Keele University Prospectus Postgraduate | 2016 | Page 46
HUMANITIES
Global Media
and Culture
Overview
Media and cultural studies
at Keele is an exciting and
developing discipline that draws
together theories and practices
from a range of traditional
disciplines such as English,
sociology, geography, music
and visual arts. It involves
three main aspects:
• The study of theories and
ideas about media and cultural
production in a global context
• The critical analysis of cultural
texts and practices from around
the world
• Engagement in practical
creative production
The MA in Global Media and
Culture seeks to explore the
relationship between these
three areas and to show how
knowledge of each informs and
influences the others. In addition,
it aims to provide the skills
necessary for academic study
at an advanced level either for
those wishing to go on to further
academic research, or as an
advanced preparation for those
interested in pursuing careers
in a range of media and
culture industrie s.
Additional information
We aim to enable you to:
• Think, talk and write at an
advanced level about global
media and culture and the
ways in which cultural and
media organisations intersect
with general political and
economic processes
• Pursue options in developing
creative skills and practices
involved in media and
cultural production
• Critically engage in analysing
the ways in which questions of
cultural value are experienced
and understood, within the
context of globalisation and
postcolonialism
• Pursue critical approaches
and methodologies practised
in media and cultural studies,
especially those associated
with postcolonialism
and globalisation.
Course type
MA, postgraduate
diploma, postgraduate
certificate
Mode of study
Full-time or part-time
Entry
requirements
Applicants should hold
a second-class honours
degree (2.1 or above)
in a relevant subject.
Contact email
postgraduate.
[email protected]
• Obtain the knowledge,
skills and personal qualities
necessary to find a fulfilling
and rewarding career and
become informed and active
citizens with a lifelong interest
in studying and/or practicing
in the fields of global media
and culture
Module titles
The following is a list
of indicative modules:
• Research Skills
• Research Methods
• Globalisation, Culture, Media
• Contemporary Cultural and
Media Theory
• Postcolonial and World
Literature in English
• Creative Media Practice
• Dissertation
• Media Project
• Understand, evaluate and
apply a range of theories
about culture and media
production, especially those
associated with globalisation
and postcolonialism
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Key Information
www.keele.ac.uk/mcc/forapplicants/postgraduate/
mainglobalmediaandculture/
Good to know
This is a cutting
edge programme
that allows
participants to use
theoretical study
to develop their
creative expertise.