Research & engagement
The School has developed a reputation for research that explores how changes in communication impact on the ways we live, work, interact and connect. The School’s research programs explore the history and meaning of niche and popular media; and how media forms and their distribution are transforming content and uses in constantly changing digital media landscapes.
The School is home to seven research programs that examine different media and social settings:
- Culture, Media, Economy
- Media, Society and the Politics of Change
- Screen Histories and Cultures
- Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub
- Environment and Media
- Asian Cultural & Media Studies
- Gender & Media Lab
Research centres and groups
Culture, Media, Economy (CME) is a key research group that Monash University's Faculty of Arts is investing in for talent enhancement and capacity building.
CME is a response to the current conjuncture in which new financial and business models, technologies, socio-cultural dynamics and geo-political configurations have radically transformed our understandings and practices of culture, media and economy.
For more information, visit the Culture, Media, Economy (CME) project website.
Media, Society & the Politics of Change
The cumulative impact of technological change and its impact on traditional business models represents a fundamental structural change in the way in which the information needs of societies are served.
Screen Histories and Cultures Research Program
The Screen Histories and Cultures Research Program is a concerted and integrated unit committed to the collaborative study of the history, theory, practice and criticism of digital audio-visual culture.
Environment & Media
Environmental crisis, largely caused by human activity, has produced the greatest challenge of our time. This challenge transcends disciplinary fields.
Asian Cultural & Media Studies
The Asian Cultural & Media Studies research unit investigates transformations in media industries, politics, and practices emerging from the world’s largest and most populous continent.
Gender & Media Lab
Gender & Media Lab focus on the impacts of rapidly transforming industries and digitised cultures, exploring connections between representation, identity, feminised labour and precarious futures.
Monash Climate Change Communication Research Hub
The Hub is a University-wide research grouping across six Faculties and two Institutes. It was first established with membership in MFJ in 2016 and has now grown to bring the research resources of a University to the world of climate communication. In doing so it builds toward media and policy infrastructure that adequately addresses climate change in Australia.
Our mission is to apply research strategies from media studies, journalism studies, social sciences, humanities, political science, and climate science to improve public understanding of climate change. Rigorous research of climate change reporting, public attitudes and the communication practices of climate scientists will identify what is needed to effectively inform all Australians of the dangers of, and solutions to, climate change.
For more information, visit the Research Hub website.