Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 12 months full time24 months part time
Smartphones and social media, digital networks and big data, gamification and mobile platforms – digital media continue to change the way we live, work and communicate. This course interrogates the impact of digital technologies on individuals and society, and provides you with the skills and knowledge to be able to think critically and creatively about digital media.
You’ll learn about diverse digital media techniques and processes, including coding and hacking, web design, digital ethnography and more to complement your analysis of critical theory. Merging theory and practice, you’ll gain an understanding of the social, cultural and economic roles of digital media.
With a range of optional modules to choose from, you’ll be able to tailor your degree to your personal and career interests. The content of the course modules is informed by the research interests and practice of academic staff who teach them, allowing you to gain the knowledge and skills to thrive in this dynamic, fast-paced sector.
A bachelor degree with a 2:1 (hons)
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People with high-level production, project management and critical analysis skills in digital media will be in high demand for decades to come, and this course will equip you with the knowledge and skills to thrive in a wide and rapidly expanding range of careers in digital media practice.
These could include digital marketing, animation, web design and development, social media, analytics, PR and consultancy among others. You’ll also be well-prepared for future research in this fast-changing field.
Year 1 compulsory modules
Dissertation and Research Methods 60
Digital Practices 60
Year 1 optional modules (selection of typical options shown below)
Making Sense of Sound 30
Movies, Migrants and Diasporas 30
Humanity, Animality and Globality 30
Critical Studies in Visual Communication 30
Promotional Media, Culture and Society 30
Popular Music and Society 30
The Media Industries 30
Global migration, `race? and media 30
Postcolonialism, Animals and the Environment 30
Global Indigeneity 30
The Literature of Crisis: Politics and Gender in 1790s Britain 30
Writing Identities: Criticism, Creativity, Practice 30
Rhetoric and Public Speaking 15
Managing Business Across Cultures 15
International Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice 15
Writing for Professional Purposes 15
Arts and Activism 30
Cultural Policy and the Politics of Culture 30
Narrative Perspectives in Practice 30
Digital and Intermedial Storytelling 30
Researching Inequality in the Media 30
Reality TV: Truth or Fiction? 30
Videogames and Society 30
Debates on Disability Theory and Research 30
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