MA in Global Media Industries
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 27,996 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** UK students: £12,468 per year | International students: £27,996 per year
Introduction
Our course gives you the opportunity to study media industries in the heart of London - one of the world's media capitals. It's been specially designed for those aspiring to work within the media industries, providing students with the practical experience, and digital and transferable skills they need for their careers.
With its mix of theoretical, and sector-based knowledge and skills development, our course will provide you with a critical grounding, conceptual understanding, practical experience, applied knowledge, real-world insights, and the opportunity to not only understand but to reimagine the future of the global media industries.
Key benefits
- Study at one of the UK's market-leading universities for degrees in this field, located at the heart of London's media industries.
- Gain knowledge of the media industries across national and international contexts, with a unique focus on London.
- Choose from a range of specialist modules (e.g. Children, Media Industries and Culture, Entertainment Industries, Games Industries and Cultures, Immersive Media and Extended Realities, Media Industries and the City)
- Take advantage of our strong links with both London and International media organisations providing up-to-date knowledge of current debates and trends.
- Prepare yourself for a career in the media, cultural or creative industries.
Course essentials
This future-facing master’s course is specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary media industry professionals and students.
Through exposure to a range of local, regional and transnational examples, you will learn the vital importance of how cultural, social, economic or political conditions shape media industries.
You will develop digital skills, practical experience and transferable skills including project management, research methods, excellent communication, and collaboration – in preparation for careers in the digital media workplace. Whether you are seeking a career in the media industry, or if you are a professional looking to enhance your existing knowledge and career prospects, then this course is ideally suited for you. Current media professionals may combine work with the part-time study option.
As part of the Research Approaches and Dissertation module, students have the opportunity to apply for a selective-entry Collaborative Dissertation with a Cultural Partner pathway, organised with external arts, media, and heritage organisations. The collaborative dissertation project enables students to work with a cultural partner on a live research brief that informs their final MA dissertations. Previous dissertation partners include Battersea Arts Centre, Black Live Theatre, Arts Council England, Dash Arts, King’s Cultural Institute, Live Cinema, Glyndebourne, Mahogany Opera Group, Lambeth Archives, OnRoad Media, Royal Society, Arts Cabinet, Iconem, and Greater London Authority.
Admissions
Curriculum
Structure
Required modules
Your course is divided into modules. To fulfil the award of MA, you will normally take modules totalling 180 credits.
You are required to take the following modules:
- Global Media Industries: Perspectives & Approaches (30 credits)
- Media Industry: Collaborative Project (30 credits)
Research Approaches and Dissertation (60 credits) choosing from the following pathways:
- Standard Dissertation Pathway
- Collaborative Dissertation with Cultural Partner Pathway
- Creative Research Project Pathway
Optional modules
In addition, you are required to take 60 credits from a range of optional modules, which may typically include:
- The Aesthetic Economy and Aesthetic Markets (15 credits)
- Art and Globalisation (15 credits)
- Collecting Cultures: Managing collections in museums and collecting organisations (15 credits)
- Children, Media Industries and Culture (15 credits)
- Conflict, Diplomacy & International Relations (15 credits)
- Contextualising Creativity (15 credits)
- Creatives: Working in the Cultural Industries (15 credits)
- Culture and the City (15 credits)
- Cultural Markets (15 credits)
- Cultural Memory (15 credits)
- Cultural Policy (15 credits)
- Entertainment Industries (15 credits)
- The Entrepreneurial Opportunity - Arts and Culture (selective entry) (15 credits)
- Exhibitions, Identities and Politics: in Museums, Galleries and other Cultural Spaces (15 credits)
- Fashion, Culture & Society (15 credits)
- Festivals: Arts, Public Spaces and Community (15 credits)
- Future Memory: Creating Connected Worlds (15 credits)
- Gaming Industries and Cultures (15 credits)
- Gender and Sexualities in East Asian Media (15 credits)
- Gender, Media and Culture (15 credits)
- Immersive Media and Extended Realities (15 credits)
- International Heritage (15 credits)
- Media Industries and the City (15 credits)
- Readings of the Music Business (15 credits)
- Transnational Screen Cultures (15 credits)
You may choose a maximum of 30 credits of modules from within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities and the King's Language Centre, or, exceptionally, from a range of modules offered by the Faculty of Social Science and Public Policy (notably the Department of Education and Professional Studies, and Department of Management), or the School of Law, subject to approvals.
If you are a part-time student, in year one you’ll take the two core modules, Global Media Industries: Perspectives and Approaches, and Media Industry: Collaborative Project, together with one or two (15-30 credits) option modules. In year two, you take the core module Research Approaches and Dissertation, alongside two to three (30-45 credits) optional modules. A total of four options (60 credits) are to be taken over the two years of study.
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.
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Career Opportunities
Graduates from our Department have used the skills and knowledge developed with us to pursue careers in a range of creative, entrepreneurial, or business roles within the global media industries. Others have continued their studies with further research.