Miss Bronwen Wilson

School of Arts, Media and Creative Technologies

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Current positions

Hourly Paid Academic

Biography

Bronwen Wilson is a PhD candidate at the University of Salford, where she examines representations of nonhuman animals in British radio programming, with particular attention to the wider consequences of speciesism in BBC Radio 4 output. Her research interests include radio studies, critical animal and media studies (CAMS), and public service broadcasting. She currently teaches Media Texts and Media Contexts on the BA Television and Radio Production programme.

Areas of Research

Radio studies (drama and factual), Television theory (Transmedia practices, audience theory, narrative, sound design), Media ethics and regulation, Media representations on TV and Radio, Critical Animal and Media Studies (CAMS), Public Service Broadcasting and UK Broadcast Journalism: Radio news and current affairs.

Teaching

BA TV and Radio Production modules - Media Texts and Media Contexts.

Guest lectured on Radio Cultures module.

Qualifications and Recognitions

Qualifications
  • PhD Media and Communication Studies

    2021 - 2026
  • MA Broadcast Journalism

    2019 - 2020
  • BA Television and Radio Production

    2014 - 2018