MA in Media and Communications
London, United Kingdom
DURATION
1 up to 2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
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Key Summary
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Introduction
Our new MA Media & Communications course is aimed at those who wish to pursue a career in communications, public relations and social marketing.
Throughout the year, you will combine creative and professional skills with the critical engagement of social issues such as regional development, social inclusion, economic policy and sustainability, meaning that you will be prepared to work with organisations that have a strategic, communicative, social and political focus.
Having both an academic and practical focus, many of your sessions will be seminars and workshops, alongside a handful of lectures so you are able to engage with some of the academic and intellectual foundations of media theory, the public sphere and communications practices such as framing and reframing.
You will develop your digital and professional skills while gaining the critical skills to analyse communications and messaging across different sectors and channels. This means that you will be equipped with a strong awareness of media language and impactful storytelling while being able to tailor your content and communications to a wide range of different audiences.
Youโll also have the chance to engage with those working in the communications industry in the third sector, NGOs and policy think tanks through live projects, guest speakers and case studies.
This programme is a professionally oriented course that puts an emphasis on authentic assessment. This means that many of your methods of assessment will mirror those found in professional practice. In your Final Project, you will be writing and designing your own communications strategy for a defined piece of policy or a campaign, and detailing how it will achieve its strategic objectives and win over hearts and minds. When pitching and designing your own communications strategies, you will have the opportunity to specialise in causes and campaigns that are important to you.
You will complete your MA with a powerful understanding of how different types of media can be deployed to facilitate social and cultural change and be well placed to enter numerous industries that require multi-skilled communications professionals to further their aims and objects through effective storytelling, communications, public relations and marketing.
Curriculum
Here are some of the modules we are currently offering:
- Media and Socio-Cultural Change
- Digital Communications
- Framing and Reframing
- Campaigning and Writing for Campaigns
- Project Management and Professional Communications
- Final Project
These modules are those we currently offer and may be subject to change each year.
Program Tuition Fee
Career Opportunities
The MA programme is designed with professional communications roles in mind. There is significant growth in employment opportunities within the new and emerging media and communications roles for graduates with strong digital communications and production skills. As you will be able to give organisations a space in the public and political conversation that they might otherwise lack, there will be a variety of options open to you involving social media, content production, marketing and communications.
A strong understanding of what makes a good communications strategy and how to build, frame and reframe narratives is of vital importance to the communications and PR efforts of businesses, charities, political parties and pressure groups.
Our careers team is available to support you from the start of your studies until after you graduate. They will help you build your CV, prepare for interviews, and meet and learn from successful graduates working at the top of their careers. Youโll have the opportunity to work with your partners across London and beyond, and also attend a Roehampton jobs fair where you can find out about graduate opportunities and meet employers.