Taught course
Global Media and Society
Entry requirements
2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in a relevant social science.
We may also consider non-standard applicants, please contact us for information.
If you have studied outside of the UK, we would advise you to check our list of international qualifications before submitting your application.
Months of entry
October
Course content
Why Lancaster?
- Develop a critical understanding of digital transformations as a global force for impacting societies and cultures
- Discover how local media cultures and leading global media work together and shape each other in today’s media landscape
- Step into a career in a leadership role and drive socially mindful change within the creative media and digital industries
- Choose a course that allows you to flex your skills in critical thinking, creative problem solving, and teamwork as well as independent project management
The pace of innovation means that new media technologies, platforms and organisations are constantly emerging. They reshape social structures and ways of life. One of the most crucial questions of our times is: how can we understand these changes? Crack this and you’ll be a valuable asset to a vast range of organisations.
Answering the big questions
In what ways do media forms and technologies 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 academic fields and professional expertise. You will dissect key issues in media and technology and explore intersections with social inequalities, gender, sustainability, consumerism and fandom, activism and decolonising.
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.
Develop your expertise
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 the 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.
Information for international students
We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously.
We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 7.0, and a minimum of 6.0 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications.
If your score is below our requirements, you may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language programmes.
Contact: Admissions Team +44 (0) 1524 592032 or email pgadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk
Qualification, course duration and attendance options
- MA
- part time24 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
- full time12 months
- Campus-based learningis available for this qualification
Course contact details
- Name
- Postgraduate Admissions
- pgadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk
- Phone
- 44 (0)1524 593148