This programme explores the intersections between culture and media in contemporary society from a sociological and cultural studies perspective. It provides students with a critical understanding of the key issues, debates and theories to analyse emerging themes and trends in media practice and popular culture. It also provides in-depth and structured training in research that will equip students to undertake their self-defined research in this area.
Taught by leading researchers in this field, this programme covers key issues and concepts such as: media and social media; consumerism; audiences; representation; globalisation; religion in postmodernity; migration and place; tourism; creative work and material culture. Through its grounding in sociological approaches to the study of culture and media, a concern with questions of power, inequality and identity is threaded through the course, enabling students to think critically about the relationship between gender, class, race, religion and ethnicity, and the cultural realm.
Specialist knowledge in this field will be enhanced through the delivery of two additional core modules providing a solid grounding in key sociological theories for the study of society, culture & media; and methodological debates and approaches. A dissertation project allows students to design, develop and implement their critical research enquiry into an aspect of culture and media.
Students will encounter a range of teaching and learning methods including guest lectures, presentations and group work, blended learning and independent critical enquiry. Not only will students develop specialist knowledge in this field but a range of transferable skills in research, communication, analytical skills, self-management and group work, that will open up a range of career pathways within the media and creative industries and beyond such as: media and social research; communications and media policy, and into further postgraduate study.
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Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP5317M | Sociology of Media and Culture | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| SLSP5361M | Researching Inequality in the Media | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5366M | Approaches and Methods for Media and Culture | 30 | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | PFP |
| SLSP5401M | Dissertation | 60 | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | PFP |
Candidates will be required to study 30 credits from the following optional modules:
| Code | Title | Credits | Semester | Pass for Progression |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLSP5241M | Racism, Decoloniality and Migration | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5340M | Gender, Sexuality and Popular Culture | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5371M | Reality TV: Truth or Fiction? | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5381M | Videogames and Society | 30 | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
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