MA in Global Media and Publishing Management
Southampton, United Kingdom
MA
DURATION
1 year
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
TUITION FEES
GBP 28,700 / per year *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* EU and international students | £13,000 - UK students
This Global Media and Publishing Management master's degree gives you the critical thinking skills you need for a career in the media, cultural, and literary industries.
You will learn how publishing and the media work in practice, learn how to communicate your knowledge of culture with confidence and explore how digital technology and social media are transforming the literary industries.
You can pursue your own interests on this course by choosing modules on topics from Austen and Shakespeare to digital storytelling and online fan fiction.
This UK master's course is a media and publishing degree that gives you expert knowledge and practical skills for a wide range of careers, including:
- media
- publishing
- journalism
- broadcasting
- heritage management
- digital communications
You’ll learn from academics who are internationally recognised professionals with extensive industry experience. You’ll also hear from guest speakers from the UK media and publishing industries, and have opportunities for internships and work placements.
Areas you'll explore include:
- new media
- online and interactive publishing
- gaming and narrative
- adaptations and translation
- literary tourism
- heritage management
Teaching in this course combines critical approaches with practical case studies. This means you’ll gain the skills to work in these industries and the knowledge to understand their cultural significance.
You’ll also spend a significant part of the course working on a major independent research project, creating your own professional portfolio.
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On the full-time course, your studies will last a full 12 months.
For the first 8 months (semesters 1 and 2), you'll focus on the taught part of the course. Some of your modules will be compulsory, others we will ask you to choose from a list of options.
For the rest of the course, you’ll work independently on your final project. You’ll have one-to-one meetings with your supervisor during this time to discuss your progress.
Modules
The modules outlined provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. As a research-led University, we undertake a continuous review of our courses to ensure quality enhancement and to manage our resources. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.
Year 1
You must study the following modules in year 1:
- Approaches to Critical and Creative Concepts
- Communicating the Cultural Industries
- Final Project (Global Literary Industries Management)
- Literary Industries and New Media
You must also choose from the following modules in year 1:
- Approaches to Literary Genres
- Approaches to the Long Nineteenth Century (1789-1914)
- Approaches to the Long Twentieth Century (1914-Present)
- Digital Forms
- Global Cultural Heritage
- Literature, Culture and Social Change
- Narrative Non-Fiction: From Literary Journalism to Memoir
- Narrative, Place, Identity
- Nation, Culture, Power
- Popular Fiction and Digital Culture
- The Cultural Imagination of Management
- The Publishing World
- Themes in Modern British History
- Transnational Movement in the Age of Globalisation
Year 2
- Final Project (Global Literary Industries Management)
Employability Skills
This degree will allow you to develop and evidence subject-specific and targeted employability skills. This includes the required skill set for a range of future careers, further study, or starting your own business.
The skills you can expect to focus on and gain from this course include:
- Research
- Critical thinking
- Self-management
- Communication
- Creativity
The employability and enterprise skills you'll gain from this course are reflected in the Southampton skills model. When you join us you'll be able to use our skills model to track, plan, and benefit your career development and progress.
Career Pathways
Graduates commonly work in a range of organisations or sectors, including: Creative Industries, Arts Organisations, Publishers, Self-employment, schools, colleges, universities, Television Stations, Radio Stations, Journalism, Newspapers, Magazines, Social Media Platforms, Advertising Agencies, PR Companies.
Careers directly related to this course:
- Writer
- Digital copywriter
- Magazine editor
- Lexicographer
- Journalist
- Copy editor
- Proofreader
- Web content manager
- Advertising copywriter
- Social media content creator
Wider career opportunities:
- Social media editor
- Human resources manager
- Arts administrator
- Marketing executive
- Public relations officer
- Communications officer
- Digital communications executive
- University lecturer
- Researcher
- Librarian
Example job titles of Southampton, MA Global Literary Industries Management graduates*:
- Editorial assistant
- Customer experience adviser
- Campaign planner
- Content coordinator
- Copy writer
- Editor
- Public relations and communications analyst
- Publishing assistant
- Sales and marketing assistant
- Human resources management trainee
Learning
The learning activities for this course include:
- lectures
- classes and tutorials
- coursework
- seminars
- workshops
- independent learning (studying on your own)
Assessment
We’ll assess you through:
- essays
- critical reviews
- library and data retrieval exercises
- annotated bibliographies
- oral presentations
- final project
You’ll work on your final project over the summer. This will be on a topic of your choice, to be agreed upon with your supervisor.
The project is a chance for you to develop your research skills and show your expertise in a particular area of global literary industries management.
You’ll have regular meetings with your supervisor throughout the process.