MA Media and the Middle East

SOAS, University of London

Master

In City of London

£ 9,225 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    City of london

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Start of programme: September intake only
Mode of Attendance: Full-time or Part-time
NOT RUNNING FROM 2018
Students must take 180 credits comprised of 120 taught credits (including core and option modules) and a 60 credit dissertation
Select the equivalent of FIVE Modules comprising full (1.0) and half (0.5) Modules including the dissertation
This unique degree takes up the study of the relationship between politics, culture and communication in the Middle East. The course draws on theoretical approaches central to the study of culture, politics, society and communication to critically assess the continuously changing media and cultural landscape in the Middle East. During the course of study, students are expected to examine different aspects of these changes, place them in their historical contexts, explore diverse perspectives and consider specific case studies in order to encourage new ways of thinking about the region beyond conventional theoretical and methodological approaches to understanding the Middle East and its peoples.
Building on the Centre of Media Studies’ commitment to theoretically and empirically challenge the Eurocentric approach of media studies, this programme is taught thematically and through comparative analyses of case studies and considers the role of media in relation to processes of social, political and cultural change.
The programme is designed for anyone seeking a more critical and richer knowledge and understanding of the relationship between communications, culture, politics and society in the Middle East. It provides a basis from which students may proceed to MPhil/PhD research.
THE ON-LINE MODULE SIGN-UP SYSTEM GUIDES STUDENTS THROUGH THE AVAILABLE MODULES.
PLEASE NOTE THAT NOT ALL OPTIONAL MODULES ARE AVAILABLE EVERY YEAR.
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Convenors
Dina Matar

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City of London (London)
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Subjects

  • Global
  • Politics
  • Options
  • IT
  • Media Studies
  • Communication Training
  • Media
  • Development
  • Language Skills
  • Middle East
  • Technologies
  • Intercultural awareness
  • Japanese
  • Indian Cinema
  • Political communication
  • Information Communication

Course programme

Students must take the equivalent of 4 units.

Core Modules
  • Communication, Culture and Politics in the Middle East: Theoretical and Analytical Approaches
  • Dissertation in Media and the Middle East
  • Qualitative Research Methods
At least two half-units from the range of options in the Centre for Media
  • Topics in Global Digital Cultures
  • Studies in Global Digital Cultures
  • International Political Communication
  • Theoretical Approaches to International Journalisms
  • Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity
  • Theoretical Issues in Media and Cultural Studies
  • Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Global Media and Post-National Communication
  • Media Spectacle and Urban Space in East Asia
  • Studies in Media, Information Communication Technologies and Development
Up to two half units or one full unit from approved options from other departments of the school
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies I: History and Politics
  • Critical Perspectives on Palestine Studies II: Culture and Society
Options available in Cinemas of Asia and Africa
  • Japanese Post-War Film Genres and the Avant-Garde
  • Japanese Television since 1953
  • Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film
  • (Post) Colonialism and Otherness in South East Asia on Screen
  • Indian Cinema: Its History and Social Context
  • Indian Cinema: Key Issues
Options available in Department of Anthropology
  • Anthropology of Development
  • Culture and Society of Near and Middle East
  • Perspectives On Development
Options available in Department of Development Studies
  • Aid and Development
  • Civil society, social movements and the development process
  • Gender and Development
Options available in Comparative Literature and Gender
  • Theory and techniques of Comparative Literature
  • Postcolonial Theory and Practice
  • Modern Arabic Literature and the West
Options available in the Department of Music

  • Music in Development
Options available in the Study of Religions and in History of Art
  • Approaches to Critical Interpretation & Aesthetic Theories
  • Arts and Society in sub-Saharan Africa
  • Diaspora Contexts and Visual Culture
  • Representing Conflict: A Cross-Cultural and Inter Disciplinary Approach
  • Jewishness on Screen
Options available in the Department of Economics

For the following courses a background is required - admission is on a case-by-case basis

  • The economic development of South East Asia
  • Economic problems and policies in modern China

This is the structure for 2018/19 applicants

If you are a current student you can find structure information on Moodle or through your Department.

Programme Specification
  • PROGRAMME SPEC FROM 2017-2018 (pdf; 63kb)
  • NEW Prog Spec (pdf; 126kb)
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