Potential PhD students might be interested in applying for the Hardiman Scholarships, which provide fully-funded PhD study at NUI Galway. Applications will be due later this autumn, and the website is accepting registration of interest at the moment.

Applicants need to identify, and obtain letters of support from, potential academic advisors. I’m particularly interested in hearing from those interested in studying the political economy of the mass media (particularly the manner in which the media are responding to changing challenges from internet technologies), or exploring alternative and community media.