From political campaigns to celebrity scandals and the ways we communicate with each other, media is at the centre of our daily experiences. This course will equip you with the skills and theory needed to analyse the media and think critically about its social and political impacts.You’ll study theory and research in communication and media, alongside the broader economic, political and social context of the communication and media industries. While this course is theoretical rather than practical, you can choose from a small number of practice-based modules, enabling you to build skills in media production and practice.Taught by expert researchers, you can choose to focus on digital media, film studies, journalism and a range of other topics. You could even undertake a four-week work placement to gain hands-on experience in the communication and media industries.Specialist facilitiesTo support your academic study, you'll have access to breakout rooms within the School. We also have a student common room, especially for students studying in the School of Media and Communication.If you choose practical modules, we have specialist resources to support media production work. As well as our extensive loans service for equipment such as digital recorders, video cameras, stills cameras and more, you’ll benefit from access to our 40 editing suites equipped with the latest software.We also have a dedicated digital media lab with the full suite of the latest Adobe Creative Cloud software, a Burli-equipped radio studio and a TV studio and gallery complete with a large green screen area. Our 58-seat cinema screens films twice a week during term time, and is equipped with HD video projection facilities, 16mm and 35mm film projectors and Dolby Digital surround sound.Take a 360 tour of our facilities.Cinema