Media and Cultural Studies - MA

Communication and Media Studies at Lancaster is ranked first in The Times and the Sunday Times Good University Guide Subject Rankings, 2016. This degree provides students with the theoretical and methodological grounding they need to carry out independent research in media and cultural studies.

The course introduces you to the key texts, debates and thinkers in media and cultural studies, ranging from the work of classical cultural theorists through to contemporary writing on new media, globalised culture, science and technology studies, and queer theory.

You will be encouraged to reflect critically on the role of popular media in structuring our everyday lives. The course examines the role of media in reproducing, disseminating and challenging hegemonic power relations, as well as thinking through the ways in which gender, sexuality and ‘race’ are constructed in global media cultures.

This is not a vocational or practice-based degree. However, it is a degree that will teach you skills in critical thinking, independent research, and analysis highly relevant for development and innovation in the cultural and media sectors.

Course Structure

You will study a range of modules as part of your course, some examples of which are listed below.

Core

• Critical Methods in Media and Cultural Studies
• Critical Debates in Media and Cultural Studies
• Dissertation

Optional

• Women's Studies Research Project
• Feminist Media and Cultural Studies
• Debates in Gender Research
• Gender, Sex and Bodies
• Gender and Violence
• Capitalism and Crisis
• Environment and Culture
• The Social Life of Science and Technology: Theories and Debates
• Social and Cultural Theory
• Cybercultures
• Research Projects in Practice: From Design to Dissemination
• Contemporary Debates in Sociology
• Methods in Science and Technology Studies
• Mobilities, Society & Change

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

Visit the Media and Cultural Studies - MA page on the Lancaster University website for more details!