Waikato University was ranked No. 1

Waikato University was ranked No. 1 for the quality of its research into Communication, Journalism & Media Studies by the Tertiary Education Commission's
Learn from the best! Waikato University was ranked No. 1 for the quality of its research into Communication, Journalism & Media Studies by the Tertiary Education Commission's Performance Based Research Fund report.

Lord of the Rings: the journey continues
No. 1 in Communications & Media

They were epic movies that did New Zealand proud. New Zealand talent and ideas were thrust onto the world stage and the world's movies screens.
 
How did Kiwis do what would have been impossible in Hollywood and what can we learn from it so we can repeat the success?How do you successfully translate a much-loved book into a film? And turn the film into an extended edition DVD? How does the rest of world view New Zealand now? How do you produce, design, market, distribute and spin-off such a complex project?

That's one of the projects that a team of Screen & Media Studies researchers from Waikato University - just a stone's throw from the Hobbiton movie set itself - are looking into. They're writing a book about the movie of the book. The result will be an in depth analysis of the Lord of the Rings movie phenomenon and a guide for others on how to study a globalised media product.