Gender and Media MA

Master

In Brighton

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

The media continue to be central to gendered power relations and identification processes.

This degree combines theoretical and methodological approaches from the social sciences, cultural studies and the humanities to explore the relationship between media, gender and sexuality. You’ll also explore how gender and sexuality frame, and are framed, by such issues.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

The degree allows you to:
study texts drawn from a range of historical and national contexts
interrogate historical and contemporary approaches to feminism, postfeminism, queer theory, ‘crip’ theory and masculinity studies
develop an advanced understanding of gender and sexuality.

Alongside the intellectual expertise you will gain, this MA is ideal for those seeking a research-based career.

From archivist to academic and television researcher to market researcher, this degree provides you with tangible skills in analysis, argumentation and communication.

Graduate destinations
92% of students from the School of Media, Film and Music were in work or further study six months after graduating. Recent graduates from the School of Media, Film and Music have gone on to jobs including:

journalist, The Independent
projects and campaigns coordinator, Long Run Works
media executive, All Response Media.

You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above.

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Subjects

  • Media
  • Dissertation
  • Representation
  • Critical
  • Cultural
  • Film Analysis
  • Global Cinemas
  • Research
  • Communication
  • Professional

Course programme

Modules

These modules are running in the academic year 2018/19. We also plan to offer them in future academic years. They may become unavailable due to staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum. We’ll make sure to let our applicants know of such changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.

Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
  • Dissertation Gender and Media
  • Gender and Representation
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Activist Media Practice
  • Animals and Screen Media
  • Critical Reading in Advanced Gender Theory
  • Cultural Identities: Social Practices
  • Feminism and Film
  • Film Analysis: Theories and Methods
  • First Person Film (MA)
  • Gender, Sexuality and Digital Culture
  • Global Cinemas
  • Independent Chinese Documentary: From the Margins to the Masses
  • Media Audiences
  • Media Histories and Cultural Change
  • Media Theory and Research
  • Media, Culture and Communication
  • New Moving Screens
  • Promotional Culture
  • Queering Popular Culture
  • The Cinematic Body
  • Women and Human Rights
  • Writing for the Screen

Additional information

International students: £16,750 per year

Gender and Media MA

Price on request