MA in Media and Communication
Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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TUITION FEES
GBP 9,860 / per year **
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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** home full-time: £9,860 | international full-time: £17,000
Introduction
Why choose this course?
The course is suitable for all professions in the media industry. It covers a wide range of communications, marketing, PR, advocacy, problem-solving, and creative skills.
A critical understanding of today's media landscape and communication practices enables you to develop a versatile and rich portfolio of media works while investigating new developments in analogue and digital media, and in emerging fields, such as the VR industry, algorithmic governance, experience design, social media psychology, and digital content creation.
Through option modules and the choice between a written or practice-based dissertation, you can research chosen areas in greater depth under the supervision of academic mentors and personal tutors.
Reasons to choose Kingston University
- Our curriculum covers the recent developments in media technologies, industries and cultures, both locally and globally.
- Develop a portfolio of multi-media works through authentic assessments based on real-world contexts.
- A diverse and multicultural learning environment with a student body from different backgrounds, countries, occupations and experiences of media.
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Curriculum
What you will study
This course is designed to provide a critical overview and survey of today's media landscape and media environments. The coursework is a mixture of academic research and media practice, allowing you to build a wholesome professional portfolio of media projects.
The classroom teaching is supported by extracurricular activities including journalism lectures, publishing masterclasses, marketing and media industries events, and organised educational visits to media hubs in and around London.
You'll have to take three compulsory modules, including a dissertation, worth 120 credits in total, and then choose from two optional modules worth 30 credits each. In total, you'll have to complete 180 credits.
Please note that this is an indicative list of modules and is not intended as a definitive list.
Modules
The compulsory core modules provide you with a comprehensive grounding in the theoretical and empirical approaches to studying media institutions, texts and communication practices.
With a broad choice of option modules, you can specialise in research areas that interest you, and examine various media industries and communication practices within their historical, economic, political and social contexts.
Core modules
- Media and Communication Dissertation
- Media and Globalisation
- From Mass Media to New Media: Theories, Approaches, Applications
Optional modules
- Freedom, Censorship and Subversion
- Cinematic Animals: Monsters, Beasts, and Humans on Film
- Creating Magazines: Content and Context
- Special Study: Multi-Platform Political Communication
- Marketing and Communication in Publishing
- Television Production
Optional placement year
The Professional Placement module is a core module for those students following a master's programme that incorporates professional placement learning, following the completion of 120 credits. It provides students with the opportunity to apply their knowledge and skills in an appropriate working environment, and to develop and enhance key employability skills and subject-specific professional skills in their chosen subject.
You may wish to use the placement experience as a platform for your subsequent major project module and can use it to help inform your decisions about future careers.
Please note
Optional modules only run if there is enough demand. If we have an insufficient number of students interested in an optional module, that module will not be offered for this course.