.5 years while undertaking a QUT PhD. The duration includes an extension of up to 6 months, if approved for your candidature. This is the full-time, tax?exempt rate which will index annually.
- You will receive a tuition fee offset/sponsorship, covering the cost of your tuition fees for the first 4 full-time equivalent years of your doctoral studies.
There are two PhD scholarships on offer and this listing will remain live until they have been awarded.
Requirements
- You need to meet the entry requirements for a QUT Doctor of Philosophy including any English language requirements.
- Enrol as a full?time, internal student (unless approval for part-time and/or external study is obtained).
- You must commence your degree by February 2025.
- Have recently completed a first-class honours degree, a research master degree, or a coursework Master degree with a significant research component from a recognised institution and in a cognate discipline.
- Have a strong interest in undertaking a three-year research project focused on Australian media use, which requires well-developed knowledge of Australian media and culture.
- Demonstrate excellent capacity and potential for research.
- You must develop a research proposal that responds to and aligns with the scholarship topic and articulates the contribution your research will make; this proposal is likely to be reshaped in the first year. A project that will focus on Australian sports media consumption is desirable. Other topics could align with media consumption of documentary/light entertainment; fictional stories; information; games/gaming; music.
- It would be advantageous to have experience with:
- market research
- qualitative methodologies, including open-ended interview research
- quantitative analysis, survey design, statistical analysis
Application Deadline
July 11, 2025How To Apply
- Apply for this scholarship at the same time you apply for admission to a QUT Doctor of Philosophy.
- The first step is to email Professor Amanda Lotz detailing your academic and research background, your motivation to research in this field and interest in this scholarship, and include your CV.
- If supported to apply, you will then submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) following the advice at How to apply for a research degree.
- In your EOI, nominate Professor Amanda Lotz as your proposed principal supervisor, and copy the link to this scholarship website into question 2 of the financial details section.
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