Department of Media and Communications

NEW! MSc in Strategic Communications

Launching in autumn 2017

In a world of expanding media, managing communications becomes a strategic priority. This degree prepares students for precisely this complex media environment. The question of how to manage communications is now a strategic challenge at the heart of the contemporary economy, society and government. Addressing this challenge has become ever more important, creating new risks and opportunities for all organisations and institutions, large and small. See more here.

Children’s and Young People's Rights in the Digital Age: An IAMCR 2016 pre-conference

With over 40 papers from 22 countries worldwide, the conference will foster an international debate on key issues related to children’s and young people’s rights in the digital age. 26-27 July, 2016 at LSE.

Congratulations to Professor Sonia Livingstone, who has been shortlisted for the prestigious ESRC Celebrating Impact Prize 2016. Professor Livingstone has been recognised in the Outstanding International Impact category.

For more on Professor Livingstone's work, see her latest book The Class and her world-leading impact case study Protecting and empowering children in digital environments.

Mobile Opportunities: Exploring positive mobile media opportunities for European children

This report by Jane Vincent looks at the transformation in the digital lives of children and the potentially positive online experiences that mobile devices present them. What can the mobile internet offer children and young people?

The report draws on research projects EU Kids Online led by LSE Professor Sonia Livingstone and Net Children Go Mobile

New Forms of Digital Inequality: Disparities in offline benefits from internet use

A new report questioning the assumption that using the Internet and related ICTs is beneficial for everyone was released at 12noon on 7 May 2015. Dr Ellen Helsper, explains how increased online activity doesn’t always translate into tangible outcomes. Read more here.

PhD Student Cesar Jimenez-Martinez recently published Disasters as media events: the rescue of the Chilean miners on national and global television, an analysis of the narratives constructed during the live coverage of the rescue of the Chilean miners in 2010.

MSc Programmes

We offer several MSc degrees: MSc Media & Communications; MSc Media & Communications; MSc Media, Communication & Development; MSc Global Media & Communications (with second year in either University of Southern California or Fudan University); MSc Politics & Communication. The Department offers two MPhil/PhD programmes in Media & Communications and in New Media, Innovation & Literacy.

PhD Programmes

Interested in our doctoral programmes in Media and Communications or New Media, Innovation and Literacy? Submit your details here, including any prospective research proposals that you wish to gain feedback on from academic staff.

LSE 120th Anniversary Scholarships

To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the founding of the School, LSE will be offering 120 Anniversary Scholarships for taught Master's students from the UK starting at LSE in 2015.The awards will vary in value, based on financial need, and are designed to help with fees and living costs. The minimum award will be £3,000 and the maximum award will be worth £25,000.