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Study Details: Full time 1 year, Part time 2 years
Please note, following student feedback, this course has been renamed from Media and Cultural Studies MA to Global Media and Society MA from October 2025.
Lancaster’s experts will equip you with the skills to navigate the complexities of the global media landscape. We’ll address big questions about media and culture today. What role do we play in shifting cultural and media landscapes? How can we understand media that are constantly developing and changing? Armed with advanced knowledge and critical skills, you’ll be ready for a leadership role in the media and broader cultural sectors.
In what ways do media become globally significant, and what are their local or translocal dimensions? How do we critically investigate the power, politics and values of innovation industries and media cultures?
MA Global Media and Society focuses on these issues by drawing on a wide range of highly pertinent academic fields and professional expertise. As you dissect key issues in media, you’ll discover intersections with social inequalities, ethics, gender, sustainability, consumerism and fandom, activism and decolonisation.
You’ll consider how creative media and digital transformation can both reproduce global social inequalities and be used as a tool for justice and cultural participation across societies.
Our goal is to advance your skills in the kinds of critical thinking, independent research and creative problem solving that are needed to lead development and innovation in the media and broader cultural sectors.
Our academics contribute to public debate on key issues in media culture, so you can be confident you’ll be part of a vibrant community at the forefront of the latest thinking. Plus, you’ll have access to the latest digital media equipment to help you complete your practical coursework. Your personal academic tutor will be on hand throughout to discuss your progress on a one-to-one basis.
2:2 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in a relevant social science.
The knowledge and skills you acquire during this MA will set your CV apart for prospective employers. You’ll gain extensive knowledge about important aspects of culture and society, and the role of global media. You will also develop key skills in critical thinking, project management, teamwork skills and independent research.
During the course, you will be encouraged to discover where your interests and aptitude are best suited and think proactively about your career path.
Here are some of the positions and sectors that our department's graduates have previously gone into:
Many graduates use this course as the springboard for moving on to further study at PhD level.
Core
Critical Methods in Media
Global Media and Gender Studies Dissertation
Global Media: Innovation and Inequalities
Media and Creative Industries in a Global World
Optional
Cinema and History
Data and Algorithmic Cultures
Data Moves: An Introduction to Digital Analysis
Exploring The World of Digital Humanities
Fandoms and Audiences
Feminist Media and Cultural Studies
From Data to Argument: Digital Methods and Humanities Claims
From Dust to Digits: Digital Sources and Methods
Intersectional Feminism in Practice
Key Ideas in Intersectional Feminism
Transnational Cinemas
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