Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA

University of Sussex

Master

In Brighton

£ 8,500 VAT inc.

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Description

  • Type

    Master

  • Location

    Brighton

  • Duration

    1 Year

This unique course combines critically analysing development, democratisation processes and social change with gaining creative and technical media production skills.

You focus on media as tools for global social and political change with a strong emphasis on the role of civil society and (alternative) media organisations.

Social media, citizen journalism, activist media, participatory media and specialised broadcast media are successfully used to inform and engage audiences outside established channels of communication for issues such as:

social inequality
human rights
gender issues
environmental change.

Facilities

Location

Start date

Brighton (East Sussex)
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Sussex House, BN1 9RH

Start date

On request

About this course

This MA has been developed specifically for those seeking employment in:

global or national media industries
NGOs and the international voluntary sector
international development institutions
independent media production companies.

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

  • Global
  • Project
  • Media
  • Production
  • Critical
  • Dissertation
  • Project Development
  • Photography
  • Global Economy
  • 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.
  • Critical Perspectives on Development, Media and Social Change
  • Producing Media for Development and Social Change
Options

Alongside your core modules, you can choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests.
  • Dissertation (Media Practice, Development and Social Change)
  • Dissertation (Media Practice, Development and Social Change) with Placement
  • Media Project for Development and Social Change
  • Media Project for Development and Social Change with Placement
  • Activism for Development and Social Justice
  • Activist Media Practice
  • Interactive Project Development
  • Knowledge, Power and Resistance
  • Photography: Documentary, Landscape, Politics
  • Poverty, Vulnerability and the Global Economy
  • Race, Culture and the Media
  • Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
  • Sexuality and Development: Intimacies, Health and Rights in Global Perspective
  • Short Documentary: Research and Production
  • Transnationalism, Diaspora and Migrants' Lives
  • Transnationalism, Diaspora and Migrants' Lives

Additional information

International students: £18,750 per year

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Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA

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