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Study Details: MA one year full-time, two or three years part-time
The MA Global Media and Communication is unique in that it offers a critical appraisal and critique of Western Media and Communication theories and approaches through focusing on the complex specificities of Asia, Africa and the Middle East and their diasporas. Drawing on the grounded expertise of staff, it offers a specialised study of the global media environment in relation to Asian, African and Middle Eastern societies and cultures, together with rigorous training in and questioning of contemporary media and communication theory.
We ask what concerns and hopes the people of the regions we study have; how should we address comparatively the global role of mass and digital media in contemporary politics and conflict, as well as processes of exclusion, inequalities, development, participation and empowerment. By considering how, where and by whom media is produced, consumed and used, students develop advanced knowledge and understanding of the theoretical, methodological and empirical issues involved in the analysis of non-western media and communications within historical and contemporary contexts. Students will address alternative ways to situate mediated articulations of agency and subjectivity in non-Western contexts through engaging with various texts challenging the hegemonic claims of mainstream Western media theory that insists the rest of the world subscribe to a narrow exclusive vision of the world.
We will consider all applications with a high 2:2 (or international equivalent) or higher. In addition to degree classification we take into account other elements of the application including supporting statement and references.
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Graduates from the Centre for Global Media and Communications gain expertise in media, communications and film production within a global framework. Graduates develop a portfolio of transferable skills including communication skills, interpersonal skills and team work, which are highly respected by employers
Core
Dissertation in Media Studies - 60 credits
Open
Compulsory
Qualitative Research Methods - 15 credits
Open
Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Global Media and Digital Communication - 15 credits
Open
Topics in Global Media and Digital Communication - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List B
0-45 credits from List B
750B Ethnographic Locations: East Asia - 15 credits
Open
750A Ethnographic Locations: Sub-Saharan Africa - 15 credits
Open
750D Ethnographic Locations: South Asia - 15 credits
Open
750E Ethnographic Locations: Southeast Asia - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Protest, and Revolution in the Middle East - 15 credits
Open
Queering Migrations and Diasporas - 15 credits
Open
Gender and the Law of War - 15 credits
Open
Queer Politics in Asia, Africa and the Middle East - 15 credits
Open
Gender and Security in Africa - 15 credits
Open
International Human Rights Clinic - 30 credits
Open
International laws on the use of force - 15 credits
Open
Foundations of International Law - 15 credits
Open
The Law of Armed Conflict - 15 credits
Open
Colonialism, Empire and International Law - 15 credits
Open
Water Justice: Rights, Access and Movements - 15 credits
Open
Comparative Constitutional Law - 15 credits
Open
Law and Society in Southeast Asia - 15 credits
Open
Law and Postcolonial Theory - 15 credits
Open
International Criminal Law - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Law and Society in The Middle East and North Africa - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Sexuality and Law: Selected Topics - 15 credits
Open
Gender, Sexuality and Law: Theories and Methodologies - 15 credits
Open
International Investment Law - 15 credits
Open
Law, Rights & Social Change - 15 credits
Open
Human Rights of Women 1 - 15 credits
Open
Law, Environment and Social Justice - 15 credits
Open
International Migration Law - 15 credits
Open
International Refugee Law - 15 credits
Open
Law, Environment, and the Global Commons: Ice, Sea, Space and Beyond - 15 credits
Open
International Environmental Law - 15 credits
Open
The Prohibition of Torture in International Law - 15 credits
Open
Alternatives to Sustainable Development: Rights of Nature and Harmony with Nature - 15 credits
Open
Multinational Enterprises and the Law I - 15 credits
Open
Business and Human Rights in the Global Economy - 15 credits
Open
Israel, Palestine, and International Law (15Cr) - 15 credits
Open
Palestine, Resistance, and the Law - 15 credits
Open
Alternative Dispute Resolution I - 15 credits
Open
Law and the Climate Crisis - 15 credits
Open
Intellectual Property Law 1 (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Intellectual Property Law 2 (PG) - 15 credits
Open
Law and Development in Africa I: Theories and Concepts - 15 credits
Open
Law and Development in Africa II: Thematic Topics - 15 credits
Open
Law, Religion and the State in South Asia 1: Constitutional and Criminal Law - 15 credits
Open
Law, Religion and the State in South Asia 2: Religious Personal Law - 15 credits
Open
Law and Natural Resources 1: Framework, Rights and Land - 15 credits
Open
Law and Natural Resources 2: Biological Resources, Corporations and Mining - 15 credits
Open
International Arbitration: Law and Theory - 15 credits
Open
International Arbitration: Practice - 15 credits
Open
Podcasting - 15 credits
Open
Genders and Sexualities in South East Asian Film - 15 credits
Open
Guided options List A
Students must take 30 credits from List A as a guided option
Transnational Communities and Diasporic Media:Networking, Connectivity, Identity - 15 credits
Open
International Journalisms in the Digital Context: Theory and Practice - 15 credits
Open
International Political Communication - 15 credits
Open
Studies in Global Digital Cultures - 15 credits
Open
Prejudice, Conspiracy and Misinformation: Understanding the Debate around '(Post)-Truth' - 15 credits
Open
Theoretical and Contemporary Issues in Media, Information Communication Technologies and Development (15Cr) - 15 credits
Open
Topics in Media, Information Communication Technologies and Development - 15 credits
Open
Open options
Students can take a maximum of 30 credits from the School-wide open options list, including languages.
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