Duration and mode of study

One year full-time.

This course has reached its quota and is now closed to international applicants for entry in 2012. Candidates from the UK and EU may still apply.

Start Dates

October each year.

Entry requirements

At least a good second-class honours degree in any discipline, though a Social Science degree would be particularly relevant, from an institution recognised by the University. Applicants who do not have a first degree, but who can demonstrate other relevant qualifications and/or experience may also be considered.

Fees

2012/2013

Home/EU: £4,795
International: £12,270

Course aims

To provide students with a comprehensive grounding in theories, perspectives and research related to Globalisation and Communications. Core focus includes major political, economic and cultural developments in contemporary history and their impact on national and transnational media structures and mediated cultural flows. The role of technology in shaping societies, linking transnational communities and the changing dynamics of boundaries between them, will be examined, along with the influence of information and communication technologies in bringing together computing and communications capacities to shape the ‘knowledge society’. Training in the use of appropriate research methods and approaches incorporates web-based skills.

Course modules

Core:

• Transnational Relations and Communications
• Theories of Globalisation and New Media
• Graduate Seminar: Identities and Boundaries
• Research Methods and Management I
• Research Methods and Management II
• Dissertation

Option modules (two from the following):

• Global Affairs, Communication and Power
• News Management, Communication and Social Problems
• Critical Approaches to Consumer Culture
• Technology, Culture and Power: Global Perspectives
• Film as Mass Communication
• The Digital Economy
• International Political Communication
• Global Cinema
• Media and Religion
• Media and Conflict
• Researching Social Media
• Law, Media and Communication
• Media, Communication and Politics in the European Context
• Media as Technology
• Digital Journalism

Teaching and assessment methods

Teaching is by a combination of lectures, seminars and tutorials. Assessment is by means of essays, research methods assignments, and a dissertation of 15,000-18,000 words.

Contact

Department of Media and Communication
University Road
Leicester LE1 7RH
Tel: 0116 252 3863
Fax: 0116 252 5276
mediacom@le.ac.uk
www.le.ac.uk/mediacom

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