Program Overview
This full-time or part-time, 1-year (full-time) or 2-year (part-time), MA course provides a comprehensive understanding of digital media through a blend of theory, practice, and research. Students explore the history, key concepts, and debates surrounding digital media, gaining expertise in digital methods, design, development, and production. Graduates pursue careers in various fields, including journalism, marketing, education, and academia.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
This course starts in September 2024. You can also study a version of this course online with flexible start dates. This course combines theoretical and practical approaches to digital media. Taught by some of the most influential researchers in the field today. You’ll develop the skills, knowledge and expertise to produce excellent research-led work. This course looks at digital media within the contexts of media and cultural studies. We draw from across the disciplines of sociology, politics, philosophy, art and design, and informatics. You’ll gain experience of designing and developing digital media products.
- the history of digital media
- the key concepts shaping current thinking about digital media
- the intellectual debates in digital culture, digital humanities and computational media
- digital methods for research and practice. We offer exceptional opportunities for graduate study. We have digital production facilities and links to the thriving creative and media scene in Brighton. The MA is associated with the renowned Sussex Humanities Lab.
Outline:
Duration:
1 year full time, 2 years part time
Start date:
September 2024
Apply by:
1 August 2024 (international), 1 September 2024 (UK)
Modules:
Full-time and part-time study:
Choose to study this course full time or part time, to fit around your work and personal life. Modules for the full-time course are listed below.
Core modules:
Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.
- Autumn teaching: Digital Media: Theory and Critique
- Spring teaching: Digital Methods for Research and Practice Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.
- All year: Dissertation: Digital Media, Industry Placement and written submission: digital media, Software Project and written submission: digital media
- Autumn teaching: Expanded Media: Forms and Practices, Gender, Sexuality and Digital Culture, Media Theory and Research, Researching Cultural and Creative Industries, Space, Place and Screen Media
- Spring teaching: Activist Media Practice, Global News Industries A, New Developments in Digital Media, Promotional Culture, Race, Culture and the Media, Techno-Feminism History and Practice
Careers:
Our graduates have gone on to pursue careers in journalism, PR, marketing, web design, education and consultancy. Some have also gone on to further study or to work in academia.
Recent Digital Media MA graduates have gone on to jobs including:
- HR assistant, Panserve
- communications and engagement, NHS
- new business development executive, Net Natives.
(School of Media, Arts and Humanities careers database)
Other:
We understand that deciding where and what to study is a very important decision. We’ll make all reasonable efforts to provide you with the courses, services and facilities described in this prospectus. However, if we need to make material changes, for example due to government or regulatory requirements, or unanticipated staff changes, we’ll let you know as soon as possible. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. The structure of a small number of courses means that the order of modules or the streams you choose may determine whether modules are core or optional. This means that your core modules or options may differ from what’s shown here.
