Dr Marina Morani
Lecturer (Teaching and Research)
- moranim@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29208 79486
- Room 2.41, Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff, CF10 1FS
Overview
I am a Lecturer in Cardiff School of Journalism, Media and Culture, teaching across the BA and MA programmes of the School. I am currently co-ordinator of the module Media Scholarship (MC1115).
In my research and teaching I strive to establish a productive link between journalism studies, media studies and cultural studies. Over the years, I have researched and taught a wide range of issues including broadcast journalism, election reporting, dis/misinformation, mediatized global 'crises', news reporting of displacement and ethnic minorities, theory and debates on multi/interculturalism, mediated constructions of national identity, (digital / formal) citizenship and alternative media.
I hold a Ph.D. in Journalism from Cardiff University researching and mapping a form of alternative media emerging in Italy since the eraly 2000s. In particular, the study examines digital media platforms as 'intercultural' media spaces set up by practictioners of diverse immigrant backgrounds seeking to discursively reclaim an inclusive and pluralist notion of national identity and advocate for citizenship rights.
Between 2020-2022 I worked as Research Associate on the two-year AHRC-funded research project "Countering disinformation: enhancing journalistic legitimacy in public service media investigating the production, output and reception of dis/mis-information reporting.
I have extensive media research experience, having worked as Research Associate / Assistant on several hprojects awarded to Cardiff School of Journalism and commissioned by various organisations including BBC Trust, Ofcom and UNHCR. As part of these projects I investigated election reporting, UK devolved policy areas and 'refugee crisis' reporting in relation to issues of accuracy, informative value, impartiality, and balance.
Biography
Ph.D. in Journalism, Cardiff University.
M.A. in Communication Sciences \ Theories of Communication \ Semiotics, University of Bologna.
M.A. Exchange Programme Erasmus+ at Institute of Cognitive Semiotics, Aahrus University.
B.A. in Philosophy \ Ethics and Aesthetics \ Moral Philosophy, University of Bologna.
Publications
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Lecturer / Module Co-ordinator:
- Politics of Global Communication (MA - 2022/23)
- Media and Political Understanding (MA - 2022/23)
- Media Scholarship (BA - 2022/23)
- Reporting Conflict and the Civil Sphere (BA - 2021/22)
Guest Lecturer:
- The Making and Shaping of News (BA)
- Introduction to Multimodal Analysis (PhD - Research Methods workshop series)
- Introduction to Political Communication (MA)
- Practice in Public Service Leadership and Innovation (MSc - 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
I have conducted research in the following areas:
- Discursive constructions of national / cultural identity
- Global 'crisis' reporting (incl. public health / migration / displacement)
- Alternative media
- Citizenship rights activism
- Multi-/Interculturalism (theories and debates)
- UK Public Service Broadcasting
- Dis/misinformation
- Election reporting
Doctoral research topic: Constructing intercultural citizenship in and through alternative media platforms
New Italians and digital media: an examination of intercultural media platforms - The research critically examined a form of alternative media developing in Italy from the early 2000s which experimented with alledgedly more inclusive and pluralist media practices and discourses about citizenship, national identity and belonging. 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.
Research Associate: Countering disinformation: enhancing journalistic legitimacy in public service media
Research Associate on the AHRC-funded research project (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 was 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 Associate:
Research Assistant:
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Content Analysis of UK 2015 General Election (ESRC-funded)
- Content Analysis of UK 2017 General Election (ESRC-funded)