MA MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION INDUSTRIES

Advanced understanding of media and communication industries, their economic or business applications, their industrial and management structures and methods, their creative practices and techniques, their activities and influence on users, stakeholders and societies.
The ways in which cultural and media organisations and practices intersect with political and economic processes, cultural meaning-making, creativity and social communications
The political, economic, social, cultural and technological forces that influence the media and communication industries
The ways in which creative artefacts are originated, produced, distributed, appropriated and used
The organisation of work and professional and occupational codes and practices in cultural production, distribution and reception
The legal, ethical and other regulatory frameworks, including the intellectual property framework, that are relevant to media and cultural production, distribution, circulation, and reception
How to engage critically with major thinkers, contemporary researchers and debates within the field, putting them to productive use
Develop critically informed analysis and evaluation of cultural texts and practices associated with media and marketing communication industries, and your own work.

The course will prepare students for a variety of careers in the management and production of media content and services, both in the UK and worldwide. Students will be able to demonstrate both academic and applied skills in research, planning and communication, and those pursuing practice-based options will be able to demonstrate enhanced skills in content creation and production processes. Students will also be equipped to work in communications in broader contexts such as in communications regulation and compliance and media policy, marketing communications and promotion, and various strategic and support services across the media and creative industries. Our students will also be well placed to pursue further research at PhD level, and even pursue an academic career.

Minimum 2.2 Honours in a Relevant Subject