University of Liverpool: Media and Communication (Digital Culture and Communication)
| Institution | University of Liverpool |
|---|---|
| Department | Communication and Media View department profile |
| Web | https://www.liverpool.ac.uk |
| pgrecruitment@liverpool.ac.uk | |
| Telephone | 0151 794 5927 |
| Study type | Taught |
MA
Summary
This programme is currently being revalidated for the academic year 2021/22. Updated course information will be published on this page as soon as it is available. We are still accepting applications for this programme whilst it undergoes revalidation.
The MA in Media and Communication: Digital Culture and Communication offers an exciting opportunity to engage with current debates in media and communication studies about the impact of contemporary media on everyday life. The programme addresses the changes, challenges and unprecedented possibilities that digital media bring to everyday life in the twenty-first century, while emphasizing the importance of studying media in a wider historical context.
By exploring the ways in which media and everyday life are intertwined, the programme addresses broader questions of modernity and social change, ranging from experiences of everyday space, time and mobility, to the impacts of media on self and identity, how we access, ‘store’ or remember the past, and the broader environmental, infrastructural and social impacts of digital technologies.
Informed by cutting-edge research in the field of cultural, media and communication studies, the programme is widely interdisciplinary in scope, drawing on perspectives from disciplines such as cultural studies, anthropology, philosophy, cultural geography, visual culture, urban studies, games and memory studies.
The programme is built around three core modules which focus on:
- The study of contemporary media together with past forms of media, in order to a) understand the historical origins or predecessors of today’s media, and b) to understand how media change is produced, experienced and negotiated
- Reflection on the role of contemporary media technologies in social and cultural life, drawn from students’ own everyday experience of media.
- Research methods and approaches used in the study of media, culture and everyday life.
You will develop skills that directly enhance employability, including applying critical thinking skills, giving presentations, plus data management, problem-solving, team-working and research design and implementation.
You'll be able to pursue your own specific research/study interest in media, culture and everyday life via a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation and by choosing from a range of masters-level module options offered by the Department and wider School.
You will develop skills that directly enhance employability, including applying critical reviewing skills, giving presentations, plus data management, problem-solving, team-working and research design and implementation.
You'll able to pursue your own specific research/study interest in political communication via a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation and by choosing two further modules from a range of other M-level modules provided by the department or wider school.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The department offers taught postgraduate degrees and has specific policies towards international students and those wishing to study part time. The department fully embraces the University’s Equal Opportunities strategy and works closely with the Student Welfare and Disability Team, the International Office and the English Language Support Unit, to provide appropriate facilities for students with additional needs including English language support and adaptive and assistive technologies. Candidates wishing to be considered for registration onto our Masters degree should possess a good Honours degree (2:1 or equivalent). You will require a good Honours degree (2:1 or equivalent) in a relevant field, such as Communications and Media, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, or related discipline. |
| Location | City Centre Campus University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX |
Fees
| England | 9250 GBP for Year 1 |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 9250 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 9250 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 9250 GBP for Year 1 |
| International | 19000 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
This programme is currently being revalidated for the academic year 2021/22. Updated course information will be published on this page as soon as it is available. We are still accepting applications for this programme whilst it undergoes revalidation.
The MA in Media and Communication: Digital Culture and Communication offers an exciting opportunity to engage with current debates in media and communication studies about the impact of contemporary media on everyday life. The programme addresses the changes, challenges and unprecedented possibilities that digital media bring to everyday life in the twenty-first century, while emphasizing the importance of studying media in a wider historical context.
By exploring the ways in which media and everyday life are intertwined, the programme addresses broader questions of modernity and social change, ranging from experiences of everyday space, time and mobility, to the impacts of media on self and identity, how we access, ‘store’ or remember the past, and the broader environmental, infrastructural and social impacts of digital technologies.
Informed by cutting-edge research in the field of cultural, media and communication studies, the programme is widely interdisciplinary in scope, drawing on perspectives from disciplines such as cultural studies, anthropology, philosophy, cultural geography, visual culture, urban studies, games and memory studies.
