Dr Marina Morani
Teacher
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- moranim@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 79486
- Room 1.20, Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
I hold a doctoral degree from Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture researching intercultural digital media platforms produced by citizens of immigrant background in Italy.
Alongside my PhD research, I have gained solid research experience, having worked as Research Assistant/Associate on several projects of media content analysis awarded to Cardiff School of Journalism and commissioned by important organisations including UNHCR, BBC Trust / Ofcom.
Ph.D. in Journalism Studies, Cardiff University
M.A. in Communication Sciences. Pathway: Semiotics, University of Bologna (Italy)
M.A. Exchange Programme Erasmus+ at Institute of Cognitive Semiotics, Århus University (Denmark)
B.A. in Philosophy. Pathway: Ethics, University of Bologna
2018
- Cushion, S.et al. 2018. Newspapers, impartiality and television news: intermedia agenda-setting during the 2015 uk general election campaign. Journalism Studies 19(2), pp. 162-181. (10.1080/1461670X.2016.1171163)
2017
- Morani, M. 2017. 'New Italians' and digital media: an examination of intercultural media platforms. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
2016
- Cushion, S.et al. 2016. Interpreting the media logic behind editorial decisions: Television News Coverage of the 2015 U.K. General Election Campaign. International Journal of Press/Politics 21(4), pp. 472-489. (10.1177/1940161216664726)
Teaching Assistant on the following BA modules:
- Media, Racism and Conflict
- The Making and Shaping of News
- Doing Media Research. Theories and Methods
- Media, Power and Society
- History of Mass Communication and Culture
- Advertising and the Consumer Society
- Understanding Journalism Studies
Guest lecturer:
- The Making and Shaping of News
- PhD research methods and workshop on Multimodality
Doctoral research:
New Italians and digital media: an examination of intercultural media platforms
This thesis presents a critical investigation of ‘intercultural digital media’ in Italy from 2000 to 2016. In this, it focuses on the diverse digital media platforms (largely web-portals and collective blogs) that have offered alternatives to mainstream media discourses of immigration and cultural diversity in Italy, and which have involved people of immigrant background as media producers. Through a focused, in-depth study of website content mainly published in 2014, including mission statements, thematic structures and discursive strategies, as well as the contextual and organisational structures, processes and roles of content producers and editors, the thesis offers a critical insight into the discourse of intercultural digital media in practice. Combining Critical Discourse and Multimodal Analysis approaches with Cultural Studies and digital citizenship theories of identity, representation and belonging, the research aims to explore the possibilities for constructing alternative, ‘intercultural’ discourse through these platforms.
Research Assistant / Associate on the following projects:
- News media Content Analysis 2019 (Ofcom-commissioned)
- Content Analysis of UK General Election 2017 Media Coverage (ESRC-funded)
- UNHCR report: Press Coverage of the Refugee and Migrant Crisis in EU: A Content Analysis of Five Countries
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BBC Trust 2016 Impartiality Report (Follow-up Review)
- BBC Trust 2015 Impartiality Report
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UK 2015 General Election: A Content Analysis