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MA - Master of Arts
University of Sussex
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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MA - Master of Arts
University of Sussex
Full Time
SEP-26
1 Year
MA - Master of Arts
University of Sussex
Full Time
SEP-25
1 Year
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This is a unique interdisciplinary course. You’ll critically analyse development, democratisation processes and social change alongside gaining creative and technical media production skills.
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.
Activist media, citizen journalism, participatory media, specialised broadcast media and social media are successfully used 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 MA 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.
Graduate destinations
Recent Media Practice for Development and Social Change MA graduates have gone on to jobs including:
•communications assistant, Global Call for Climate Action
•community work, Pavilions Drug and Alcohol Service
director, UrbanFlo Creative.
Degree requirements: You should normally have an upper second-class (2.1) undergraduate honours degree or above. Subject-specific requirements: Your qualification can be in any subject. You can also apply for this course if you have relevant work experience, or you submit a portfolio of work.
Students living in
Domestic
£11,025 per year
Students from Domestic
This is the fee you pay if the University is in the same country that you live in (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland)
£22,575 per year
Students from International
Books, course materials and other costs (average) - 2.25 to 5.54 (Cost per week)
