Social Sciences
Global Media and Cultural Industries MA
1 year full-time
Global media and cultural industries are important sources of employment and economic growth internationally. They are also important carriers of meaning about the world.
This course focuses on the growth of these global industries and the roles that states play in governing them. The products of media and cultural industries are increasingly produced, governed, and consumed transnationally.
The degree draws on the enduring strength of transnational and comparative research and research in the political economy of communication in the department of Social Sciences.
Compulsory Modules
- Media and Cultural Industries
- Digital Futures
- Media and Cultural Work
- Textual Research Techniques
- Production and Reception Analysis
- Dissertation
Options
- Politics of Representation
- Media and Modernity
- Communication and Citizenship
- Sex Industries
- Global Communications
- Popular Music
- Media, Nations, and Nationalisms
Assessment
Coursework plus a dissertation of 10,000 words on an agreed topic.
Entry Qualification
Good upper second class honours degree in the social sciences or humanities, but applicants with appropriate professional expertise will also be considered. The degree is designed to appeal to students from a variety of cultural and academic backgrounds.
Selection
Decisions about selection are normally made on the basis of applications and references are heavily relied upon, though some students may be interviewed.
Careers and Further Study
The degree is designed to enhance specialist knowledge and methodological expertise of relevance to professionals working in communications, to students interested in media and cultural studies and those wishing to progress to a research degree in these fields.
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