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Newcastle University: World Politics and Popular Culture

Institution Newcastle University View institution profile
Department School of Geography, Politics and Sociology
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Study type Taught

Summary

Our World Politics and Popular Culture MA focuses on key theories, policies, and events in world politics in relation to traditional and new media.

You'll learn to think critically about: - how world politics is reflected or reproduced in popular culture

  • how the politics of popular culture shapes the dynamics of world politics

  • approaches and methods in social science and in cultural studies research

You'll develop the skills to: - identify, analyse, evaluate and interpret the principal source materials for world politics and popular culture

  • plan, carry out and communicate original research

Overall you'll gain advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary world politics and popular culture. This specialist knowledge and skills equip you for careers in: - government agencies

  • business

  • the media

MA

Newcastle University

Newcastle University is a World Top 140 university (QS World University Rankings 2026) and founding member of the prestigious Russell Group of world-class, research-intensive UK universities.

Committed to excellence, innovation and creativity, it is pioneering solutions that can change the world. Through world-class research it tackles some of the biggest challenges facing society globally, leading in its key strengths of ageing and health, data, cities and place, culture and creative arts, and one planet. The UK’s Research Excellence Framework 2021 assessed its research as world-leading with outstanding impact.

Through high quality teaching it educates …

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