MSc in Media and Communications (Data and Society)

Programme code: TMMECDS

Department: Media & Communications

This information is for the 2016/17 session.

Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown below.

Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations

1

MC408
 

Theories and Concepts in Media and Communication I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (H)

MC430

Data in Communication and Society (H)

MC4M1

Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (H)

2

Options outside the Department of Media and Communications are subject to availability and other departments' regulations. Students following the Data and Society stream will be expected to take at least 0.5 unit from the following courses up to a maximum of 1.5 units:

GV4A2

Citizens' Political Behaviour in Europe: Elections Public Opinion and Identities (H)

LL4S1

Cyberlaw (H)

LL4S4

Digital Rights, Privacy and Security (H)

MC401

Mediated Resistance and Citizens (H)

MC402

The Audience in Media and Communications (H) 

MC409

Media, Technology and Everyday Life (H)

MC413

Information, Communication and Knowledge Systems (H)

MC416

Representation in the Age of Globalisation (H)

MC422

Critical Studies in Media and Journalism (H)

MC424

Media and Communication Governance (H)

MC425

Interpersonal Mediated Communication (H)

MC427

Digital Media Futures (H) (n/a 16/17)

MC433

Technology and Justice (H)

MC434

Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures: Societal Issues (H)

MG486

Social Computing, Data and Information Services (H)

MG487

Innovation and Information Systems: Concepts and Perspectives  (H)

MG492

Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (H)

MG503

Interpretations of Information (H)

SO471

Technology, Power and Culture (H)

SO475

Material Culture and Design (H)

3

Additional options can be selected from the following courses up to a combined maximum of 1.5 units for papers 2 and 3:

 

GI403

Gender and Media Representation (H)

 

MC403

Contemporary Issues in Media and Communications Policy (H)

 

MC407

International Media and The Global South (H) (n/a 16/17)

 

MC420

Identity, Transnationalism and the Media

 

MC423

Global Media Industries (H) (n/a 16/17)

 

MC426

Film Theory and World Cinema (H)

 

MC428

Media Culture and Neoliberalism in the Global South (H)

 

PS415

Social Psychology of Economic Life: Advanced Topics (H)

 

PS429

The Social Psychology of Communication and PS443A Societal Psychology (unassessed)

 

Any other course which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the candidate's programme director.

4

MC499

Dissertation (10,000-12,000 words)*

 

 

Notes

* Passing this course is a requirement for passing the programme