Overview

Moving Image Studies is an outgrowth of cinema studies, television studies, new media studies, cultural studies and critical theory. Many of our core seminars are designed to cut across media boundaries (by examining how models, paradigms and methods are problematized and enriched, as we move across specific media); while other seminars are devoted to intensive examination of problems within a specific media formation.

The doctorate in Moving Image Studies is designed to give students a solid foundation in a specific moving image medium (whether cinema, television, or new media), while at the same time give them the preparation and the confidence to research and write about moving images wherever they circulate.

The Communication Studies - Moving Image Studies program at Georgia State University encourages innovative new work that challenges existing paradigms of media study, that is theoretically rigorous, and that is aware of historical and cultural specificity.

Careers

Moving Image Studies Ph.D. graduates have found successful careers in academia and beyond. Over the past decade, nearly three-quarters of our Ph.D. graduates in Moving Image Studies have secured faculty roles in academia with over half in tenure track positions.

Our Ph.D. graduates in Moving Image Studies serve at institutions such as Northeastern University, Ball State University, University of Akron, Ithaca University and the University of Toronto, etc.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Advanced Theory
Performance Studies
Television Studies
Internet Culture
Queer Media
Blackness and Aesthetics
Audience and Fan Studies

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2027-08-25 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-03-15 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

68 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Atlanta, United States

Disciplines

Film Studies Media Studies & Mass Media View 28 other PhDs in Media Studies & Mass Media in United States

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Academic requirements

GPA

3.5

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Required

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Other requirements

General requirements

To apply for the Ph.D. in Communication Studies, Concentration in Moving Image Studies, you will need:

Statement of purpose
Three (3) letters of recommendation
CV
Writing sample
GPA of 3.5 or better
Official GRE scores
Transcripts from previous degree-granting universities
Application fee

Tuition Fees

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32332 USD / year

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Out-of-State

31726 USD / year

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9790 USD / year

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Living costs

Atlanta

United States

1213 - 2208 USD / month

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