2020/21 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: | Pablo Morales | Contact address: | P.S.Morales@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 Jan to 31 Oct, 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:
| COMM5140M | Media and Communication Theory | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 Jan to 31 May | |
| COMM5200M | Communication and International Affairs | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5235M | Promotional Media, Culture and Society | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan), 1 May to 30 Sep | |
| COMM5250M | Feminism, Identity and Media | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5260M | Understanding the Audience | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5615M | Keywords in Political Communication | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5645M | Journalism Theory and Research | 30 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| COMM5895M | Digital Platforms: Critical and Cultural Analysis | 30 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| EAST5037M | Transnational East Asian Cinemas | 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) | |
| PECI5214M | Creativity and Innovation Management | 30 credits | 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
| SLSP5312M | Theorising Gender 1 | 30 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| SLSP5355M | Inequalities: Exploring causes, Consequences and Interventions | 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:
| COMM5135M | Critical Issues in Media and Communication | 30 credits | 1 May to 30 Sep, Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5160M | Critical Studies in Visual Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5170M | Television Narrative | 30 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| COMM5310M | Media, Culture and Globalisation | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5540M | The Reporting of Politics | 30 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| COMM5601M | Innovations in Political Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5630M | Communication and Public Opinion | 30 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| COMM5695M | Communication and Development | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5705M | Identity and Culture | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5730M | The Cultural History of Promotional Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| COMM5796M | Climate Communication | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| EAST5055M | Stylistic Aesthetics of Chinese Language in Media and Communication | 15 credits | Not running in 202021 | |
| MODL5016M | Managing Business Across Cultures | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| MODL5050M | Writing for Professional Purposes | 15 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5209M | Critical Debates in Culture and Place | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5216M | Arts and Activism | 30 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
| PECI5218M | Cultural Policy and the Politics of Culture | 30 credits | ||
| SLSP5240M | Racism, Decoloniality and Migration | 30 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| SLSP5360M | Researching Inequality in the Media | 30 credits | 1 Sep to 31 Jan (adv yr), 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| SLSP5370M | Reality TV: Truth or Fiction? | 30 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug | |
| SLSP5380M | Videogames and Society | 30 credits | 1 Apr to 31 Aug |
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 postgraduate level electives, or Discovery modules aimed at final year undergraduates. (Such modules have a 3 or a 5 as the first digit in the module code)
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