Duration and mode of study

One year full-time. We also offer an MA New Media and Society via distance learning study.

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 the development of new media technologies, their applications, and their political, social and psychological impact. Legal, regulatory, social and cultural issues linked to the internet will all form part of the course content. It will focus on new media-related developments that have occurred all round the world. The course will further examine real-world applications of the internet in different contexts and consider different theoretical perspectives for understanding the adoption, use and impact of information and communication technologies.

Course modules

Core:

• New Media: Theories and Concepts
• New Media Cultures
• Graduate Seminar: Identities and Boundaries
• Research Methods and Management I
• Research Methods and Management II
• Dissertation

Option modules (one 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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