Global Media and Politics

Entry requirements

You should have (or expect to be awarded) an undergraduate degree of at least upper second class standard in a relevant/related subject.

You might also be considered for some programmes if you aren’t a graduate or your degree is in an unrelated field, but have relevant experience and can show that you have the ability to work at postgraduate level.

Months of entry

September

Course content

This MA looks at contemporary changes in media and communications, by putting into perspective the transformations that affect the way people live and work, national and international institutions evolve, and how cultural practices develop.

This programme's internationally acclaimed and comparative approach to the events, issues and debates of our times is particularly suited for those interested in exploring the bigger picture as well as the nitty-gritty of transformations in media and communications and their impact on culture, society and politics.

Its cutting-edge and interdisciplinary approach to postgraduate learning, independent study, and life skills provides you with the analytical skills, conceptual knowledge and practical understanding of the real and imagined shifts that are taking place in – and through – the media industries, everyday life online and on the ground at home and abroad.

The Masters attracts budding scholars, media practitioners, activists, and advocates from many regions, with a variety of educational and professional backgrounds.

It's particularly suitable for those wanting to move their knowledge and analytical skills up a level for further study as well as for those who have experience of studying or working in the media and cultural sectors, non-profits and other third sector organisations, alternative media, the arts, grassroots and international advocacy and activism.

The programme achieves these goals by:

• exploring the challenges traditional media sectors face as news, entertainment, and services go global and converge on the web
• critically studying the past, present, and future of the internet and information and communications technologies
• examining changes to communicative cultures, media production, and services in a ‘post-Web 2.0’ context
• thinking about how ordinary people, businesses, governments, and multilateral institutions (mis)use ICT
• looking more closely at how local communities, governments, and transnational corporations look to influence media futures
• researching differences in how people, cultures, and countries access and use media and communicate across borders
• debating the implications of the digital divide, media censorship, and digital surveillance by governmental and commercial agencies
• reading, watching, and hearing how artists, creative entrepreneurs, power elites and ordinary people respond to technological and social change.

Fees and funding