Communication and Culture

Examines how communication shapes cultural values, relationships, and social systems, connecting human interaction with emerging media technologies and real‑world contexts.

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This cluster has a focus on how cultural values, beliefs, and behaviours are formed, shared, and transformed through interpersonal, public, and mediated communication. With a focus on how relationships are fundamental and integral to the functioning of all social systems, including families, communities, education, health and social care, media, culture, employment, and legal, this cluster brings together research at the dynamic intersection of human interaction, emerging media communication technologies, and social contexts.