MSc in Media and Communications (Data and Society)
Programme code: TMMECDS
Department: Media & Communications
This information is for the 2017/18 session.
Full-year programme. Students must take courses to the value of three full units and a dissertation as shown below.
Guidelines for interpreting programme regulations
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Theories and Concepts in Media and Communications I (Key concepts and interdisciplinary approaches) (H) | |
Methods of Research in Media & Communications (including Qualitative & Quantitative Analysis) (H) | ||
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Data in Communication and Society (H) | ||
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Optional courses to the value of 1.5 units from the following: | |
Cyberlaw (H) | ||
Media, Technology and Everyday Life (H) | ||
Critical Studies in Media and Journalism (H) | ||
Interpersonal Mediated Communication (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Digital Media Futures (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Technology and Justice (H) | ||
Digital Platforms and Media Infrastructures: Societal Issues (H) | ||
Disruptive Digital Worlds: Competing Economic and Political Economy Explanations (H) | ||
Social Computing, Data and Information Services (H) | ||
Data Governance: Privacy, Openness and Transparency (H) | ||
Contemporary Topics in Advanced Technology Management (H) | ||
Social Network Analysis (H) | ||
The Social Psychology of Communication and PS443A Psychological and Behavioural Science (unassessed) | ||
Technology, Power and Culture (H) (not available 2017/18) | ||
Managing and Visualising Data (H) | ||
Any other course which is offered in the School at master's level, subject to the consent of the candidate's programme director. | ||
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Dissertation (10,000-12,000 words)* | |
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Notes | ||
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Students can take no more than one full unit of courses from outside the Department of Media and Communications (non Mc-prefixed courses) | ||
Note for prospective students:
For changes to graduate course and programme information for the next academic session, please see the graduate summary page for prospective students. Changes to course and programme information for future academic sessions can be found on the graduate summary page for future students.
