MA Digital Media and Society

2:1 degree or equivalent professional qualification.

We can give special consideration to applicants who have significant work experience in a relevant field.

For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.

There are a number of possible sources of funding: loans and grants, bursaries and scholarships.

This Masters degree will demonstrate to potential employers that you have a high level of knowledge in your particular area, which can set you apart from others in the job market. As the course has a strong emphasis on research methods and training, you will develop a range of research, communication, IT, data analysis and presentation, problem solving and other transferable skills which will are directly applicable to the professional world.

Some of our recent graduates have gone on to careers in new media organisations, as well as press and broadcast organisations, international news agencies, government departments (e.g. publicity, education, health), advertising firms, public relations organisations and many others.

Core modules

• Critical Approaches to Data Analytics and the Digital Economy
• Digital Media, Online Persuasion and Behaviour Change
• Research Methods for the Online World
• The Politics of Digital Media
• The Sociology of Digital Media (double module)

Plus your Media and Communication Dissertation

Option modules

Choose two option modules from:

• Media Audiences and Users
• Researching Media and Public Communication
• Global Communications and Development
• Global Affairs: Actors, Communication and Culture
• Strategic Communications Management
• Promotional Cultures
• Advertising and Promotion in the Digital Age
• Health Communication Theory and Practice
• Advertising Creativity
• Critical Approaches to Consumer Culture
• Gender Politics in Contemporary Media
• Media Ethics
• The Globalisation of Sexuality: Culture and Media
• Digital Media in Everyday Life