Course overview
Media Studies provides an opportunity to study the most influential product of the 21st century. Many people, from audiences to governments, seek to have influence over the media. Issues regarding the diversity and plurality of the media, in relation to ownership, employment and content are central to the study of the media.You will ask questions about the media industry and have the opportunity to develop transferable abilities, which are welcome in many graduate roles.
Why study this course with us?
Our course investigates a variety of media institutions, industry perspectives and texts. It explores the central role of the media in our everyday lives, and challenges the common sense assumptions that surround it.
We explore ideas such as public interest, regulation and its relationship to the values of society, how the media convey meaning through a variety of media forms and discourse, and how the media is evolving in face of the opportunities and challenges presented by new technological developments.
The course encourages understanding of how and why media institutions operate as they do, the representation or exclusion of some issues by the media, the role of new technologies, and the opportunities and challenges offered. Our course offers a theoretical framework to analyse contemporary media.
This is an academic course, designed to foster critical, analytical and communication skills.
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