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University of Liverpool: Communication and Media
The Department of Communication and Media is a leading centre for the study of how ideas are influenced, expressed and shared. An interest in contemporary communications is at the heart of our enterprise, though always with a focus on how media (from print journalism, online and social communication to film, radio and TV) deploy their affordances to communicative and social effect.
We maintain exciting partnerships with industry, the arts and key creative venues in Liverpool, nationally and internationally. These include organisations such as BBC, Ofcom, UNESCO, British Council, Liverpool City Council, Science Museum Group, FACT, Tate Liverpool, Civic Data Cooperative (CDC), Geographic Data Science Lab, The Pandemic Institute, and the NIHR Mental Health Research for Innovation Centre (M-RIC)).
Why Liverpool?
What better place to immerse yourself in the subject than Liverpool, a city with a reputation as a political and creative force, with a thriving production sector and a unique cultural heritage? The Department has close links to cultural industries and venues in the city, some of which collaborate with us in offering assessed work placements as part of our programme of study.
Master’s Degrees
Our programmes address issues in a world that depends upon, and operates through, digital media, providing new opportunities for education, training, and upskilling. We offer six exciting master’s programmes, reflecting the broad range of our staff expertise and emerging specialisms within the wider discipline:
MA Media, Culture and Everyday Life
MSc in Strategic Communication
MA Digital Media, Data and Society
MSc Data Science and Communication
Research Degrees
Our large and thriving department is outward looking, with experts on global film, international journalism and pressing social issues, such as migration, populism, nationalism, and climate change. Our expertise in visual media and arts is applied to the latest developments in the screen entertainment industries, games, and VR as well as the mediation of history and memory in photography, television, and exhibitions. Our PhD programme involves the opportunity for extended research in specialist areas (e.g. media and culture, screen and film studies, data science and society, strategic communication, media, and politics).
Our research pathways include:
· PhD or MPhil in Communication and Media
· MRes Communication and Media
Research Excellence
We have a long-standing reputation for internationally influential and innovative research which puts different modes of media and communication under critical scrutiny and explores their diverse roles and impact on all areas of life, from politics to social values and everyday meanings. As you would expect from a Russell Group university, our internationally-acclaimed research is casting innovative light on many aspects of the discipline and engaging with the very latest topics, such as social media, populism, global media events and how artificial intelligence and big data is changing communication and society itself.
In the latest Research Excellence Framework exercise (REF 2021), we were ranked 4th in the sector for outstanding (4*) research impact, with 100% of our impact classified as either outstanding (4*) or very considerable (3*).
Contact Details:
Dr Antal Wozniak – Postgraduate Lead
Department of Communication and Media
University of Liverpool
School of the Arts
19 Abercromby Square
L69 7ZG
+44 (0)151 795 0500
sotaevents@liverpool.ac.uk
www.liverpool.ac.uk/communication-and-media/
Available courses
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