Media Practice for Development and Social Change

You focus on media as tools for global social and political change.There is a a strong emphasis on the role of civil society and alternative media organisations.

Social media, citizen journalism, activist media, participatory media and specialised broadcast media aresuccessfullyused to inform and engage audiences outside established channels of communication for issues such as:

• social inequality
• human rights
• gender issues
• environmental change.

Careers

• Civil society institutions, social movements and international development agencies increasingly require skilled and creative people to apply digital media technologies in enhancing their capacity to communicate, interact and influence within and across borders.
• This Media Practice for Development and Social Change MAat University of Sussex has been developed specifically for those seeking employment in:

• global or national media industries
• NGOs and the international voluntary sector
• international development institutions
• independent media production companies.

Courses include:

• Activism for Development and Social Justice

• Activist Media Practice

• Knowledge, Power and Resistance

• Photography: Documentary, Landscape, Politics

• Podcasting

• Race, Culture and the Media

• Short Documentary: Research and Production