The programme is built around three core modules which focus on:
- The study of contemporary media together with past forms of media, in order to a) understand the historical origins or predecessors of today’s media, and b) to understand how media change is produced, experienced and negotiated
- Reflection on the role of contemporary media technologies in social and cultural life, drawn from students’ own everyday experience of media.
- Research methods and approaches used in the study of media, culture and everyday life.
You will develop skills that directly enhance employability, including applying critical thinking skills, giving presentations, plus data management, problem-solving, team-working and research design and implementation.
You'll be able to pursue your own specific research/study interest in media, culture and everyday life via a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation and by choosing from a range of masters-level module options offered by the Department and wider School.
You will develop skills that directly enhance employability, including applying critical reviewing skills, giving presentations, plus data management, problem-solving, team-working and research design and implementation.
You'll able to pursue your own specific research/study interest in political communication via a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation and by choosing two further modules from a range of other M-level modules provided by the department or wider school.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | The department offers taught postgraduate degrees and has specific policies towards international students and those wishing to study part time. The department fully embraces the University’s Equal Opportunities strategy and works closely with the Student Welfare and Disability Team, the International Office and the English Language Support Unit, to provide appropriate facilities for students with additional needs including English language support and adaptive and assistive technologies. Candidates wishing to be considered for registration onto our Masters degree should possess a good Honours degree (2:1 or equivalent). You will require a good Honours degree (2:1 or equivalent) in a relevant field, such as Communications and Media, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, or related discipline. |
| Location | City Centre Campus University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX |
Fees
| England | 9250 GBP for Whole course |
|---|---|
| Northern Ireland | 9250 GBP for Whole course |
| Scotland | 9250 GBP for Whole course |
| Wales | 9250 GBP for Whole course |
| International | 19000 GBP for Whole course |
Summary
**Overview**
By studying this MA in Media and Communication you will develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of different forms of communication in their social, political and cultural contexts, focusing either on the relationship between the media and politics in contemporary societies or, on digital culture and communication.
The Digital Culture and Communication pathway offers an excellent opportunity for you to engage with contemporary issues and debates on culture, media and society in the digital age. The pathway critically examines the relationship between media, technology and everyday life and it encourages students to analytically reflect on their own digital cultures, identities and everyday practices.
The pathway is built around core modules which focus on the theories and debates surrounding:
- the role and impact of cultures of communication and media in the digital age
- technologies that are in the contemporary public eye, such as the Internet, social media, “Big Data”, mobile devices etc.
- research methods used in media and communication research.
You will develop skills that directly enhance employability, including applying critical reviewing skills, giving presentations, plus data management, problem-solving, team-working and research design and implementation.
You'll able to pursue your own specific research/study interest in political communication via a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation and by choosing two further modules from a range of other M-level modules provided by the department or wider school.
**Why Communication and Media?**
Close knit-community
Communication and Media is a close-knit community of dedicated, innovative teachers and researchers that extend a warm welcome to postgraduate taught and research students. You can benefit from a personalised approach which treats you as an individual and encourages you to become involved in the life of the department. Our approach enables a productive dialogue to be created between and amongst our postgraduate community and our staff, so that we are all engaged in the pursuit of excellent scholarship and research and, more broadly, making a contribution to the development of our field.
Active Research
Key areas of research strength include: communication, politics and power; media theory; political and independent cinema; gender and identity in media; media, ethics and human rights; media and war; new media and digital communication; media discourse; global entertainment and media industries; media, space and place; media and heritage; sociolinguistics, communication and language; and media and cultural identity.
This broad range of research expertise underpins the two pathways we offer – ‘Media and Politics’ and ‘Digital Culture and Communication’. We also run two regular research seminar series – the Liverpool Film Seminar and the Media and Politics Seminar Series – which postgraduate students are encouraged to participate in.
The department's actively contributing to the development of our field through research, key subject associations, conference organisation and speaking engagements, and editorial board membership of significant journals. Our activities include internationally recognised research, linking political science and communication studies primarily through crossover interests in public and digital communication within the British, European and International political and cultural contexts.
