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Media and Communication, M.A.
Kingston University, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
- Journalism and Mass Communications
- Communications
Quick facts
| Country: | United Kingdom | Duration: | 12 Months |
| City: | London | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English |
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Programme Description
The new MA course in Media and Communication is designed for those who want to gain a sophisticated insight into the role and function of media in contemporary society.
The course examines media industries within their historical, economic, political and social contexts. It also analyses the emerging patterns of production, distribution and reception of media products.
Optional modules allow you to tailor the course to your own interests. The dissertation gives you the chance to study an area of interest in greater depth and gain valuable research skills.
Teaching staff are research-active, which keeps your learning cutting-edge.
The taught modules aim to prepare you for the job market. Alongside your academic studies, you gain skills in:
* problem solving and organisation;
* data collation, review and synopsis;
* communication (oral, written and electronic);
* time management;
* computing; and
* co-operation and teamwork.
This course is available on a part-time basis to help you fit your studies around other commitments.
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Contents
Core modules offer a comprehensive grounding in the theoretical and empirical approaches to studying media institutions and texts. Alongside these, a wide range of optional modules allows students to specialise within this broad field.
Optional modules include those addressing:
* how the economics of European media have been affected by trends towards the internationalisation and globalisation of markets, the concentration of corporations and technological developments;
* the social factors that have shaped the debates on regulation and censorship in various political and cultural contexts; and the implications of those debates not only in terms of the consumption of media texts, but also in terms of political power;
* the main theoretical debates surrounding the interdisciplinary study of intercultural communication and the wider issues surrounding the complex notions such of culture, communication, identity and otherization;
* the key characteristics that define digital media, as well as the history of ideas surrounding technological advances;
* political communication - through an in-depth examination of government forms of political communication, such as spin, campaigning and censorship; how the media and NGOs, for example, use political communication; and new and/or alternative forms of political communication, such as blogs, citizen journalism and political violence; and
* the structure of `New Hollywood´ as a social, cultural and commercial institution.
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
* Modules marked with this symbol have been developed from staff research interests. They are largely seminar-led, with the content continuously updated. Students taking these modules will undertake an extended essay of 6,000 words and a practical (and creative) research project. The content of the practical research project can vary from documentaries to designing of web-pages.
Core modules
* Media and Communications Theory
* Media and Communication Research
Optional modules
* Digitisation of Media
* Digital Media and Urban Cultures
* Media, Policy and International Politics
* Political Communication
* Culture Wars
* New Hollywood: From the Mainstreams to the Margins
* Mapping World Cinema
* Globalisation, Culture and Media*
* Media and its Audiences
* Explorations into Otherness*
* Language as Discourse*
* Media and Censorship
* Political Economy of Media
* Principles of Intercultural Communication
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
More informationRequirements
We normally expect applicants to have:
* a second class degree or above (or equivalent) in a related subject in the humanities or social sciences; and/or
* comparable professional or research experience
* International students need an IELTS-score of 6.5 or equivalent
Interviews
We normally invite all applicants who fulfil, or are likely to fulfil, the admissions requirements for an interview with the course director or another senior member of the teaching team. International students based overseas can arrange for an interview by email or telephone.
Prior learning - AP(E)L
Applicants with prior qualifications and learning may be exempt from appropriate parts of a course in accordance with the University's policy for the assessment of prior learning and prior experiential learning.
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