MA in Digital Culture and Society
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
Request application deadline *
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2024
TUITION FEES
GBP 31,368 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* first application deadline
** UK students: £12,468 per year | International students: £31,368 per year
Introduction
Our course gives students a unique opportunity to critically study the developments and implications of digital technologies on contemporary culture and society. Our programme looks at how digital developments are reshaping various socio-political and economic fields such as work, governance, identity, cultural communication, finance, industry, and many more.
By researching digital technology and industries, graduates of this course will sharpen their analytical and communicative skills while gaining critical insights into the effect of the digital. In addition to the theoretical core module, students will have the opportunity to take practise based optional modules to develop their practical and organisational skills through individual and team-based projects.
Graduates of this course will potentially embark on professional careers in social and technology research, work in think tanks, the arts and the cultural sectors, government and public administration, international development, NGOs, education, in media and communications globally as well as into marketing and public relations or journalism. They can also progress to PhD study.
Key benefits
- Develop an understanding of the role and impact of digital technologies in contemporary culture and society.
- Gain an overview and awareness of emerging and established digital technologies by learning about highly topical and contemporary developments.
- Acquire specific knowledge of digital technologies and their wider effects; as well as practical skills through our optional modules.
- Gain the ability to review, synthesise and integrate information and data for research and reporting purposes.
Course essentials
In this Digital Culture & Society MA course, you will focus on how technology and culture are connected in today’s society. We will introduce you to different perspectives on the changing nature of digital developments and how they are reshaping various cultural, socio-political and economic fields such as work, governance, identity, cultural institutions, finance industry, and so on.
Admissions
Curriculum
Structure
Required modules
You are required to take:
- Introduction to Digital Culture & Society 1 (30 credits)
- Introduction to Digital Culture & Society 2 (30 credits)
- Dissertation (60 Credits)
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:
- AI & Society (15 credits)
- Curating & Preserving Digital Culture (15 credits)
- Data Journalism (15 credits)
- Digital Asset & Media Management in the Broadcast Media (15 credits)
- Digital Entrepreneurship (15 credits)
- Digital Media, Digital Marketing (15 credits)
- Digital Methods for Internet Studies (15 credits)
- Digital Publishing (15 credits)
- Digital Asset and Media Management Technologies In Practice (15 credits)
- iData: The Politics of Personal Data Economies (15 credits)
- Management for Digital Content Industries (15 credits)
- Maps, Apps & the GeoWeb: Introduction to the Spatial Humanities
- Metadata Theory & Practice (15 credits)
- Open Culture (15 credits)
- Social Media, Marketing and Platforms (15 credits)
- User-Centred Research and Design (15 credits)
- Web Technologies (15 credits)
Up to 30 credits from other master’s modules that the Faculty of Arts & Humanities offers, subject to approval.
If you are a part-time student, Introduction to Digital Culture & Society 1 and Introduction to Digital Culture & Society 2 in your first year, and your dissertation in your second. In addition, part-time students will take 30 credits of optional modules in their first year and a further 30 credits of optional modules in their second year.
King’s College London reviews the modules offered on a regular basis to provide up-to-date, innovative and relevant programmes of study. Therefore, the modules offered may change. We suggest you keep an eye on the course finder on our website for updates.
Please note that modules with a practical component will be capped due to educational requirements, which may mean that we cannot guarantee a place for all students who elect to study this module.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
Our graduates transfer the skills and knowledge they develop with us to careers in cultural heritage institutions, such as libraries, archives, museums, and galleries and in commercial organisations interested in the social and organisational impact of technology.