While a bachelor degree (2:2 in a related subject) is the conventional path into the qualification, there is recognition of professional practice and experience. In your application, please tell us about you, your expertise, and what has drawn you to the qualification.
The Digital Media, Culture and Society MA is an innovative programme that stays responsive to key developments in contemporary digital media, culture and society.
The programme is aimed at both professionals and media graduates wishing to pursue or develop their interests in how advances in digital media shape our cultural, political and social lives.
The course engages with some of the most exciting and pressing issues of our time, such as activism, big data, the cultural and creative economy, participatory and creative media, everyday life, future cities, social wellbeing and identity.
It covers key theoretical debates, drawing from local, national and global contexts to help you develop the critical and methodological skills necessary for researching the role of digital technologies in culture and society.
Our knowledge-exchange activities engage us with diverse businesses, communities and policy actors including media, publishers, digital companies, community groups and NGOs, which will allow you to make professional contacts during your studies.
The course offers flexible modes of study through online distance or campus learning – full-time or part-time. There are also opportunities to complete shorter programmes at both certificate and diploma level
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Core modules
Practising Media Research
Understanding Digital Culture and Society
Debates in Digital Media: Policy, literacy and social inclusion
Dissertation
Options
Sonic Media
Professional Media Practice: Industries and cultures
Participatory Media Production for Social Change*
Collaborative Documentary Media Production**
Digital Cities
Big Data, Culture and Society
Social and Digital Media Activism
Locative Media
Cultural Theory (Shared option from the Cultural and Critical Theory MA)*
*On-campus only
**On-campus and distance learning
*Option modules are indicative and may change, depending on timetabling and staff availability
We take topical elements of media education, creative industries, literacy theory, and communication and media studies and offer students a suite of modules to fit career goals, family and working patterns, and personal interests.
Graduates of the MA will be able to:
demonstrate a range of analytical, critical, collaborative practice and professional skills relevant to the digital media sector.
understand how cultural, social and economic differences operate in mediated environments, and how they are changing with new media technologies.
use a range of research methods and work within diverse disciplinary and professional paradigms.
Being taught by researchers active in these areas will help prepare you for doctoral (PhD) study. Previous students include PhD candidates at Salford and Brighton, a lecturer at the University of Sussex, a journalist and presenter at the Chongqing Broadcasting Group, an employee in the public diplomacy division at NATO, the founder of Australia's Swarn Conference, a project manager at Agile Impact Group, and a creative producer at the International Symposium of Electronic Art.
Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year
