Media Studies research students
Get to know our Media Studies students and gain an insight into their research.
Students are listed alphabetically under their respective degrees.
MA in Media Studies
Caitlin Grandy
Thesis title: 'Stranger Things: Complex Serial, Complex Industry - The Economic, Cultural, and Textual Repercussions of Internet-Distributed Networks in Television's 'Multiplatform' Era'
Supervisor: Trisha Dunleavy
Dani Pickering
Thesis title: 'Encouraging political activation in a digitalised Aotearoa'
Supervisors: Kathleen Kuehn & Michael Daubs
Greg Stutchbury
Thesis title: 'Click-off. How digital has disrupted New Zealand sports journalism'
Supervisor: Peter Thompson
PhD in Media Studies
Will Abbiss
Supervisors: Trisha Dunleavy, Harry Ricketts (English Literature Programme) & Cherie Lacey
Alex Beattie
Thesis title: 'The Manufacture of Disconnection'
Website: www.lxbt.co
Supervisors: Michael Daubs & Angi Buettner
Jeya Foster
Thesis title: 'Dis/missing in Action: Memory and Dis/b/order'
Supervisors: Jo Smith & Nicola Hyland (Theatre Programme)
Ehsan Hazaveh
Thesis title: 'Humanitarian storytelling through photographs with and for resettled refugees in Wellington'
Supervisors: Jo Smith, Michael Daubs & Caroline Bennett (School of Social and Cultural Studies)
Thi Luong
Thesis title: 'Vietnamese Reception of “Soft Masculinity” in Contemporary Korean TV Dramas: Desires, Identifications and Gender'
Supervisors: Stephen Epstein (School of Languages and Cultures), Joost de Bruin & Cherie Lacey
Fairooz Samy
Thesis title: 'Is the Netflix Fix in? Televisual Norms in the Internet Age'
Supervisors: Trisha Dunleavy & Michael Daubs
Bo Wang
Thesis title: 'Participatory Engagement in the Web 2.0 Era: A Study of Chinese Social Media Fan Culture'
Supervisors: Joost de Bruin, Michael Daubs & Stephen Epstein (School of Languages and Cultures)