Media, Culture And Communication MA

This course will enable you to:

  • explore the intellectual field and extend and develop skills of analysis, design and communication
  • consider approaches to theoretical and methodological issues and the practical application of design and communication skills
  • develop a productive relationship between the theoretical and the practical
  • explore the most recent developments in the theory and practice of multimodal communication.


Features
The MA will offer you the chance to:
  • explore the theory and practice of multimodal communication
  • develop your involvement and understanding of both theoretical and practical issues relating to the mass media, culture and the new technologies
  • design, produce and analyse media messages in a variety of contexts
  • extend your digital video production skills
  • learn or consolidate the skills of multimedia production
  • develop your capacities as a media educator
  • take individual modules on a freestanding basis.


Who is this programme for?
Anyone with a professional, educational or academic interest in media, culture and communication in terms of both analysis and production. You are likely to want to engage with debates about the place and purpose of the media, including new technologies, in societies.

Attendance
Most modules are taught mixed mode through a combination of online learning and intensive residential workshops of two to three days.

How are you assessed?
All modules are assessed by coursework. There is also a dissertation of 20,000 words or a report of 10,000 words. There are no written examinations.

Entry Requirements
A good honours degree in a relevant subject.

 

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