2016/17 Taught Postgraduate Programme Catalogue
MA Media Industries
| Programme code: | MA-COMM/MI | UCAS code: | |
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| Duration: | 12 Months | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
| Programme manager: | Dr Anna Zoellner | Contact address: | a.zoellner@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 180
Entry requirements:
First degree BA Honours, Upper Second or equivalent in any subject. Applicants whose first language is not English will be required to provide evidence of their English language proficiency. Recognized tests are IELTS with a required overall score of 6.5, with no element below 6.0, or TOEFL equivalent score.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
School of Media and Communication
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
School of Media and Communication
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
N/A
Programme specification:
The programme is distinctive in that offers students knowledge and understanding of the media industries along the following set of dimensions:
- Sociocultural: The relationship between media industries and the social and cultural impacts of the media.
- Historical: The historical development of the media, including the industrialisation and commodification of cultural production
- Political: Efforts by governments (international, national and regional) to influence the size, structure and behaviour of media industries, through legislation, regulation and subsidy; how media industries seek to affect policy.
- Economic: Questions of ownership and control, including processes of concentration, conglomeration and integration, and the centrality of rights.
- Organisational: Historical tensions between creativity and commerce, and how media industries attempt to manage these tensions.
- Ethical: How processes of industrialisation bear on how people live their lives in modern societies.
In addition, the programme is distinctive in that it is offered by an Institute that prioritises research in this area, through its Media Industries Research Centre (MIRC).
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
| COMM5600M | Dissertation and Research Methods | 60 credits | 1 Oct to 30 Sep (12mth) | |
| COMM5710M | The Media Industries | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5720M | Media Production Analysis | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Candidates will be required to study 0 - 30 credits from the following optional modules:
| ARTF5192M | Technology, Media and Critical Literacy | 30 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
| COMM5200M | Communication and International Affairs | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5225M | Public Relations, Culture and Society | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5610M | Politics and the Media | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5730M | The Cultural History of Promotional Communication | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5750M | Radio Technologies, Industries and Cultures | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5801M | Urban Narratives | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5815M | Cinematics and Photography | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5014M | Rhetoric and Public Speaking | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| MODL5028M | International Organisations: Context, Theory and Practice | 15 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| PECI5208M | Cultural Policy: Models and Debates | 30 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
| PECI5209M | Critical Debates in Culture and Place | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
The optional modules listed are indicative of those available. The School reserves the right to remove and introduce optional modules in line with its annual review and development of teaching.
Candidates will be required to study 0 - 30 credits from the following optional modules:
| COMM5215M | Public Relations Theory | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5250M | Feminism, Identity and Media | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5310M | Media, Culture and Globalisation | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5370M | International Film Industries | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5601M | Innovations in Political Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5630M | Communication and Public Opinion | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5690M | Multimedia Journalism | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5695M | Communication and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5790M | Identity, Culture and Technology | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5805M | Cultures of Contemporary Photography | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5016M | Managing Business Across Cultures | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5050M | Writing for Professional Purposes | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5235M | 'Race', Identity and Culture in the Black Atlantic | 30 credits | Not running in 201617 | |
| SLSP5360M | Researching Inequality in the Media | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| SLSP5370M | Reality TV: Truth or Fiction? | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
The optional modules listed are indicative of those available. The School reserves the right to remove and introduce optional modules in line with its annual review and development of teaching.
Elective modules:
Candidates may study 0 - 30 credits of elective modules in either semester 1 or semester 2 (not both).
Last updated: 05/10/2016
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