Applied Communication – (M.A.)

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The MA in Applied Communication looks in particular at practices and policies in PR, journalism, public, corporate and political communication and new media technologies.

By choosing specialist modules and undertaking a research project, you will develop a critical, and theoretically and historically informed understanding of these questions and contexts. You will engage with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous methods and established and new theoretical frameworks. Through this approach an expertise is developed in the analysis of a variety of media texts and artefacts and their communication practices and policies.

There are opportunities to explore contested issues in depth through seminars, to participate in open forum discussions, and to explore particular interests leading to guided research and a substantial, supervised MA research project.

Modules studied include:

* Research in Communication, Culture and Media
* Approaches to Communication, Culture and Media
* Applied Communication

Four Option Modules to be selected from:

* Information Societies
* Media Audiences
* Communication, Culture and Media

Industries:

* Film Theory and Global Context
* Identity and Cultural Difference
* Journalism Themes and Issues
* Public Relations and Information Management
* Material Cultures
* MA Research Project

This MA will attract those seeking, or enhancing, careers in professional communication, PR, corporate and political communication. It is also attractive to students interested in the analysis of professional communication and to those entering further academic study from a professional perspective.