| Description | Grant file containing correspondence, minutes, agendas, grant overviews, leaflets, project proposals and funding requests relating to the Centre for Mass Communication Research (CMCR), University of Leicester. Funding source(s): Paul S. Cadbury Trust. Applicant overview: The Centre was established in 1966 at the University of Leicester. CMCR was initially concerned with the study of the influence of television and other media on young people. A primary aim of the Centre is to produce research results that will contribute to the public debate and inform policy on the major media and communication issues of the time. This is carried out, in part, through a longitudinal research programme on technological and institutional developments in communications and their social and economic implications. Nature of support: In 1986 the Paul S. Cadbury Trust approved a single research grant of £8,000. A further grant of £8,820 was made in 1987. In 1988 a single grant of £1,000 was made toward the cost of two seminars. Minutes: PSCT 505, PSCT 540, PSCT 566, PSCT 606, PSCT 652, PSCT 672, PSCT 686, PSCT 744. Notes: File organised from newest to oldest. File numbered 'EA/7/91'. |