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

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.