Global Media and Cultural Industries MA

www.lboro.ac.uk/communication-mediaSchool of Social Sciences

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School of Social SciencesLoughborough University

Global Media and Cultural Industries MA

The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture (CRCC) brings together Loughborough University’s world leading researchers in media, communication and culture.

In the 2014 Research Excellence Framework, our research in this area was ranked second in the UK and in 2018, the QS World rankings rated the University among the top 50 universities in the world for Communication and Media Studies. The Centre houses state-of-the-art facilities for media and

communications research. The Loughborough Qualitative Digital Research Lab (LiQUiD Lab) consists of a suite of rooms containing state-of-the-art equipment for the development of qualitative research involving the use of digital and audiovisual methods and media. The CRCC offers an innovative suite

of MA programmes which are informed by this cutting edge research.

The courseGlobal media and cultural industries are important sources of employment and economic growth internationally. This course focuses on the growth of these global industries and the roles that states play in governing them. It also explores the ways in which media institutions, media practitioners and regulatory bodies operate and interact in continually changing technological, social and cultural contexts. The course draws on the considerable expertise in transnational and comparative research as well as expertise in the political economy of communication housed within the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture.

Compulsory modules• Media and Cultural Industries• Key Debates in Global Media and Cultural Industries• Media and Cultural Work• Researching Communications I: Media Industries

and Users • Researching Communications II: Texts and

Digital Platforms• Dissertation

Optional modulesA selection from the list of optional modules below is offered each year.• Politics of Representation• Understanding Modern Media• Digital Economies• Global Political Communications• Marketing Politics• Cultural Memory and the Heritage Industries• Digital Cultures

AssessmentEach module is assessed by coursework assignments which explore the theoretical and applied perspectives introduced in lectures and seminars. The final assessment of the course is a dissertation of 10,000 words based on an original research project carried out by each student with one-to-one guidance from a supervisor.

Careers and further studyThe course provides theoretical knowledge of media industries including political communication and PR, the music industry, the heritage industry as well as more traditional areas of press and broadcasting. It also provides a range of skills which are crucial to a career in the cultural industries, the media and communications sector, and government and regulatory agencies, including critical writing, media analysis, project design and management. Students have also gone into a range of media careers in both traditional media industries including publishing, journalism and broadcasting as well as associated communications professions such as PR and event management.

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Entry requirementsThis course is designed to appeal to students from a variety of cultural, national, and academic backgrounds. Students would normally have a good first degree (2.1 or higher) in the social sciences or humanities, but applicants with appropriate professional expertise will also be considered. Decisions about selection are normally made on the basis of applications and references are heavily relied upon, though some students may be interviewed.

Funding opportunitiesThere are a wide range of scholarships available to international students wishing to study postgraduate courses at Loughborough. For full details, see: www.lboro.ac.uk/study/finance/international

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