Mass Communications

Entry requirements

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Months of entry

February, October

Course content

This course examines the key issues affecting media and communication in a culturally diverse, modern society. It explores issues related to social media, print and broadcasting, building your understanding of how interconnected the industry is as elements of mass media continue to converge. You explore the theories that underpin the practice of media and communication – including policy and ethical issues - while placing theory in real-life scenarios and developing your skills in critical analysis, research and communication.

For further course information, contact Lawrie Hallett at lawrie.hallett@beds.ac.uk

Facilities and specialist equipment

• Broadcast TV studio and newsroom with radio news booth and transmission gallery
• RadioLaB, our own local, online and FM community radio station, offering extra-curricular opportunities to get involved in broadcasting or producing shows
• Access to our Postgraduate and CPD Centre featuring state-of-the-art IT and AV equipment; informal learning spaces; and quiet study areas

Student experience

Explore the central issues and concepts of mass communications in a culturally diverse and modern society, looking at media practices, effective content delivery and media regulation.

Develop a global perspective via a core unit on the media’s role in international development.

Tailor elements of the course to your own interests (subject to staff supervisory expertise) in your final independent dissertation, based on a specific research project.

Learn from an experienced, research-active team that includes specialists with professional industry backgrounds in audience studies, journalism, political communications, broadcast media, technologies and regulation.

Take up opportunities to network with visiting industry and academic experts through University events and conferences including guest speaker events as well as seminars organised by our Research Institute for Media, Arts and Performance (RIMAP).

Benefit from one-on-one and group tutorials with your personal tutor as well as wider professional and academic support, including academic writing skills for those who have English as a second language.

The knowledge and understanding you gain on this course will be invaluable when seeking employment in the media. In addition the project work on the course helps you make professional and industry contacts while developing specialist knowledge of a specific area of personal interest helping you develop your career in that direction if you choose.

Typical areas for Mass Communications graduates to find employment include broadcasting; journalism; media development; arts administration; photography; theatre; media research; PR and advertising; design; and copywriting. It can also open the way to work in areas such as education and human resource management.

As an MA graduate you also have the opportunity to study at Doctoral level with an MPhil or PhD.

Information for international students

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Fees and funding

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