Master in Media and Society
Portalegre, Portugal
DURATION
4 Semesters
LANGUAGES
Portuguese
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
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EARLIEST START DATE
Oct 2025
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
Key Summary
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Introduction
The Master in Media and Society integrates the training offer of ESECS-IPP in the area of Communication, followed by the Degree in Journalism and Communication. This Master's degree is aimed not only at holders of a degree in the area, but also at holders of diplomas in other study areas (Management, Advertising and Marketing Administration, Communication Design, Tourism, etc.), who wish to broaden their path higher level training.
With this cycle of studies, students acquire scientific and professional training in the area of Communication Sciences, develop a greater capacity for analysis on contemporary issues of the media and society, and are endowed with skills of analysis, production and creation in the context of the media. .
The cycle of studies consists of a curricular part in the first two semesters. In the third and fourth semesters, students can opt for professional specialization, through an internship in the area of communication or journalism, or through the research path in which they develop a dissertation or project.
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Curriculum
1st year
1st Semester
- Research Methods
- Media Theory and Discourse
- New Media Narratives and New Audiences
- Media Violence (Option 1)
- History and Theory of Journalism (Option 1)
- Online Communication Strategies (Option 1)
2nd Semester
- New Media Society
- Media and Cultural Criticism
- Cyberculture
- Theory and Study of Information Sources (Option 2)
- Relations with the Media in the Digital Environment (Option 2)
- New Contexts for Journalistic Production (Option 2)
2nd year
Annuals
- Dissertation / Project / Internship
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Career Opportunities
- Integrate communication offices in companies, municipalities and other institutions that benefit from communication strategies and tools;
- Develop activity as a media relations and digital communication technician;
- Develop activity as a journalist in the context of writing in local or national media and news agencies;
- Integrate research teams.