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

Whitley Mallory

Thesis title: 'Documenting the Public: Political Documentaries and the Service of Local Public Debate'

Supervisors: Angi Buettner & Michael Daubs

Tyla Stevenson

Thesis title: 'Digital Fashion: Reconstructing Fashion’s Relationship with Materiality & Time'

Supervisors: Heli Salomaa (School of Design Innovation) & Michael Daubs

PhD in Media Studies

Ben Classen

Thesis title: 'The Online/Offline Moral Mismatch – Understanding Moral Judgement in Social Media Contexts'

Supervisors: Peter Thompson, Emma Tennent & Angi Buettner

Thi Gammon

Thesis title: 'Vietnamese Reception of "Soft masculinity" in Korean TV Dramas: Desires, Identification and Gender'

Supervisors: Stephen Epstein (School of Languages and Cultures), Joost de Bruin & Cherie Lacey

Ehsan Hazaveh

Thesis title: 'Humanitarian Storytelling Through Photographs With and For Resettled Refugees in Wellington'

Supervisors: Thierry Jutel (Film Programme), Michael Daubs & Paul Wolffram (Film Programme)

Fairooz Samy

Thesis title: 'Normalizing Netflix: The Platforms, Practices, and Protocols of Internet-Distributed Television'

Supervisors: Trisha Dunleavy & Michael Daubs

Xinran Wang

Thesis title: 'Reshaping Gender Norms around Women and Sport in China through ‘Femvertising’: A Study of Text and Audience on Nike’s Cases'

Supervisors:   Anita Brady & Emma Tennent