Dr Marina Morani
Research Associate
School of Journalism, Media and Culture
- moranim@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 79486
- Room 2.35, Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
Overview
I am currently a Lecturer and Co-ordinator of the module: Reporting Conflict and the Civil Sphere (Spring 2022, BA, Year Three).
Previously, I worked as Research Associate on the two-year AHRC-funded research project "Countering disinformation: enhancing journalistic legitimacy in public service media (Jan 2020 - Jan 2022) investigating the production and output of dis/misinformation reporting.
I hold a Ph.D. in Journalism from Cardiff University researching alternative media platforms, citizenship advocacy discourse and interculturalism.
Alongside my doctoral research, I have gained solid media 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 BBC Trust, Ofcom and UNHCR.
Biography
Ph.D. in Journalism, Cardiff University
M.A. in Communication Sciences. Pathway: Semiotics, University of Bologna
M.A. Exchange Programme Erasmus+ at Institute of Cognitive Semiotics, Aahrus University
B.A. in Philosophy. Pathway: Ethics, University of Bologna
Publications
2022
- Morani, M., Cushion, S., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. Expert voices in the news reporting of the coronavirus pandemic: A study of UK television news bulletins and their audiences. Journalism (10.1177/14648849221127629)
- Kyriakidou, M., Cushion, S., Hughes, C. and Morani, M. 2022. Questioning fact-checking in the fight against disinformation: An audience perspective. Journalism Practice (10.1080/17512786.2022.2097118)
- Morani, M. 2022. Making the 'New Citizen': (self-)representation narratives of Italians of immigrant background on intercultural digital media platforms. Comunicazioni Sociali 1, pp. 32-46. (10.26350/001200_000145)
- Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. (Mis)understanding the coronavirus and how it was handled in the UK: An analysis of public knowledge and the information environment. Journalism Studies 23(5-6), pp. 703-721. (10.1080/1461670X.2021.1950564)
- Cushion, S., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Soo, N. 2022. Why media systems matter: A fact-checking study of UK television news during the Coronavirus pandemic. Digital Journalism 10(5), pp. 698-716. (10.1080/21670811.2021.1965490)
- Morani, M. 2022. Introducing Italy's intercultural digital media: mapping the landscape. Journal of Intercultural Studies 43(3), pp. 339-360. (10.1080/07256868.2022.2010676)
2021
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2021. Reporting from the front line: the role of health workers in UK television news reporting of COVID-19. In: Lewis, M., Govender, E. and Holland, K. eds. Communicating COVID-19: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 41-58., (10.1007/978-3-030-79735-5_3)
2020
- Morani, M. and Willmington, L. 2020. 'A bit more human?'?: trends in TV news coverage of BAME people during the pandemic. [Online]. LSE COVID-19 Blog: London School of Ecnomics and Political Science. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/06/26/a-bit-more-human-trends-in-tv-news-coverage-of-bame-people-during-the-pandemic/
- Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2020. The 'hospectacle' of reporting from ICUs: what does the public want to see?. [Online]. LSE COVID-19 Blog: London School of Economics and Political Science. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/29/the-hospectacle-of-reporting-from-icus-what-does-the-public-want-to-see/
- Kyriakidou, M., Morani, M., Soo, N. and Cushion, S. 2020. Government and media misinformation about COVID-19 is confusing the public. [Online]. LSE Blogs: LSE. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/05/07/government-and-media-misinformation-about-covid-19-is-confusing-the-public/
- Soo, N., Morani, M., Kyriakidou, M. and Cushion, S. 2020. Research suggests UK public can spot fake news about COVID-19, but don’t realise the UK’s death toll is far higher than in many other countries. [Online]. LSE Blogs: LSE. Available at: https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/covid19/2020/04/28/research-suggests-uk-public-can-spot-fake-news-about-covid-19-but-dont-realise-the-uks-death-toll-is-far-higher-than-in-many-other-countries/
2018
- Cushion, S., Kilby, A., Thomas, R., Morani, M. and Sambrook, R. J. 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., Thomas, R., Kilby, A., Morani, M. and Sambrook, R. J. 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)
- Morani, M. 2016. Italy (Chapter 10). Project Report. [Online]. Geneva: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Available at: https://www.unhcr.org/56bb369c9.html
Teaching
Lecturer & Module Co-ordinator:
- Reporting Conflict and the Civil Sphere (BA), Spring 2022
Guest Lecturer:
- The Making and Shaping of News (BA)
- Introduction to Multimodal Analysis (PhD Research Methods)
- Introduction to Political Communication (MA)
- Practice in Public Service Leadership and Innovation (Cardiff Business School)
Teaching Assistant:
- 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
Research Associate (AHRC-funded project 2020-2022)
Research Associate on the two-year AHRC-funded research project "Countering disinformation: enhancing journalistic legitimacy in public service media (2020-2022) investigating the production, output and reception of disinformation reporting led by Professor Stephen Cushion and Dr Maria Kyriakidou at the School of Journalism, Media and Culture.
The aim of the study is to find editorial solutions to countering disinformation in election, routine and pandemic reporting, identifying the ways in which the legitimacy of journalism can be enhanced according to news users. In collaboration with leading public service media (BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5) and a commercial news organisation (Sky News), the project will be the most in-depth UK comparative study of its kind. As part of my role as Research Associate I led the design of systematic content analyses of broadcast and online news output alongside conducting extensive audience research including focus groups and surveys.
Research Assistant / Associate positions (2015-2019)
- News Media Content Analysis 2019 (Ofcom-commissioned)
- Content Analysis of UK 2017 General Election (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-commissioned)
- BBC Trust 2015 Impartiality Report (BBC Trust-commissioned)
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Content Analysis of UK 2015 General Election
Doctoral research: Constructing inter-cultural citizenship through alternative media platforms
New Italians and digital media: an examination of intercultural media platforms - The research explored issues of access and inclusion in journalism by focusing on a form of alternative media developing in Italy from the early 2000s experimenting with more inclusive, pluralist, and transformative practices and discourses about citizenship and cultural diversity. By combining a quantitative mapping of the alternative media landscape with an in-depth multimodal critical discourse analysis of digital media content and a production study, the work critically explores contemporary fast-evolving news media ecologies, increasingly influenced by digital practices, citizen engagement and demands for change towards more equal, inclusive and diverse media spaces.