MA Media and Communication Industries

The media industries that inform and entertain are also leading sectors of employment. This course explores both the cultural and economic aspects of media. Today, more than ever, media professionals need to understand the cultures, forms, and practices of contemporary communication industries, and recognize and respond to changing conditions, challenges, and policy issues. You will explore media and marketing communications industries from the global to the local, and from political-economic aspects to the creation of media practitioners and users.

• Investigating Media and Communication Industries (Core)
• Global Media, Communication, and Development (Core)
• Professional Practice and Research Methods (Mental Wealth) (Core)
• Final Project (Core)
• Quantitative Data Analysis (Option) [required for ESRC recognized MA]
• Media and Marketing Communications (Option)
• The Moving Image (Option)
• Documentary Cinema (Option)
• Audiovision (Option)
• Sustainability and the Commons (Option

Employability:

The course will prepare students for a variety of careers in the management and production of media content and services, both in the UK and worldwide. Students will be able to demonstrate both academic and applied skills in research, planning, and communication, and those pursuing practice-based options will be able to demonstrate enhanced skills in content creation and production processes. Students will also be equipped to work in communications in broader contexts such as in communications regulation and compliance and media policy, marketing communications and promotion, and various strategic and support services across the media and creative industries. Our students will also be well placed to pursue further research at the Ph.D. level and even pursue an academic career.