The MA in Digital Media offers a critical conceptual approach to contemporary media and technology, challenging both technological determinism and over-optimistic visions of the virtual future, and stressing the social and historical contexts within which media technologies are employed. It will equip you with skills in critical evaluation and contextualisation which can be applied to future developments in digital media and technology. The MA now offers two pathways. Pathway 1 is a theory programme where you learn about developments in digital media and technology from a wide range of perspectives. Pathway 2 is a theory and practice programme where you improve your skills, understanding and experience in one of the following areas: documentary; digital photography and image making; journalism; writing.
What you study
Two core courses will draw on the history, sociology and anthropology of the media (offering contextualised analyses of media technologies such as the internet, mobile phone, television, photography, and film), and will develop themes of technology, power, politics and subjectivity. You also take four courses from options provided by the Departments of Media and Communications, Anthropology, English and Comparative Literature, and Sociology, and the Centre for Cultural Studies.
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