Liverpool
Immerse yourself in a city known as a political and creative force. 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.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Candidates wishing to be considered for registration onto our Masters degree should possess a good Honours degree (2:1 or equivalent). Applications from international students are encouraged and international qualifications will be evaluated in line with the National Recognition Information Centre (NARIC) guidelines. All applicants must have reached a minimum required standard of English language and are required to provide evidence of this. |
| Location | City Centre Campus University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX |
Fees
| EU | 7800 GBP for Year 1 |
|---|---|
| England | 7800 GBP for Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | 7800 GBP for Year 1 |
| Scotland | 7800 GBP for Year 1 |
| Wales | 7800 GBP for Year 1 |
| International | 17300 GBP for Year 1 |
Summary
**Overview**
By studying this MA in Media and Communication you will develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of different forms of communication in their social, political and cultural contexts, focusing either on the relationship between the media and politics in contemporary societies or, on digital culture and communication.
The Digital Culture and Communication pathway offers an excellent opportunity for you to engage with contemporary issues and debates on culture, media and society in the digital age. The pathway critically examines the relationship between media, technology and everyday life and it encourages students to analytically reflect on their own digital cultures, identities and everyday practices.
The pathway is built around core modules which focus on the theories and debates surrounding:
- the role and impact of cultures of communication and media in the digital age
- technologies that are in the contemporary public eye, such as the Internet, social media, “Big Data”, mobile devices etc.
- research methods used in media and communication research.
You will develop skills that directly enhance employability, including applying critical reviewing skills, giving presentations, plus data management, problem-solving, team-working and research design and implementation.
You'll able to pursue your own specific research/study interest in political communication via a 12,000-15,000 word dissertation and by choosing two further modules from a range of other M-level modules provided by the department or wider school.
**Why Communication and Media?**
Close knit-community
Communication and Media is a close-knit community of dedicated, innovative teachers and researchers that extend a warm welcome to postgraduate taught and research students. You can benefit from a personalised approach which treats you as an individual and encourages you to become involved in the life of the department. Our approach enables a productive dialogue to be created between and amongst our postgraduate community and our staff, so that we are all engaged in the pursuit of excellent scholarship and research and, more broadly, making a contribution to the development of our field.
Active Research
Key areas of research strength include: communication, politics and power; media theory; political and independent cinema; gender and identity in media; media, ethics and human rights; media and war; new media and digital communication; media discourse; global entertainment and media industries; media, space and place; media and heritage; sociolinguistics, communication and language; and media and cultural identity.
This broad range of research expertise underpins the two pathways we offer – ‘Media and Politics’ and ‘Digital Culture and Communication’. We also run two regular research seminar series – the Liverpool Film Seminar and the Media and Politics Seminar Series – which postgraduate students are encouraged to participate in.
The department's actively contributing to the development of our field through research, key subject associations, conference organisation and speaking engagements, and editorial board membership of significant journals. Our activities include internationally recognised research, linking political science and communication studies primarily through crossover interests in public and digital communication within the British, European and International political and cultural contexts.
Liverpool
Immerse yourself in a city known as a political and creative force. 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.
| Level | RQF Level 7 |
|---|---|
| Entry requirements | Candidates wishing to be considered for registration onto our Masters degree should possess a good Honours degree (2:1 or equivalent). Applications from international students are encouraged and international qualifications will be evaluated in line with the National Recognition Information Centre (NARIC) guidelines. All applicants must have reached a minimum required standard of English language and are required to provide evidence of this. |
| Location | City Centre Campus University of Liverpool Liverpool L69 3BX |
Fees
| EU | 7800 GBP for Whole course |
|---|---|
| England | 7800 GBP for Whole course |
| Northern Ireland | 7800 GBP for Whole course |
| Scotland | 7800 GBP for Whole course |
| Wales | 7800 GBP for Whole course |
| International | 17300 GBP for Whole course |
University of Liverpool
Department of Communication and Media
About us
The Department of Communication and Media is a leading centre for the study of how ideas are influenced, expressed and shared.
We are a rapidly growing department, with a long-standing reputation for interesting and innovative research in media, cultural and communication studies; and we maintain exciting partnerships with industry, the arts and key creative venues in Liverpool, nationally and internationally.
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, …
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