MA Media and Communications at Goldsmiths, University of London

Join a pioneering MA Media and Communications programme in a world-leading school. Founded in 1993, this Master's programme reflects the research-led interdisciplinary approach we take to media and communications that has made us leaders in the field. We value the creative and the critical and their interrelationships, to explore and interrogate how the complex, mediated worlds we live in work.

Faculty: School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies  |  Duration: 1 year full-time or 2 years part-time  |  Study mode: full-time, part-time  |  Location: London, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

We introduce you to a range of different debates and ways of researching media and communications to help you develop your creative and critical voice. Topics include media voice and subjectivity; researching media in the context of digital platforms; media contagions and social media; digital storytelling, media and citizenship; media and social movements/activism; media and post-truth; AI systems and algorithmic politics; AI as media, mediated feminisms, and media and coloniality. Modules (compulsory modules): Introduction to Media and Communications Theory, Dissertation.

Career pathways

The School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies has a strong record of employment prospects for its graduates and has established strong links with the creative industries in London and beyond. We have a significant number of international students on the MA Media and Communications, some of whom come to the programme by arrangement with their employer in their home countries, and return to their jobs on completion.

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