Research subjects

The department offers undergraduate, master's, and doctoral education in four areas: Cinema Studies, Journalism, Media and Communication Studies and Fashion Studies. Journalism and Media and Communication Studies have a common doctoral programme.

The Department of Media Studies is a research-intensive department with several externally funded projects by amongst others The Swedish Research Council (VR) and Riksbankens Jubileumsfond (RJ).

Research

Our research areas

Forskning i filmvetenskap bedrivs vid IMS. Foto: Patrick Daxenbichler © Mostphotos

Cinema Studies

Cinema Studies designates the study of moving images and image cultures harking back to periods prior to the breakthrough of film, up until the diverse platforms of the current mediascape.

Ripsasamlingen, skapad av Ebba von Eckermann 1950–1980 i Ripsa i Sörmland. Foto: Niklas Björling

Fashion Studies

Fashion Studies examines the history of fashion, its social and economic functions and its role in the development of global production and consumption of clothing.

Journalism

Journalism is an interdisciplinary field of research with a long history at Stockholm University. The subject was established in 1990 when the former Journalism School merged with the Centre for Mass Communication Research.

Media and Communication Studies

Media and communication studies is a field that focuses on the most pressing issues of our time, as they appear at the intersection of communication, technology, politics and culture. We explore, in various ways, the basis for and content of mediated communication, its roles in society and in everyday life.