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Qualification
MA - Master of Arts
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Location
University of Warwick
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Study mode
Full time
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Start date
01-SEP-25
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Duration
1 year
Course summary
Global Media and Communication MA takes an interdisciplinary and critical approach to the exponential growth of global media. Join Warwick's Centre for Cultural and Media Policy Studies to gain in-depth understanding of how the media are produced and consumed implicated in political and social change and how media is increasingly shaping the world in which we live.
Course Overview
This course combines rigorous research of global media products content and technologies with the creative skills needed. You will take an interdisciplinary approach to develop an oversight of media communication culture politics power business marketing and creativity. It will deepen your understanding of these complex dynamics and practices preparing you for a career in this fast-changing industry. You will explore the role of ideas beliefs and values in media production and consumption. You will also learn how media products and content enable us to communicate creatively and effectively across global markets and cultural borders. You will consider how media can inform new kinds of professional practice and anticipate future developments.
Teaching
You will learn in an international environment through interaction with academic experts guest speakers and industry practitioners. The core modules are taught through a combination of lectures workshops and student-led presentations and discussions. These sessions are complemented by self-directed learning and access to resources and activities in a virtual learning environment. Depending upon your selection of Option Modules you will also have the opportunity to apply your learning in a professional context. The course will enhance your research writing and communication skills through guided and autonomous reading group projects presentations case studies reports critiques and assignments that may require engagement with audio-visual technologies.
Assessment
- All coursework
- Written assignments come in a variety of forms: essays case studies evaluations reports proposals portfolios and business plans
- Group presentations and tasks team building exercises and creative and practical projects
- A major project (written dissertation of 12000 words) on a research topic of your choice
Careers
Graduates from these courses have gone on to work in television film theatre museums art galleries events festivals communications data analysis research PR publishing and have even set up their own businesses. They have gone on to work for employers including: Acacia Avenue Barclaycard BBC British Embassy Bankside Films The Economist EMEA Facebook Fox Networks Group Global Influencer ‘Squared’ at Google The Academy of Urbanism OVO Penguin Random House and Sky.
Our School has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:
- Discovering Careers in the Creative Industries
- Careers in Radio Film and Television
- Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
- A history and DIY ´óÏó´«Ã½ to setting up and running a Theatre Company
Modules
Tuition fees
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£ 26,110per year
Tuition fees shown are for indicative purposes and may vary. Please check with the institution for most up to date details.
University information

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University League Table
10th
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Campus address
University of Warwick, University of Warwick Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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Subject ranking
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7th out of 95 2
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Entry standards
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Graduate prospects
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Student satisfaction
/ Max 43.26 82%19th
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Student satisfaction
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