Media and Communication

The Media and Communication program from Loughborough Universityoffers a comprehensive framework to study important contemporary issues and challenges, such as digital media innovations, the changing character of media and creative industries, the rise of big data and AI, concerns about disinformation, and the politics of representation.

The Communication and Media program from Loughborough University will also provide you with the opportunity to apply your skills and knowledge on a real-world project undertaken in collaboration with a range of media organisations and external partners.

Communication and Media at Loughborough University is a QS World Top 100 department where graduates from various undergraduate degrees can widen their career opportunities by studying how media and communications shape our society in complex and unpredictable ways.

Career

This MA is ideal those wanting to prepare for a career in the media and communication industries or to conduct further post-graduate research.

It will prepare students for employment in diverseprofessional environments through a combinationof independent work and industry exposure. It willequip students with a range of transferable researchand analytic skills applicable to the media andcommunication professions and industries.

Courses include:

• Understanding Contemporary Media

• Digital Economies

• The Politics of Representation

• Media Representations, Identity and Digital Culture

• Data, Power and Democracy

• Cultural Memory and the Heritage Industries