【英國留遊學- 課程介紹】

《媒體文化與社會研究碩士》(MA MA Media, Culture and Society)

1. 媒體與文化，和人們日常生活的關係是?
2. 媒體與文化如何影響思考與行為?
3. 大眾媒體影響的限制是?

以上問題將進一步影響社會與政治生態、社會自由與牽制、價值觀與認同，當然還有社會與文化變動的權力結構。

英國萊斯特大學(University of Leicester)多年來在大眾傳播領域深入研究，著重當代議題且洞悉先機開設許多創新課程，《媒體文化與社會研究碩士》(MA MA Media, Culture and Society)，將文化研究、媒體傳播、社會學三者串聯，透過在地與國際視野，讓學生擁有紮實理論基礎之外，大量參與專業講座、工作坊討論，以及業界人士分享，適合未來希望從事媒體、創新或文化等產業者就讀。

這個世代需要更多對現在政治、社會、媒體生態的思辯分析，才能有改變的力量。

MA Media, Culture and Society

A brand new Masters programme offering academic challenge to those wanting to develop their careers in media, creative and cultural industries, or build a future career in academia.

This MA Media, Culture and Society provides a meeting point for the disciplines of cultural studies, media and sociology, exploring processes and activities, from local to global levels. By applying social science methods and concepts to the study of media and communication, you will build an awareness and understanding of this field and develop a solid basis for further study. We fully expect many of the students on this MA to progress to a PhD on a relevant or related topic, whether at Leicester or elsewhere.

For a more detailed description of the modules on this course, as well as the new teaching formats we're introducing, please visit our Study With Us page.

Course structure: MA Media, Culture and Society

Semester 1	Semester 2
Approaches to Media, Communication and Culture	Three optional modules
Social and Cultural Theory
Research based dissertation (60 credits) Click on this link for titles of recent dissertations

Optional Modules*

• The Cultural Industries: Theory, Policy and Practice

• Mediating Crisis

• Language and Media

• Gender Politics in Contemporary Media

• Studying Film

• Humanitarianism, Ethics and the Media

• Advanced Principles of Audience Research

• Critical Game Studies

• The Social/Cultural Construction of Science, Health and the Environment

• Reporting War and Security Post 9/11

• Technology, Culture and Communication

• New Communication Technologies, Social Media and Digital Politics

* Not all optional modules will be available in every year. The Department reserves the right to introduce new optional modules not listed above.

Teaching

Teaching will take various forms, including lectures, seminar discussions and individual tutorials in preparation for assignments. This course also introduces interviews and workshops with top researchers in the field, as well as leading industry thinkers.

As this is a postgraduate qualification, you should expect to undertake independent study and research (guided by tutors) in addition to participating in classes. All students are expected to participate in all taught classes except where the group divides for different options. All students are also expected to prepare a research based MA dissertation (for which detailed supervision will be provided) in which the ideas, conduct and organisation of research and presentation in written form are the responsibility of the student.

Assessment

Modules are assessed principally by essay. However, other means of assessment are also used in some modules. To be awarded the MA, students must also complete a supervised research based dissertation of 14,000 words.

資料來源：http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/postgraduate/taught-courses/ma-in-media-culture-and-society